Passenger facility charges (PFCs) — collected via airline tickets — should not be increased to help airports finance their capital improvement projects at the expense of American travelers who alr...
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Legislation that hopes to make mandatory screening and treatment for sleep disorders among transportation workers has received the support of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). The legislative ef...
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The Chinese government’s inaction on intellectual property rights (IPR) violations and counterfeit goods puts American businesses at risk of significant costs including lost sales and reduced market...
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Cutting Amtrak would negatively affect 45 percent of Americans, a report by the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) said. The report, called Dismantling a National Transportation N...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) board of directors recently elected John Schroer as association president. Schroer is commissioner of the Tennessee D...
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John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers, praised the recent introduction of the American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technolog...
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More than 30 organizations recently entered a diverse coalition that is fighting against a federal regulation requiring trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices. The 31-member organiza...
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Mike Willey, a pilot for more than 50 years, thinks that spinning off the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and making it into a separate, not-...
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A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would modernize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and authorize funding for the agency. The bill is sponsored by Sens. John Thune (R-S...
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U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Gary Peters (D-MI) recently introduced a bill that would require self-driving vehicle manufacturers to submit safety evaluation reports to the Secretary of Transportat...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao recently spoke at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Annual Meeting on regulatory reforms in the Department...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently presented its 2017 America's Transportation Awards for the grand prize and people’s choice awards. "For 10...
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A report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently found that, despite a sizeable jump in gas prices for September against the same period last year, public transportation co...
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Plug In America recently announced that National Drive Electric Week, held Sept. 9-17, reached all 50 U.S. states for the first time in the event’s history. A total of 276 coordinated events occ...
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With the Sept. 30 deadline looming for Congress to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding, stop thousands of FAA employees from being furloughed and keep airport projects under way,...
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More traveling U.S. citizens and Canadian visitors will see expedited arrival in-country with the expansion of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Mobile Passport Control to Los Angeles I...
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U.S. airline revenue from carry-on baggage and priority boarding fees increased from $6.3 billion in 2010 to $7.1 billion in 2016, according to a recently-published report on airline fees for optional...
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The Clean Air Action Plan, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles, will add billions of dollars to supply chain costs, the National Industria...
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta recently spoke at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s North American, Central American and Caribbean Directors of Civil...
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The American Trucking Association (ATA) has reported sizeable gains in the tonnage hauled by fleets prior to seasonal adjustment for the month of August. In total, the seasonally adjusted For-Hire...
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