U.S. airlines could rake in $1 billion in FAA shutdown-related ticket hikes. So far this year, Korean automakers sold more cars in the US than all European companies combined. One NY pol wants to increase the fine for fare beating. And: got questions about the FAA standoff? We’ve got answers.
The FAA shutdown could continue into September. DC’s intercity buses will soon depart from Union Station. Metered parking may finally come to Moscow. 48 San Francisco city bus drivers don’t have licenses. And the mayor of Vilnius gets medieval on a car blocking a bike lane.
New CAFE standards will be announced tomorrow, and automakers will have to average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. A commuter rail line planned for Milwaukee is officially dead. SEPTA is booming. And Congressman John Mica says the Democrats are to blame for the FAA shutdown.
No news on negotiations in the FAA budget impasse — and lawmakers are gearing up for a protracted battle. The NY MTA says it will upgrade subway stations in the Bronx. Seattle is considering four possible streetcar routes. Fines for distracted walking are taking hold in various states. And the people have spoken: Boston’s new commuter rail engines will be purple.
Atlantis has landed — and the nation’s 30-year space shuttle program is officially over. Chicago’s Metra will clean up the air inside its commuter rail cars. Some Boston residents want to know why their neighborhoods didn’t get bike share stations. And: I see dead people parking: Los Angeles regularly sends disabled parking placards to the deceased.
(Matt Dellinger, Transportation Nation) – This weekend’s “Carmageddon,” the fallout expected from a complete shutdown of 10 miles of Interstate 405 through the Sepulveda Pass between downtown Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, has taken the shape of a summer blockbuster. It’s going to be big, suspenseful, action-packed, life-changing. Except instead of a must-see,…
House Republicans and Senate Democrats will unveil two very different transportation bills today. Meanwhile, transit and transpo in cities like Atlanta and Minneapolis-St. Paul is taking a hit. The US and Mexico reached a trucking deal. Say hello to a new ‘roadable aircraft.’ And: LA prepares for ‘carmageddon.’
Federal spending on bike and pedestrian infrastructure amounted to $4 a person last year. Los Angeles’s bus system gets millions of low-income workers to their jobs — so why is the city cutting bus lines? A ruptured oil pipeline has Montana residents angry. And: why don’t more women ride bikes in NYC?
President Obama has suggested requiring all cars and light trucks to run at 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025. Our partner The Takeaway, wanted to find out if this is feasible. Here’s a debate between Seth Fletcher of Popular Science, and author of “Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy,” and Sean McAndlen, chief economist for the Center for Automotive Research. Listen.
Florida Congressman Mica has been relentlessly pushing SunRail — but is he dedicated to commuter rail, or to CSX? Less New Yorkers are driving over MTA-owned — and tolled — bridges. Boston is expanding its “quiet car” program. And: how feasible is President Obama’s fuel economy goal?
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