On the10th anniversary of the first flight of a blended-fuel jet, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has set an ambitious goal – 1 billion passengers on sustainable-fuel aircraft by ...
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New York rail and port projects that promote safety and spur economic development will be able to compete for more than $26.5 million in state funding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday. ...
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Since 2016, The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has been working on Project Neon--a 4 mile long widening of Interstate 15--but as of this week, they have unveiled the project’s final phas...
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Capt. Tim Canoll, president of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), laid out the industry’s initiatives to continue and build upon the airline industry’s safety record at an address last week b...
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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) recently named Robert Brock as interim director of aviation. Brock has served as the state’s director for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and as cha...
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Airline safety improved in 2017 from the previous year, according to data recently released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). “Some 4.1 billion travelers flew safely on 41.8 ...
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The leaders of six airlines called on Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday to reject a Senate panel’s proposal to nearly double the passenger facility charge (PFC), which is also known a...
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A new x-ray image analysis training system that tracks the eye movements of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers as they conduct visual searches of travelers is currently being tested...
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A sample of cross-border teamwork is underway in the south, with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) joining officials of the Mexican Sonora state to make highways safer. Their focus is...
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Four container cranes manufactured by the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries are scheduled to be shipped from Puget Sound to Tacoma, Washington, today on a 761-foot heavy lift ship. With no contain...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other industry organizations recently launched the Man to Man Campaign, aimed at eliminating the demand for human trafficking in the transportation industr...
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California Gov. Jerry Brown recently appointed Laurie Berman as director for the Department of Transportation (Caltrans). She replaces Malcolm Dougherty who is leaving Caltrans after 26 years for a...
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At its second electric vehicle technical conference, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) laid out plans to formulate regulatory policy and develop future rat structures. Much of this will...
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Affordable airfare allowed Americans of all ages from nearly all income levels to travel by air in 2017, with a study commissioned by Airlines for America (A4A) finding that 48 percent of all American...
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While many manufacturers want to develop the capability for the autonomous transport of goods – such as self-driving trucks -- most are willing to wait and see until costs come down and the technolo...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently launched a service called Fleet CyWatch designed to give motor carriers and council members a means to report cybercrimes affecting fleet operations. ...
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The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) recently sent a letter to Marc Garneau, minister of Transport Canada, urging the agency to revise regulations to protect Canadian airspace from dr...
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The proposed 25 cents a gallon gasoline-tax increase would cause hardship in several states, according to a report by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce and Americans for Prosperity. If enacted t...
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A European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) report released on Friday calls for more cooperation among aviation stakeholders in Europe to address increased air traffic, emerging technologies, and reduced...
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) highlighted last week two new checkpoint technologies recently unveiled at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The technologies available i...
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