Topline Chasten Buttigieg, husband to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, pushed back against former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday for mocking his husband’s 2021 parental leave stint, af...
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Biden administration urges Congress to ban airline family-seating fees
Passengers wearing protective masks are seen aboard before a JetBlue flight to London at JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, August 11, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Reuters The Bi...
Norfolk Southern CEO Says Safety Standards ‘Were Not Enough’ As Senate Grills Him On Ohio Derailment
Topline Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said Thursday he was “deeply sorry” for the impact of the derailment of a train carrying toxic materials last month in East Palestine, Ohio, and conceded the tra...
Norfolk Southern Conductor Killed In Third Ohio Incident This Year—Weeks After Massive Chemical Spill
Topline A Norfolk Southern conductor was fatally struck by a dump truck in Cleveland Tuesday morning, the third incident involving a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio in just over a month, including a de...
Buttigieg’s Use Of Federal Jets Under Review By Transportation Department Watchdog
Topline The Department of Transportation’s inspector general is launching an audit into Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s use of federal jets for official trips, as Buttigieg comes under fire ...
CDC Workers Canvass East Palestine To Investigate Health Risks From Trail Derailment
Topline Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived in East Palestine, Ohio, Saturday to investigate the possible health risks stemming from a recent train derailment, after ...
House Republicans Launch Probe Into Buttigieg’s East Palestine Derailment Response
Topline Republicans on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation Friday into Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s response to this month’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, ...
Criticizes Trump As Derailment Sparks Partisan Feud
Topline Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Thursday he could have spoken out about the toxic train derailment in eastern Ohio sooner, but urged former President Donald Trump—who visi...
NTSB Ohio train derailment report points to overheated wheel
Workers continue to clean up remaining tank cars, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment. Matt Freed | AP Federal authorities o...
Safe to return to East Palestine, Ohio
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw told CNBC he thinks it’s safe for families to return to East Palestine, Ohio, nearly three weeks after toxic chemicals were released following a train derailment e...
Meltdowns In The Airline Industry And How To Fix Them
getty Key takeaways The Federal Aviation Administration had to suspend flights on the morning of January 11 due to issues with the system that notified pilots of possible dangers in the air and on the...
FAA system outage disrupts thousands of flights across U.S.
Thousands of flights across the U.S. were delayed Wednesday after a Federal Aviation Administration pilot-alert system failed overnight, prompting a nationwide halt to departures. The FAA lifted the g...
Southwest Faces Class Action Suit Over Holiday Meltdown — Here’s What Stranded Passengers Can Expect As Airline Deals With Fallout
Topline Southwest Airlines is facing a class action lawsuit from a passenger who claims the carrier did not refund his tickets for canceled flights during the company’s operational meltdown last month...
Southwest cancels more flights as rival carriers cap fares for stranded flyers
Southwest Airlines slashed another 2,500 flights on Wednesday, sending more frustrated customers scrambling to find seats on other airlines. The Dallas-based carrier’s cuts amounted to 60% of it...
Senate Votes To Avert Rail Strike—But Denies Railroad Workers’ Request For 7 Paid Sick Days
Topline The Senate approved a new contract between railroad companies and labor unions on Thursday in a last-minute vote, ahead of a December 9 deadline that could trigger a nationwide railroad strike...
DOT says Frontier, foreign airlines must pay travelers $600 million in refunds
Travelers look at a display board showing cancelled and delayed flights at Orlando International Airport on New Year’s weekend, despite thousands of flight cancellations and delays across United...
Return To U.S. Airline Reliability Requires All Stakeholders’ Action
Airlines have struggled to be reliable since the quick return of travel demand. One piece of the … [+] puzzle is the airlines themselves, but all stakeholders need to work together to return air...
Biden administration seeks new rules on airline fee disclosures
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, July 2, 2022. As travel is ramping up for the July 4th holiday, staffing shortages are causing problems for some ...
Biden pushed railways, unions to ‘be creative,’ White House says
President Joe Biden urged railway executives and union leaders to be creative and flexible in finding a compromise to avoid a shutdown that could have disrupted the transport of goods across the U.S.,...
Airline Reliability Won’t Improve Until Air Traffic Control Staffs Up, Too
Air Traffic Control centers direct the flow of airplanes. Airlines have been appropriately … [+] criticized for being short-staffed, causing flight cancellations and delays. But Air Traffic Cont...
Delta offers free flight changes over July Fourth weekend
An Airbus A330-323 aircraft, operated by Delta Air Lines. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Delta Air Lines is allowing travelers to change their tickets for free during the busy Fourth of July weekend, allowi...
Airlines, FAA spar over flight delays ahead of July Fourth
Travelers wait to board a plane at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on April 22, 2022. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration are pointing the ...
Michigan Tries To Retain Industry Leadership In Fast Transition To EVs
An ad for the Ford F-150 Lighnting, which is built in Michigan. Ford This should be a prime time for Michigan to celebrate its new era of achievements in the automotive industry. Ford is turning out a...
U.S. roadway deaths rise, even as cars get safer
Cars and trucks are wedged together after a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on the ice covered I-35 in a still image from video in Fort Worth, Texas, February 11, 2021. NBC5 | via Reuters New vehicles on ...
U.S. Traffic Deaths Likely Jumped 10.5% Last Year To Highest Since 2005
Fatal Collision Sign Next To Scene Of Accident On Busy Road getty Traffic deaths in the United States surged in 2021 to their highest level in 16 years, according to a preliminary estimate released Tu...
U.S. traffic deaths hit 16-year high in 2021, DOT says
Investigators look over the scene of a crash between an SUV and a semi-truck full of gravel near Holtville, California on March 2, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images More people died on U.S....
Inflation is the ‘top problem’ facing America, survey shows
A worker stocks items inside a grocery store in San Francisco, California, May 2, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meanwhile, President Joe Biden also has faced blowback over continu...
Sedan Opportunity Rises With Gas Prices, But Makers Can’t Capitalize
The 2022 Hyundai Accent helps prove the Korean automakers’ devotion to sedans. 2018 Accent Hyundai When he was asked a while ago what Americans should do to combat rising gasoline prices, U.S. T...
Buttigieg says DOT will dole out $2.9 billion in infrastructure grants
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to the news media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters Transportation Secretar...
U.S. clears way for driverless vehicles without steering wheels
DETROIT – Federal vehicle safety regulators have cleared the way for the production and deployment of driverless vehicles that do not include manual controls such as a steering wheel or pedals. The U....
Biden rolls out $5 billion to states for electric vehicle chargers
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. Evan Vucci | AP The Biden administration this week r...
Elon Musk’s Tesla helped make EVs ‘possible in America’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday recognized Tesla as a pioneer of electric vehicle manufacturing in the U.S. “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, i...