American Public Transportation Association (APTA), President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas said the recent passage of a continuing appropriations bill in Congress will ensure surface transportation progra...
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Rail Passengers Association officials expressed gratitude to the House of Representatives after lawmakers released a coronavirus bill, including $2.4 billion in Amtrak funding and $32 billion for publ...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, applauded the latest version of House Democrats’ COVID-19 relief package for including critical rel...
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As a means of improving safety for vulnerable road users, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has deemed October as the inaugural Pedestri...
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Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said the agency has earmarked $574 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to aid 39 states and Puerto Rico with natural disaster damaged infrastructure rep...
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President Donald Trump said via tweet Friday that he will approve a $22 billion freight rail project that will connect Alaska and Alberta, Canada. Trump tweeted that after recommendations from Sen...
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The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) applauded House leaders for including airports, airlines, and airport concessionaires into an updated version of the HEROES Act, a second large st...
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Lawmakers are espousing the benefits of a measure seeking to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) certification process while improving regulatory actions. Reps. Peter DeFazio ...
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The University of Texas Austin’s Webber Energy Group and The Ray, a highway innovation organization, have partnered together to create a road map for areas on the U.S. interstate system that have po...
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More than 27 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration expressing their concerns over a recent report on airplane noise metrics. In t...
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Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has earmarked $335 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 80 airports in 25 states. “Ai...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Wednesday that it has selected projects to receive grant funding from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and...
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Two legislators recently espoused the benefits of a reintroduced measure designed to address autonomous vehicles (AVs) federal safety standards and self-driving car initiatives. Energy and Commerce...
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Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will support seven innovations in the sixth round of its Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative. In collab...
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As the seasons change to colder weather, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Safety Alert for pilots concerning the risk of wet snow and icing conditions. The “Flight in Snowâ€...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for the development and implementation of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable, and systematic COVID-19 testing for all ...
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) officials said the organization supports the Department of Labor’s proposed ruling clarifying the definition of employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA...
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iWith federal funding declining, local option sales tax ballot initiatives may be the wave of the future for funding road projects, leaders in transportation funding said this month in a webinar. ...
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The American Public Transportation Association applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ move to introduce legislation extending federal funding through Dec. 11, 2020, in a statement on Monday. ...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Monday to extend the Payroll Support Program for airline workers through March 2021. Wicker, the chairman of th...
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