Airlines for America, the trade association for the U.S. airline industry, joined the rest of the airline industry in calling on Congress to act quickly to protect airlines and their employees. In...
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are encouraging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to increase oversight measures regarding the auto loan market. Warren and Bro...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) wants Congress to provide more than $16 billion in supplemental funding, and to waive truck weight restrictions to deal ...
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The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation are urging consideration of automobile dealerships among essential operations regarding the nation’s cor...
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In a historic first step towards modernization, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its plan to update numerous Federal Motor Vehicle Safe...
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Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) said any potential bailout of the airline industry in the face of the coronavirus would have to include consumer protections. In a statement, Markey, a member of the Comm...
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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced it would award nearly $20.3 million in grants to fund 25 projects in 23 states through its Integrated Mobility Integrat...
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An American Automobile Association (AAA) analysis maintains gas price averages have fallen by double-digits in 35 states, pushing the national average to $2.25 per gallon. “The national gas price...
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The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC) has received the National In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force’s report on in-flight sexual misc...
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Four auto industry organizations said they are forming a COVID-19 / Coronavirus Task Force as a means of bolstering manufacturing and warehouse employee protections. Officials representing the Unit...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Friday that it will expand its eligibility for federal assistance for transit agencies to use in responding to the coronavirus. The move would al...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced 32 projects in 27 states will receive federal grants to fund railroad infrastructure projects. Part of the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and ...
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Five Georgia transportation projects will be part of a national public outreach program to show the human side of transportation and infrastructure programs. Part of the American Association of St...
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Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) has added his support to the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) proposal to update the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Graves, the ranki...
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A new bill in Congress would tighten up a loophole that left pilots on all-cargo flights subject to harm through open cockpit doors. Sponsored by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Jesus G. “Chu...
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The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) maintains the effort to revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will reduce transportation improvement project delays while ...
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Amidst global concern about the coronavirus pandemic, officials in the airport industry said some areas of the globe could see as much as a 24 percent reduction in traffic and revenue. On Wednesda...
Read MoreReps. Mike Bost (R-IL) and Angie Craig (D-MN) recently introduced a measure they said is designed to improve highway safety by addressing the parking shortage for semis and large commercial trucks. ...
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A recently released National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report maintains the prevalence of prescription, over-the-counter, and illicit drugs found in fatally injured pilots has increased since...
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A bipartisan bill in Congress would help address the nation’s infrastructure workforce shortage by investing in career and technical education and on-the-job training, lawmakers said. Rep. Jim L...
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