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Buttigieg scolds railroads for not doing more to improve safety since Ohio derailment

Mar. 12, 2024 17:23 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve since last year's fiery Ohio derailment. In a new letter to the freight railroads' main trade group, Buttigieg...

Pressure on Boeing grows as Buttigieg says the company needs to cooperate with investigations

Mar. 12, 2024 03:12 AM EDT

With Boeing facing multiple government investigations, the company needs to make “a serious transformation” around its safety and manufacturing quality, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday. The comments came one day after Buttigieg said the aircraft builder is...

Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis

Mar. 08, 2024 18:47 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden 's growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to mount, with the Democrat captured on a hot mic saying that he and the Israeli leader will need to have a “come to Jesus meeting.” The comments by Biden came...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Mar. 08, 2024 17:56 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. __ ...

A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years

Mar. 02, 2024 17:02 PM EST

Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities. For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single...

Airlines could face more fines for mishandling wheelchairs under a Biden administration proposal

Feb. 29, 2024 17:05 PM EST

The Biden administration is proposing to make it easier for the government to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs by making it an automatic violation of a federal law on accessible air travel. The U.S. Transportation Department also called Thursday for airlines to...

The Biden administration announces $970 million in grants for airport improvements across the US

Feb. 15, 2024 05:59 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it is providing $970 million for improvements at 114 airports around the country, with work ranging from wider concourses and new baggage-handling systems to new terminals at some small airfields. Administration officials...

Buttigieg visits interstate highway bridge in Pacific Northwest slated for seismic replacement

Feb. 13, 2024 18:52 PM EST

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday toured the century-old Interstate 5 bridge that connects Portland, Oregon, with southwest Washington state, a vital but earthquake-vulnerable structure that's set to be replaced as part of a multibillion-dollar...

Railroads say they're making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash

Feb. 03, 2024 00:29 AM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics,...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

Jan. 30, 2024 07:19 AM EST

Bloomington Pantagraph. January 26, 2024. Editorial: Black History Month is vital Arguments about diversity have dominated our cultural discussions for the last decade. From #metoo to George Floyd, from Colin Kaepernick to “go woke, go broke,” our conversations...