I should have known this was coming. Last night, I had just finished up my post for today when the news broke that Delta and Northwest had finally agreed to merge after months of painful speculation. Now, the management nightmare begins. There are so many issues here,...
THIS PAPER WAS PREPARED FOR THE SEVENTH JAMES L. OBERSTAR FORUM ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY, SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND HELD ON APRIL 7, 2008. THE FORUM ADDRESSED POTENTIAL DIRECTIONS OF THE NEXT AUTHORIZATION OF THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ACT, WHICH WILL...
U.S. Representatives Deliver Bike-Sharing Challenge to Delegates: 10,000 rides and 25,000 miles! Host City Mayors Hickenlooper Denver, Coleman (St. Paul) and Rybak Minneapolis among First to Register for Convention Bike-Sharing Program at freewheelinwaytogo.com WASHINGTON -- What's good for the environment is often what's good for the...
Pending legislation in Congress could create the greatest expansion of the Clean Water Act since it was signed into law in 1972. The bill, The Clean Water Restoration Act (H.R. 2421/S. 1870), would expand the federal role beyond protecting wetlands and waters having an understandable "significant nexus" to navigable waters....
Jun 30, 2008 Capacity cuts at major airlines will make it harder for travelers to redeem frequent-flier miles, writes Tim Winship. He expects carriers to reduce the absolute number of award seats available as well as percentage of award seats available. "The resulting picture is...
The House passed a Coast Guard bill containing provisions which some see as impeding construction of new liquefied natural gas LNG plants. One provision in the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 2830), which the House passed April 24 by a vote of 395-7, establishes criteria...
Over the past two months, hundreds of thousands of airline passengers were stranded in airports nationwide as more than 3,500 flights were canceled because carriers failed to perform required maintenance. The mass groundings -- more extensive than any previous airline safety grounding in history -- cost...
The chairman of the transportation committee of the U.S. House of Representatives wants Congress to increase the funding available for highway and infrastructure projects to about $500 billion, almost twice the current allocation, Bloomberg News reported. But securing the additional funds will be "an interesting challenge," James Kolb,...
A majority of Americans oppose a proposal to expand the Clean Water Act, according to a new nationwide survey released by the National Center for Public Policy Research. The proposal, the Clean Water Restoration Act CRWA, has been introduced by...
The EU is starting to push the US to allow foreign takeovers of US airlines in preparation for the launch of talks, on 15 May, for a second Open Sky' aviation agreement. "We are going to insist on this. It is in the interests...
European and American airlines are poised to pounce on the myriad of new flight possibilities that opened up when the EU-US Open Sky agreement entered into force on 30 March. London Heathrow Airport will see the most dramatic changes in the short term, with...
Business News IN BRIEF *The $5.3bn merger of Delta Airlines with US compatriot Northwest "will be probably the worst development in aviation" since airlines were deregulated in 1978, the House of Representative transport committee chair James Oberstar said, signalling that the deal will face tough scrutiny in...
The agency charged to protect air passengers' safety appears to be asleep at the switch. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., has gone so far as to decry the "culture of coziness" between regulators and the nation's airlines. Recent events suggest his observations may be spot-on. ...
To: TRAVEL EDITORS Contact: Southwest Airlines Public Relations, +1-214-792-4847 WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SouthwestAirlines' Executive Chairman Herb Kelleher and CEO Gary Kelly willpresent testimony today at a hearing held by the United States Houseof Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructureregarding Federal Aviation Administration FAA safety oversight. ...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters,+1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org Hoffa Says Teamsters Aviation Workers Have Expressed Concerns forYears WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TeamstersGeneral President Jim Hoffa on Thursday thanked TransportationCommittee Chairman Jim Oberstar for investigating the FederalAviation Administrations cozy relationship with airline management. Oberstar,...
WASHINGTON AFP — A top US lawmaker called for the government's aviation agency to "clean house" on Thursday as whistleblowers denounced safety lapses that allowed an airline to fly with cracked fuselages. Representative James Oberstar denounced the "cozy" relationship between the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines after Southwest...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood ofTeamsters, +1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org Hoffa Thanks T&I Chairman for Bold Stand on Behalf of AirTravelers WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TeamstersGeneral President Jim Hoffa on Thursday said TransportationCommittee Chairman Jim Oberstar deserves praise for exposing laxinspection practices within the...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In 1729, A CREE INDIAN NAMED AUCHAGAN gave a French explorer a simple map drawn on birch bark, using bits of charcoal. It depicted a chain of lakes, rivers, and overland portages that would allow anyone in a...
The reputations of Southwest Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration FAA as regards aircraft maintenance and government oversight of the successful air carrier, respectively, have been tarnished as accusations are publicly aired much to the unhappiness of senior Bush administration officials and the airline's top brass. ...
Mar 17, 2008 US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced that DoT and FAA will begin using Florida this summer as a "test-bed" for the planned satellite-based Next-Gen ATC system, including a "rollout" of undisclosed technology at Daytona Beach International, use of "a new descent technique in Miami that...
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