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Major US highway could take months to repair after collapse

Drivers face prolonged commutes after a section of one of the largest East Coast transportation routes buckled and fell.

Al Jazeera

Long commutes start after part of I-95 collapses in Philadelphia following tanker truck fire

Drivers have started longer commutes after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire

The Independent UK

Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire

The northbound lanes of the East Coast’s main north-south highway were gone and the southbound lanes were ‘compromised’ by a fire. U.S. officials vow to rebuild fast.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Biden picks longtime transportation official as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration has another acting leader at the controls

The Independent UK

Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators - Roll Call

New Senate Republican earmark requesters are angling to fill the shoes left by the retirements of four longtime senators.

Roll Call

Tesla shouldn't call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says

The top U.S. transportation official says Tesla shouldn’t call its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves

The Independent UK

Biden Proposes New Rule to Help When Flights Get Canceled or Delayed

President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg proposed new rules to require airlines pay passengers when flights are canceled or delayed.

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Passengers to be compensated for flight delays and cancellations under new US rules

The US transportation secretary says ‘passengers should not foot the bill’ when airlines are at fault

The Independent UK

US to propose new rules for airline cancellations, delays

The Biden administration is starting work on new regulations that it says will expand the rights of airline passengers

The Independent UK

New report blames airlines for most flight cancellations

Congressional investigators say airlines themselves are responsible for a rising percentage of canceled flights — more often than before the pandemic, when bad weather was the most common problem

The Independent UK

House GOP tops list of earmark seekers under new regime - Roll Call

Earmarking federal funds for their home districts continues to grow in popularity among House Republicans.

Roll Call

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

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

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

Tribune News Service

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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Axios

Biden nominee to lead FAA withdraws amid GOP opposition

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

Roll Call

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.

The Independent UK

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

Salon

Chasten Buttigieg hits back at Pence

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

The Guardian - US

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

WEKU

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.

Tribune News Service

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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