The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently fined three carriers for violating airline consumer protections rules. American Airlines was fined $250,000 for failure to process refunds in a ...
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In response to reports that the Trump Administration was open to terminating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an international group of automotive trade associations submitted a public...
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Washington State Legislature recently passed the 2017-2019 budget for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), which includes approximately $230 million in state and federal grants t...
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act, a bill that includes legislation approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ...
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The nation’s freight volume will increase 2.8 percent this year, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Freight Transportation Forecast 2017, and 15.18 billion tons of freight will be...
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The Department of Energy's (DOE) Battery500 consortium recently awarded more than $5.7 million in funding awarded to 15 different projects related to electric-vehicle batteries. The projects were p...
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Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) recently filed three amendments to the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act, commonly called the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reautho...
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Brandy D. Christian, the president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), was recently appointed to the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC). The appointment follows Po...
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In a vote this week, legislators of the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection advanced a bill that would shake up the issues surrounding self-driving vehicles. Proponents have of...
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The Aerospace Industries Association recently criticized the nomination of former Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) to lead the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States. Garrett was nominated for th...
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) made quarterly payments to 1,925 local governments totaling $132,782,070 for general transportation aids, connecting highway aids, and expressway po...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), a group of more than 1,500 organizations, opposes the House Appropriations Committee’s Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2018 which would cut f...
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) recently thanked the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for funding the general aviation industry in its Fiscal Year 2018 Transportation, Housing...
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Six trade organizations recently praised U.S. Reps. Diane Black (R-TN) and Ron Kind (D-WI) for introducing the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit extension bill. The most recent credit expired nearly...
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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) scored a victory this week following the House Appropriations Committee’s approval of a $16.6 billion budget for the Federal Aviation Administratio...
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A bill that would make permanent a tax credit that assists short line railroads in upgrading their track and bridges so they can handle modern freight cars recently achieved a bicameral majority Congr...
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Tesla, Inc. recently named Linda Johnson Rice, chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, and James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, to the company’s board of directors. Rice currently ser...
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently refunded Highway Enhancement through Local Partnerships (H.E.L.P) bonds, saving the state $3.8 million, according to Transportation Commiss...
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Delaware’s Department of Transportation (DelDOT) recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for its Newark Regional Transportation Center. The project, funded by a $10 million TIGER IV Grant from t...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hiring entry-level air traffic controllers, but it will take years of hiring to end the staffing crisis, the National Air Traffic Controls Association (NAT...
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