Six aviation organizations recently sent a letter to the leaders of two Congressional committees urging increased funding for the Alternative Fuels for General Aviation program in the final funding al...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently proposed a rule that would require commercial hot-air-balloon pilots to hold the same second-class medical certificate as commercial pilots when oper...
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According to a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the first half of 2021 recorded the largest six-month increase in road fatalities in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s histor...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently awarded the Grand Prize and People’s Choice Award at the 2021 America’s Transportation Awards in San Diego....
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking designs for control towers that can be built and operated sustainably at regional and municipal airports. The agency seeks solicitations that wi...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) said it is disappointed in Congress failing to pass a long-term surface transportation reauthorization. In a stateme...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Thursday that they had formed a strategic partnership to identify billions in financing for infrastructure impr...
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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced 10 bills Wednesday to the full House for consideration. “As climate change continues to drive more frequent and severe extre...
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Legislation recently re-introduced in the U.S. House would prohibit Amtrak from requiring forced arbitration agreements from passengers. If the bill, the Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Ac...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sam Graves (R-MO), Dina Titus (D-NV), and Daniel Webster (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen disaster mitigation and resilience programs administere...
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U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA) introduced legislation Monday that would allow unspent COVID-19 relief funds to be used on various infrastructure investments. The legi...
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American Trucking Association’s Chief Economist Bob Costello said Monday the current truck driver shortage has risen to 80,000 – an all-time high for the industry – and may reach as much as 160,...
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On Friday, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi announced they had met with several transportation organizations in the Midwest to discuss strengthening...
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Legislation introduced by U.S. Sens John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) to re-allocate unspent COVID-19 relief dollars toward infrastructure and disaster relief passed in the Senate last week. ...
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U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), G. K Butterfield (D-NC), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA), members of the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus, held the Caucus’s firs...
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The leaders of 33 transportation unions recently met with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to discuss worker-first solutions to supply chain and other challenges caused by the COVID-19 pande...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) raised concerns about the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plans to ...
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The proposed elimination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reforms by the Biden administration clash with the administration’s support for transportation infrastructure investment, the Ame...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released recommendations for increasing aviation safety in Alaska. The recommendations were the result of a yearlong examination of safety issues ...
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On Friday, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced it had provided written comments to Federal Transit Administration with regard to the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program ...
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