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U.S. traffic deaths drop slightly in 2022, but it’s still at ‘crisis’ levels

Traffic deaths dropped 0.3% from 2021, to 42,795, NHTSA results show. The Transportation Department is allocating. $800 million to help communities with high-crash areas.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘King of Asphalt’ Bud Shuster dies at age 91 - Roll Call

Shuster used his House Transportation gavel to win major highway and aviation bills while steering millions to his Pennsylvania district.

Roll Call

US rolls out funding for wildlife crossings along busy roads

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in New Mexico to roll out details of what federal officials are billing as the first-of-its-kind pilot program to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve connections between habitats

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Lebanon Abruptly Nixes Plan for $122M Airport ‘Terminal 2’

A contract for a new terminal at cash-strapped Lebanon's main airport was cancelled following criticism that no public bidding was held for the $122 million project, Lebanon’s caretaker transportation minister said Thursday. Lebanon’s government last week announced the plan to construct terminal at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport and said…

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Secretary Pete Buttigieg launches plan to avoid aircraft collisions at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will announce a $28.8 million airfield safety project at DFW International Airport Thursday, a move aimed at preventing near collisions between jets that have raised concerns about the nation’s travel system.

Tribune News Service

Lebanon abruptly nixes plan for $122M airport 'Terminal 2'

Lebanon’s caretaker transportation minister says the contract for a new terminal at the country's main airport is cancelled, following an uproar over the lack of public bidding for the $122 million project

The Independent UK

Biden’s nominee to head FAA withdraws after Senate panel stalemate

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration withdrew from consideration in the face of Republican opposition in the Senate, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

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Biden nominee to lead FAA withdraws amid GOP opposition

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg condemned the "undeserved" partisan attacks against Washington.

Axios

Vance: Rail safety legislation is not 'big government' - Roll Call

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance attacked the rail industry for criticizing a safety bill he co-sponsored with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

Roll Call

Pence defends joke about Buttigieg 'maternity leave'

The husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttgieg says he hasn’t heard from Mike Pence in the days since the former vice president mocked his family

The Independent UK

Chasten Buttigieg hits back at Pence

The former vice president mocked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for taking "maternity leave"

Salon

White House rebukes Mike Pence over homophobic jokes about Pete Buttigieg

Former vice-president took aim at transportation secretary for taking maternity leave and joked about postpartum depression

The Guardian - US

There are about 3 U.S. train derailments per day. They aren't usually major disasters

The U.S. saw more than one thousand train derailments last year, but industry leaders say traveling by rail remains one of the safest methods of transportation.

WEKU

JetBlue-Spirit deal faces DOJ antitrust suit this week

The Justice Department and Department of Transportation are expected to take action as soon as Tuesday to block JetBlue Airways Corp.’s $3.8 billion takeover of Spirit Airlines Inc., according to people familiar with the case.

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The Independent UK

NTSB: Key tank car part melted after Ohio train derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board says the fire in last month’s Ohio train derailment melted a key part of the tank cars filled with toxic chemicals

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg defends Biden for not visiting East Palestine after train disaster

The transportation secretary said a presidential visit could be ‘disruptive’

Tribune News Service

Julianna Goldman: Buttigieg isn’t in a position to be much help

Note to politicians with presidential aspirations: Joining the Cabinet makes the path that much harder. Just ask Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

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House GOP appropriators unveil tighter earmark rules - Roll Call

House Republican appropriators have banned earmarks from the Labor-HHS-Education, Financial Services and Defense bills under new rules.

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House GOP appropriators set to unveil new earmark restrictions - Roll Call

Leaders of two Appropriations subcommittees said they will not allow earmarks in their fiscal 2024 spending bills.

Tribune News Service

‘Railroads have just had too much power,’ Buttigieg says in Kansas City after Ohio train disaster

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pledged to hold American freight railroads to stricter standards in the wake of a train disaster in Ohio last month and Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s response.

Tribune News Service

JetBlue mounts full-court press for Spirit buyout approval

JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes was unequivocal when asked what he’d do if the U.S. Justice Department blocked his airline’s proposed buyout of Spirit Airlines, South Florida’s low-cost hometown air carrier.

Tribune News Service

House GOP mulls putting ‘woke’ earmarks on chopping block

WASHINGTON — House GOP appropriators are gearing up to potentially bar local projects entirely from the largest domestic spending bill for fiscal 2024, along with others deemed “woke” by critics of earmarks funded in the December omnibus package.

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House GOP mulls putting 'woke' earmarks on chopping block - Roll Call

House GOP appropriators are gearing up to potentially bar local projects entirely from the largest domestic spending bill for fiscal 2024.

WEKU

In East Palestine, who 'shows up' isn't necessarily a sign of who's helping

East Palestine, Ohio, has been devastated by a train derailment and chemical burn off that has threatened the health of residents, but it has now also become the center of political controversy.

Tribune News Service

House Republicans probe Buttigieg response to Ohio train crash

House Republicans are probing the Transportation Department’s handling of the Norfolk Southern Corp. chemical train derailment earlier this month that released a toxic soup of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.

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