In an effort to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require all states an...
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In a series of joint letters to various airlines, U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Brian Trone (D-MD) have requested that opioid overdose medication be stocked on flights f...
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The recently introduced Toll Credit Marketplace Act would allow states to sell toll credits for revenue that would be used toward match requirements on federally funded highway and transit projects. ...
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The Promoting Service in Transportation Act was introduced into the House this week to create a series of public service announcement campaigns to promote job opportunities and improve diversity for t...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation published a notice in the Federal Register Tuesday seeking public comments on how the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation (NETT) Council can be responsive...
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The latest report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) touts near-completion of Positive Train Control (PTC) technology among the U.S. commuter rail industry. PTC is a signali...
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Recently introduced legislation aims to extend the 50 cents per gallon excise tax credit on alternative fuel used in vehicles, which includes compressed, liquefied, and renewable natural gas. The A...
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With domestic airlines raking in billions in added fees annually, three U.S. legislators concerned that cost is outpacing reason introduced the Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous (FAIR) Fees...
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A bipartisan group of four senators is applauding the chamber’s recent vote to repeal Section 1438 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The section would have rescinded $...
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Recently introduced bipartisan legislation aims to remove the financial disincentive for retired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers to work at federal contract towers. FA...
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At a hearing held by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee this week, lawmakers directly addressed safety standards and concerns for self-driving vehicles. As noted by the Autom...
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Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure chairman, recently sent a letter to Inspector General Calvin Scovel III calling for an audit of the Federal Aviation Adm...
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A record 31.6 million people are predicted to travel aboard on U.S. carriers during the 12-day Thanksgiving travel period, according to Airlines for America (A4A), which is 3.7 percent higher than las...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging federal regulators to create a review process in advance of automated test vehicles being permitted to operate on public roads. The recomm...
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Two Republican congressmen have formally requested a Full Committee hearing to receive testimony from former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials who oversaw the certification of the Boeing...
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New figures from the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) project that global demand for jet fuel to continue growing over the next 40 years, with consumption growing even faster in n...
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Better waste management methods need to be developed for the disposal of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs), a report by the Faraday Institution and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DO...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently said it will make available $24.4 million in Fiscal Year 2018 and 2019 Restoration and Enhancement Grants Progr...
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The inaugural meeting of the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) Council was held this week. The council will work to improve how the U.S. Department of Transpo...
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Growing demand requires increased collaboration from the aviation industry, Airports Council International (ACI) World Director General Angela Gittens told the fourth World Aviation Conference this we...
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