Gas prices reached their highest levels since October 2015 this week, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), averaging $2.55 a gallon. The price per barrel for oil is more than $50...
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More than 80 members of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently sent a letter to Congressional members asking them to push for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reform. “U.S. airc...
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Passenger facility charges (PFCs) — collected via airline tickets — should not be increased to help airports finance their capital improvement projects at the expense of American travelers who alr...
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Legislation that hopes to make mandatory screening and treatment for sleep disorders among transportation workers has received the support of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). The legislative ef...
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The Chinese government’s inaction on intellectual property rights (IPR) violations and counterfeit goods puts American businesses at risk of significant costs including lost sales and reduced market...
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Cutting Amtrak would negatively affect 45 percent of Americans, a report by the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) said. The report, called Dismantling a National Transportation N...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) board of directors recently elected John Schroer as association president. Schroer is commissioner of the Tennessee D...
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John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers, praised the recent introduction of the American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technolog...
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More than 30 organizations recently entered a diverse coalition that is fighting against a federal regulation requiring trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices. The 31-member organiza...
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Mike Willey, a pilot for more than 50 years, thinks that spinning off the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and making it into a separate, not-...
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A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would modernize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and authorize funding for the agency. The bill is sponsored by Sens. John Thune (R-S...
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U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Gary Peters (D-MI) recently introduced a bill that would require self-driving vehicle manufacturers to submit safety evaluation reports to the Secretary of Transportat...
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Janiece Longoria, Port Commission chairwoman of the Port of Houston Authority, stressed at September’s monthly meeting the importance of improving and restoring the port post-Hurricane Harvey. â€...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Polish Air Navigation Service Provider (PANSA) and a variety of industry stakeholders recently entered into a partnership to develop a National ...
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The Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) handled a total of 667,069 metric tons of cargo and moved 54,185 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container throughput and 109,604 metric tons of forest prod...
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An alliance between U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Gary Peters (D-MI) will bring forward joint legislation on self-driving vehicles for consideration by the Senate Commerce Committee. Thune, chai...
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United Airlines announced an application put forward this week to the Department of Transportation, asking for more daily flights between Houston and Havana. At present, the Houston-to-Havana route...
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Alaska Air Cargo recently introduced the first converted Boeing 737-700 cargo aircraft to its fleet, marking the first time an all-passenger aircraft has been converted to an all-freight aircraft. ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will soon deploy a 70-member team of emergency response personnel and support equipment to assist in recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, which was left sever...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao recently spoke at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Annual Meeting on regulatory reforms in the Department...
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