The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee recently advanced legislation promoting autonomous vehicle testing and deployment. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) added three amendments that ...
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NetJets Aviation, a private-business-jet charter and aircraft management company, recently sent a letter to Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,...
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Congress must move past the status quo and approve a long-term bill that reforms the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-P...
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Multiple organizations advocating for Americans with disabilities have released statements supporting the American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV...
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Gas prices reached their highest levels since October 2015 this week, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), averaging $2.55 a gallon. The price per barrel for oil is more than $50...
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More than 80 members of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently sent a letter to Congressional members asking them to push for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reform. “U.S. airc...
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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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