This week, gasoline prices have increased as much as 9 cents in 25 states, according to AAA. The increase comes after three consecutive weeks of declines but is still 22 cents higher than March 2017. ...
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Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday that the Trump administration was looking at all funding options to rebuild and repair the...
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The White House announced plans on Friday to appoint Patrick Fuchs, a current Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee staff member, to serve a five-year term on the Surface Transportatio...
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) called on Friday for Congress to fully fund the Contract Tower Program, which supports air t...
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On the West Coast, jet fuel consumption has outpaced production, causing jet fuel imports to increase since 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The West Coast includes Al...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently leased a report on the head-on collision of an Amtrak train with a stationary CSX Transportation local freight train in Cayce, South Carolina o...
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Toyota Motor Corp. recently announced it will be launching this month a new company, Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development (TRI-AD), which will focus on automated driving technology. TRI-A...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently praised the Allied Committee for the Trucking Industry (ACT 1) for its support and investment in the industry’s priorities, ATA meetings, and trucki...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) recently asked the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to hold a hearing on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
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During a U.S. Senate hearing on implementation of positive train control (PTC) on passenger rail lines on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) said that the patience of members of Congress is runni...
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In a letter to President Donald Trump, the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) has joined critics of the Administration’s plans to impose duties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent ...
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As many as two-thirds of the nation’s 29 commuter railroads might not be on track to meet deadlines and milestones for implementation of positive train control (PTC) before the year-end deadline, ac...
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Ronald L. Batory was sworn in Wednesday as the 14th Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Batory previously served as president and chief operating officer of the nation’s e...
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The Airports Council International (ACI) World reports that the end of 2017 saw an increase in both passenger traffic and air freight, and in the latter’s case, this was the largest growth year sinc...
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Last year, an estimated 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the United States, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), marking the second consecutive year w...
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released a report providing recommendations for freight-planning best practices on a state level. The ATRI compiled the best practices...
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The International Road Federation (IRF) recently held the inaugural training session for its public-private partnerships proficiency credentials program, which introduces road and development professi...
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American Airlines Group and Australian airline Qantas recently filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for regulatory approval to form a joint business. The proposed venture...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced the creation of the Compliance Assistance Program, which will assist regulated commercial entities in the motor vehicle an...
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A hearing on aviation safety on Tuesday was dominated by concerns over the possibility of the proliferation of unmanned aircraft systems and the threat those drones pose to commercial and other manned...
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