Home » Policy » Federal » Page 154
Auto industry groups are fully engaged in the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations, hopeful to see the massive trade pact modernized in many ways, but meeting the threat ...
Read More
An aftermarket device developed by AirFlow Detector, Inc., called the AngelWing, recently prevented a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu sedan from sliding underneath a tractor trailer in a 40mph crash test conduc...
Read More
Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Border Management Solutions was recently selected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as its supplier of advance passenger information (API) and passenger name record...
Read More
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will provide $25 million in Emergency Relief funds to help Texas repair infrastructure destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, U.S. Department of Transportation Secret...
Read More
The runway must be cleared by Sept. 30 for takeoff of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization — but even a civil approach appears daunting at this point.
FAA reauthorization fac...
Read More
Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas on Friday, has pushed the price of gasoline nationally to $2.37 a gallon, 4 cents higher than prior to the storm.
The increase is the result of a quarter of the Gu...
Read More
Maria Cantwell
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, recently released a statement addressing her resignation from President Donald Trump’s National I...
Read More
The Mississippi Transportation Commission recently sent a letter to Congress opposing changes to vehicle weight limits on the Interstate Highway System.
Changes would potentially allow six-axle Twi...
Read More
Congress recently authorized the Passenger Ferry Grant Program to provide approximately $30 million in competitive grant funding for fiscal year 2017.
The program was authorized by the Moving Ahe...
Read More
United Airlines recently announced it will give up to three million bonus miles to MileagePlus members who donate to Hurricane Harvey relief charities.
The charities are the American Red Cross, Am...
Read More
Ryan Martinez
Southwest Airlines recently promoted Ryan Martinez from senior director of the Financial Planning & Analysis Corporate Team to Managing Director Investor Relations, which will go into effect on Sept. ...
Read More
Following a string of small aircraft crashes throughout the country, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently sent a public letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P....
Read More
Two of Capitol Hill’s prominent aviation-related labor unions have found more than one thing to support in the House proposal that aims to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Spe...
Read More
The Brownsville, Texas, Navigation District (BND) Board of Commissioners recently signed a memorandum with the Mission Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to develop a variety of projects, includin...
Read More
The Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) recently announced that its free mobile passport control app that facilitates passenger travel at airports has surpassed 2 million downloads...
Read More
A semiannual meeting to discuss cooperative efforts related to safety, security and environmental protection in the tugboat, towboat and barge industry was recently held by the National Quality Steeri...
Read More
The Controller Pilot Data Link Communications – Departure Component (Data Comm) of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen program shows NextGen’s potential, the National Business Av...
Read More
For the week ending on Aug. 19, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 554,021 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.4 percent compared to the same week in 2016, according to the Association of American Rai...
Read More
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently made changes to its Flight Standards Service (AFS), changes which went into effect this week.
The FAA calls the changes the Future of Flights St...
Read More
The 12 finalists were recently announced for the 2017 America's Transportation Awards, which are sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the U.S. ...
Read More