Safety spotlighted at National Air Traffic Controllers Association conference
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association's (NATCA) annual conference was held this week in Las Vegas. Read More »
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association's (NATCA) annual conference was held this week in Las Vegas. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is inviting U.S.-based airlines to apply for daytime routes in and out of Haneda Airport in Tokyo, under a recent agreement between the U.S. and Japan. Read More »
As technology moves forward, it impacts all sectors of business and government -- including transportation. Read More »
Torrential rains in Louisiana that began on March 7 have caused major damage to the state's roadways and bridges, requiring expensive work to pick up the pieces. Read More »
United Airlines has taken the final steps necessary to begin offering commercial air service to Cuba soon, United said this week. Read More »
A year after he launched the Mayor's Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets -- an initiative that 243 cities across the U.S. have joined -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently unveiled a new program, the Mayors' Challenge Awards. Read More »
Two topics Loren is likely to talk about are energy-related jobs and the Obama Administration’s recent decision to bar drilling in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), located just off North Carolina’s shores. Read More »
The Air Travel Consumer Report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) shows that there has been an overall increase in on-time performance for January 2016 compared to December 2015 and January 2015. January 2016 on-time performance stood at 81.3 percent. For January 2015, the rate was 76.8 percent, and for December 2015, the rate was 77.8 percent. Read More »
Officials with the Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently released a report about U.S. rail traffic rates from the week that ended on March 12, 2016. During this week, U.S. weekly rail traffic amounted to 489,177 intermodal units and carloads. This shows an 11.6 percent decline compared to the same week in 2015. Read More »
Leaders at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently ordered the J and J Transportation trucking company, also called John A. Robles (USDOT No. 2497430), be shut down. FMCSA has declared that the company is an imminent hazard to the safety of the public. The officials ordered it to stop all of its interstate and intrastate operations on Feb. 25. Read More »
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has joined with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to create Flow, the nation’s first platform that is designed to transform the outcomes of transportation with citizen engagement and analytics. Flow would provide unprecedented city-wide transportation analytics to assist cities in identifying underserved areas and resolving congestion. Read More »
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other federal agencies involved in managing unmanned aircraft operations have added more partners to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Executive Committee (UAS EXCOM). Read More »
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said this week that it has extended the compliance deadline to implement its final rule on bus leasing and interchange until Jan. 1, 2018. Read More »
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a final rule that aims to improve safety oversight in the U.S. rail industry. Read More »
The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) music and art festival in Austin, Texas, hosted various government and transportation industry leaders this week in a panel discussion on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones. Read More »
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) unveiled a proposed rule this week that would require two-person crews on most trains, and the move has been met with industry resistance. Read More »
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, recently published its new safety performance measures for its national safety program, including bicyclist and pedestrian safety measures. Read More »
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently unveiled its final rule to strengthen the states' safety enforcement and oversight authority for rail transit systems. Read More »
U.S. Reps. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Kevin Brady (R–TX), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced a bill late last week that seeks to extend authorization for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs through July 15. Read More »
The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, the world’s biggest online resource for improving the safety of roadway construction zones, launched a new website late last week that includes a new search function and expanded content. Read More »