Category: Impact & Regulations

August 16, 2019

UBER CEO DARA Khosrowshahi, who took the helm of the controversial company back in 2017, is known for being pretty unflappable. He was even upbeat during the company’s second quarter earnings call, when he was charged with explaining why Uber […]

August 15, 2019

Namely, the authorities have made a last-minute application to block the release of the tanker, that was seized in waters off Gibraltar by the UK in early July under suspicion of violating EU sanctions and transferring oil to Syria. The […]

August 13, 2019

DICKSON LANDS AT FAA: The agency has a Senate-confirmed administrator in place for the first time in more than a year and a half after Dickson, a retired Delta Air Lines executive, was sworn in on Monday. As our Brianna […]

August 12, 2019

A plan has been proposed by Danilo Toninelli, Italy’s Transport Minister, to reroute part of large ships from the Guidecca canal, one of the major canals in the city, starting from September this year. As informed, cruise vessels might be […]

July 29, 2019

The first step to reauthorize the country’s highway programs is scheduled for July 30 in the Senate, thanks to the leadership of the Environment and Public Works Committee. This five-year, $287 billion reauthorization of the 2015 FAST Act highway law […]

July 29, 2019

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito filed a transportation bond bill seeking $18 billion in additional capital authorization to invest in building and modernizing a transportation system that meets the needs of residents, businesses, and cities and towns […]

July 25, 2019

DICKSON CONFIRMED: The Senate gave Dickson the green light to be administrator of the FAA on Wednesday in a 52-40 party-line vote, with seven presidential candidates and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) not voting. (Isakson is in Georgia recovering after a […]

July 18, 2019

The Board of Directors of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) named Tom Maguire as the agency’s interim director of transportation, replacing Ed Reiskin who leaves the agency next month. He will hold the interim position starting August 14 […]

July 16, 2019

AN ‘ATC FOR DRONES’: After decades of experience in the telecommunications sector, Wheeler is turning (some of) his attention to drones. Wheeler, who was FCC chairman during the Obama administration, recently joined the board of AirMap, which is building a […]

July 15, 2019

THIS WEEK ON THE HILL: Family members of some of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash will testify at a House Transportation subcommittee hearing on aviation safety issues, our Brianna Gurciullo reports. Paul Njoroge, whose three […]