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Airports – More Safety, Capacity Improvements On Way
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $20.5 million for 25 grants across 14 states and Puerto Rico to modernize airports under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law over a period of five years for airport and air traffic control infrastructure improvements.
Nearly three million people travel by air every day in the United States. According to the Census of Governments (CoG) from the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 435 independent special districts operating as airport authorities, airport commissions, or port authorities across the United States. In addition, local governments such as counties and municipalities, and state governments, may also operate airport authorities. They are all responsible for the behind-the-scenes operations at public airports. As of the 2022 CoG, there were 435 independent airport authorities and commissions nationwide. The Midwest had the most (189) of any region, followed by the South (159). Continue reading
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Tagged Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Automotive news and analysis, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Census of Governments (CoG) from the U.S. Census Bureau, Ken Zino, Shannetta R. Griffin, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, X @KenAutoinformed
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Investing in America by Fixing Airport Control Towers
“Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Biden-Harris Administration is supporting every part of our aviation system, including airports in small communities that drive local economies and help people get where they need to go,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “With today’s announcement, 20 more airports will have the resources they need to upgrade operations and make travel safer and more efficient.” Continue reading
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Tagged air traffic control, auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Automotive news and analysis, Federal Aviation Administration, Ken Zino, Shannetta R. Griffin, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, X @KenAutoinformed
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DOT Funds New Climate and Transportation Research Center
The announcement came, perhaps not coincidentally but certainly fortuitously after the current occupant, aka Donald Trump, of a courtroom in Manhattan who is being tried for fraud, asked the oil and gas industries for $1 billion in political contributions so that he can stop all work on decarbonization and climate change. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Automotive news and analysis, DOT Climate Change Center, Dr. Robert C. Hampshire, Ken Zino, Texas Southern University, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, University of California, University of Vermont
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Supply Chain Resilience – U.S. DOT Four-Year Review
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released a four-year review of the Supply Chains for the Transportation Industrial Base– a new assessment of progress made strengthening supply chains. It’s part of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, which when t was established in January 2021 saw America’s supply chains in poor shape from the COVID-19 pandemic and decades of under-investment.
“In less than four years, we’ve gone from supply chain disruptions unlike anything we’ve seen in peacetime, to much higher levels of resiliency and reliability. That work has helped make it possible to move record levels of cargo in and out of the U.S., bring shipping costs down, and ensure essential goods arrive on time,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Continue reading →