Transport
A record number of Americans are expected to travel by car this Memorial Day weekend, and airports could be busier than they’ve been since 2005, according to a forecast released Monday by AAA. The auto club anticipates 43.8 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.…
The Senate is struggling to reach an agreement on time as they work to avoid a lapse of the program before Friday’s deadline while trying to extend the Federal Aviation Administration's authority for five more years.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a bill that would boost competition in the airline industry and cut prices for consumers. The legislation, named the “Airport Gate Competition Act,” was introduced Tuesday. The bill aims to increase the number of common-use gates available to all airlines, which proponents argue would give smaller…
Federal, transportation and union leaders gathered in Las Vegas Monday to drive spikes into a symbolic rail, marking the beginning of construction for a $12 billion high-speed rail line that will link Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. “People have been dreaming of high-speed rail in America for decades,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing new rules and advice to address reports of tiredness among air traffic controllers. To reduce the danger of exhaustion and overwork, the controllers will be required to take 12 hours off before midnight shifts and 10 hours off between shifts in general, FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said in…
Elon Musk says, 'We are just being very cautious.'
We traveled into the path of totality in a techy open-air Audi S5 Cabriolet.
The body of a missing construction worker who was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it collapsed last week has been found, according to authorities. The Unified Command, a group that includes the U.S. Coast Guard and Maryland state agencies, said in a press release that the body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval…
President Biden visited the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Friday and promised to use every effort to rebuild the structure. “I'm here to assure you that your nation supports you. And I really mean it. Your nation supports you,” Biden said, talking with…
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