Sep 15 Watch News Wrap: Shipwrecks off Malta and Libya kill more than 700 migrants By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more than 700 immigrants hoping to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East were killed in two shipwrecks last week. The death toll reportedly equals all migrant deaths for the entire year of 2013. Continue watching
Aug 01 FAA issues new restrictions on flights over Iraq By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting U.S. airlines from flying at or below 30,000 feet over Iraq because of what it calls “the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict” there. Continue reading
Jul 31 Congress approves highway bill before hitting the road for recess By Associated Press Congress has approved a bill to prevent a 28 percent cut in federal highway and mass transit aid at the height of the summer construction season. Continue reading
Jul 30 Senate passes $8B bill to fund highways through December By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate delivered an unexpectedly strong vote Tuesday in favor of taking action later this year to resolve the chronic funding problems that have bedeviled highway and transit programs, a sign that Congress may have reached the limit… Continue reading
Jul 24 Aviation’s terrible week doesn’t mean flying is less safe, say experts By Associated Press Less than one in 2 million flights last year ended in an accident in which the plane was damaged beyond repair, according to the International Air Transport Association. That includes accidents involving cargo and charter airlines as well as scheduled… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch Are tighter rules for crude oil trains chugging along too slowly? By PBS News Hour More than a million barrels of oil travel the country by rail each day. In response to deadly derailments, the Obama administration proposed tougher safety rules for trains carrying oil, sometimes called “pipelines on wheels.” Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx… Continue watching
Jul 23 U.S. proposes new rules to curb oil train fires By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Thousands of older rail tank cars that carry crude oil would be phased out within two years under regulations proposed Wednesday in response to a series of fiery train crashes over the past year, including a runaway oil… Continue reading
Jul 17 Obama promotes public-private partnerships for highway funding By Darlene Superville, Associated Press With federal transportation funding about to run dry, President Barack Obama is taking steps to boost the flow of private dollars into public works projects. Using the recently closed I-495 bridge at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware as a… Continue reading
Jul 14 Obama to push Congress for transportation funds By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will press Congress this week to keep highway and transit aid flowing to states. Continue reading
Jul 02 Federal highway fund at risk of running out of gas By Joan Lowy, Associated Press States will begin to feel the pain of cutbacks in federal aid as soon as the first week in August if lawmakers don't act, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a letter to states. That's because the balance in the… Continue reading