The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday that it has signed a memo of cooperation with the French National Space Agency (CNES) to pursue research and development into commercial orbital launches. This cooperative initiative would facilitate research into the possibility of private-sector launches into outer space. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) donated a $16.8-million grant this week to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) Airport to complete the fourth of a multi-phase comprehensive taxiway improvement program for two runways. Read More »

Experienced technology executive Sean Whiteley has joined Cargomatic as their chief operating officer, where he will be responsible for operations and sales and marketing, as the company continues its goal of transforming local trucking through mobile technology. Read More »

The New York State Senate approved two bills this week that are aimed at improving the safety of riders using public transportation. S. 3203 would make it a crime for a person to rub sexual or intimate body parts on another person on public transportation. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a Draft Environmental Assessment of the Southern California Metroplex project, which will replace conventional air traffic operations with satellite-based systems, the FAA said on Wednesday. Read More »

Minerals Technologies, a New York-based firm marketing specialized mineral-based products, launched its new crop enhancement product Enersol on Tuesday in China. The product is being tested on a number of crops, including corn, soybeans, rice and potatoes. Read More »

National Truck Protection Inc. has partnered with RoadsideMasters,com to offer roadside assistance to commercial trucks. The service offered by RoadsideMasters is a comprehensive set that includes fuel and oil delivery, towing and tire repair. Read More »

Leaders from the Federal Aviation Administration and the general aviation industry have started a new campaign called Fly Safe to educate pilots on how to prevent Loss of Control accidents from happening. These types of mishaps kill 450 people each year. Read More »

?The Federal Aviation Administration is leading a global movement to create a performance-based approach for new airworthiness standards for Part 23 general aviation airplanes. Officials say rewriting Part 23 will improve the overall system by increasing safety. Read More »

Thousands of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit subway riders were left without transportation after someone stole the copper cable from the "A" line tracks near Howard Beach, Queens. Workers are laboring to restore service on the line soon. The delay caused a domino effect for other travelers throughout the day, and these residual delays will take some time to disappear entirely. Read More »

Data Communications (Data Comm), a NextGen technology that helps coordinate the busy airspace in the New York City area, especially in bad weather, will help air travelers and businesses as they travel this summer. With the warmer summer months comes vacation travel for families and businesses. Also with summer weather come thunderstorms that are disruptive to flight plans and itineraries. Read More »

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said this week that bonds issued through its Transportation Revenue Bond (TRB) credit were rated AA+ by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency. AA+ is one of the highest ratings the agency gives for debt creditworthiness, indicating that MTA bonds carry a minimal risk of loss from credit-related events. Read More »

National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas Hendricks recently released a statement concerning the National Research Council’s (NRC) paper reviewing the efforts to fully modernize the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control. Read More »

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), New York's $967.1 million Railroad Rehabilitation Infrastructure Financing (RRIF) Loan Series 2015X, has earned an 'A' rating from Fitch Ratings. Read More »

The New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration recently released the scoping report for the new Interstate 81 Viaduct project. Read More »

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled a milestone on Thursday, with the final installation of En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) technology in air traffic control centers nationwide. ERAM is the foundation for technical operations at 20 of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) en route air traffic control centers. The system operates display screens used by air traffic controllers to manage aircraft in flight and is part of the foundation for NextGen systems. Read More »

Based on recently released ridership data collected by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 2014, the Long Island Metro-North Railroads were the busiest commuter lines in the nation. Read More »

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he would nominate Vice Admiral of the Coast Guard, Peter Neffenger to be the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) top administrator. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved a loan of $967.1 million to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to improve the safety of signal systems, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. Read More »

Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad see increase in passengers in 2014 Read More »