U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced Tuesday that they had introduced legislation to increase funding for transit systems in s...
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The National Transportation Safety Board released its “Most Wanted” list of safety recommendations Monday without one key component – positive train control. The removal comes not from the d...
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined other advocacy groups in supporting mileage-based user fees on Monday. In a letter to members of Congress, the group said moving the funding mechanism f...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would allocate $187 million in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) to ...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rick Larsen (D-WA), chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation, called on the U.S. Department of Tran...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded more than $627.7 million through the fiscal year 2021 Airport Improvement Program to airports nationwide for infrastructure and safety projec...
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Airlines for American (A4A), a trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines, said on Thursday that its member carriers will work within the industry and with government leaders to achieve...
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The Alliance for Automotive Innovation and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association recently sent a letter to congressional leaders and President Joe Biden to re-affirm their commitment toward ...
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President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, the America Jobs Plan, includes $621 billion for the transportation sector, with the largest chunk of that funding aimed at growing the el...
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Approximately 50 members of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Surge Capacity Force (SCF) have volunteered to assist at COVID-19 community vaccination centers. SCF is a federal em...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Chris Coons (D-DE) reintroduced the bipartisan Driving for Opportunity Act Tuesday. The legislation would create an incentive to stop debt-based driver’s licen...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Monday a total of $30.5 billion in federal funding would be available for the nation’s public transportation ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration recently opened the application period for $230 million in discretionary grant funding for port and intermodal infrastructure-related ...
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Airline pilot union the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) recently highlighted policy recommendations for advancing aviation safety and security for commercial passenger operations. The...
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A new report from the Reason Foundation says that public transportation may never return to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic service levels. The pandemic has changed not only the behavior of individuals ...
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As the Biden administration will soon introduce an infrastructure stimulus package, Americans should pay more attention to how funding is allocated than how much funding is proposed, a Transportation ...
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The American Chemistry Council recently released a statement in support of the U.S. Senate’s IMAGINE Act. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) re-introduced the Innovativ...
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) issued a statement Thursday applauding U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s repeal of administrative rulemaking roadblocks. The...
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Topline results released from the Mineta Transportation Institute’s 12th annual tax survey found that 53 percent of Americans support the concept of a “green” mileage fee. As part of its ann...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would invest in clean vehicle infrastructure, including hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations. ...
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