The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is encouraging the International Energy Agency (IEA) to prioritize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) investment as a means of aiding the industry’s C...
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U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) earlier this month unveiled two bipartisan bills to ramp up investment in local infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Empowering our local leaders t...
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A lack of federal funding could put the brakes on public transportation, a coalition of 24 Senators said in a letter to Senate leaders Wednesday. Led by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the partisan coal...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Monday that it will provide 20 small businesses in 14 states with more than $3 million in contracts to research and develop innovative solutions...
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Three government agencies recently issued health guidance to airlines and airports as a means of aiding the transportation system’s COVID-19 recovery efforts. Department of Transportation, Homel...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation would launch a $3 million public safety campaign to reduce the number of child vehicular heatst...
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Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) officials are supporting the recently operational United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). ...
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A new report on a two-year-old multi-vehicle crash in Illinois shows that transportation safety improvement still has work to do. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board found tha...
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American Trucking Association (ATA) recently expressed its support of the Invest in America Act, calling upon lawmakers to create a responsibly funded infrastructure bill. “Coming off one of th...
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Members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works agreed on the urgency of an infrastructure bill, while conceding a rapidly moving House version, slated for passage this week, stands no...
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Major U.S. airlines announced Monday that they would require passengers to make three “health acknowledgments” to fly during the current pandemic. Members of Airlines for America (A4A), includ...
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Calling it “not a serious” proposal, the White House said it opposed the House of Representative’s “Moving America Forward” Act, criticizing it on how it would be paid for. The $1.5 tril...
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The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has joined other highway safety stakeholders in advocating federal lawmakers remove program constraints hampering efforts to implement lifesaving progra...
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U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) introduce legislation Friday to their respective houses of Congress that would promote public transportation and provide fare-free public...
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Americans will take an estimated 700 million trips this summer, AAA says, a decrease of nearly 15 percent compared to July through September of last year. Looking at economic indicators and state ...
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Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) said his bill, the Moving Forward Act, would bring at least $7.6 billion for rail projects along the Northeast Corridor into New Jersey. Payne co-sponsored the legisl...
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Airlines for America (A4A) said member carriers supporting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in conducting public and employee temperature screenings would offer ticket refunds to those...
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Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this month warned that the Chinese Communist Party may be abusing America’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and called for a federal review of the p...
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Already at a crisis point prior to COVID-19, America’s infrastructure faces “dire” new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) h...
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Mayors from across the country called for a restructuring of infrastructure investment that would stimulate the economy and create thousands of good jobs. Called “America’s new Playbook on Inf...
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