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The Georgia Transportation Alliance (GTA) has joined with Delta Air Lines in supporting the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act being considered by Congress, stati...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated its guidelines for design and use on hosting electronic flight bag (EFB) applications for portable and installed devices alike.
Through the is...
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Eleven additional international airports will take part in a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that enables conditionally approved global travelers to complete enrollment interviews upon arr...
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A sleep-deprived driver was responsible for an Aug. 2 motorcoach accident that killed four, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which urged stricter safety stan...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently published updated drug testing guidelines for federal transportation employees in safety-sensitive positions that include testing for four semi-syn...
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Members of six rail unions in a coordinated bargaining group have received their ballots and are preparing to vote on the tentative national agreement reached with the Nation’s Freight Rail Carriers...
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The Auto Care Association recently hosted the second annual International Matchmaking Program at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) 2017.
The program was hosted in partnership with ...
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Plug In America, a plug-in electric vehicles coalition, recently signed the Transportation Electrification Accord, which is a set of principles designed to advance the U.S. deployment of electric vehi...
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Railroad passenger advocacy groups petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a lower court’s ruling on the enforcement of on-time performance standards, arguing that prioritizing car...
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The Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) released new research last week that determined withdrawal or dramatic modification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could ne...
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Public transportation initiatives throughout the United States won big on this year’s election day, with the passage of 87.5 percent of transit ballot initiatives.
Public transit includes bus, co...
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The potential for digitized ports around the world to make the global maritime supply chain operate more efficiently, and steps needed to achieve that goal, highlighted a recent two-day meeting that b...
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Following a year in which no fatalities were recorded on the nation’s 603 short line railroads, the industry’s focus on safety, compliance audits, and advanced technology was lauded by industry gr...
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The Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) recently presented this year’s Excellence in Airport Marketing, Communications, and Customer Service Awards at an ACI-NA conference in St. L...
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A federal fuel tax increase is the only way to fund the Trump Administration’s infrastructure goals, an American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) report found.
The report, A Framework for...
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World leaders and business executives are descending on Vietnam this week as part of the 2017 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit.
Among participants will be FedEx which, as the wo...
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Tom Carper
In response to volatile price fluctuations in Renewable Identification Number (RIN) prices in recent years, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) led a bipartisan, bicameral call for the Federal Trade Commissio...
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Citing the Department of Transportation’s core mission to promote public safety, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) called on the Trump administration on Tuesday to advance rulemaking that would bring c...
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Ford Motor Co. recently entered into an agreement with Zotye Auto to establish Zotye Ford Automobile Co., with the goal of designing, building, marketing, and distributing all-electric vehicles for Ch...
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There are more than 22 million flex fuel vehicles (FFVs) on the road in the United States, according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). FFV run on a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol (E85).
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