Mary Peters

Piling up monuments of waste

Near the intersection of 47th Street and Lake Park Avenue here — a gateway to the Hyde Park neighborhood that's home to the next president of the United States — sits an enormous, barely patched pothole. That pothole is a...

DOT Continues To Disappoint Passengers Rights Advocates

NPRM Coming, Based On Task Force Recommendations Overshadowed completely by President George W. Bush's Tuesday morning announcement of measures to reduce air traffic congestion over the holidays was another announcement by the...

Bush takes steps to ease holiday travel crunch

Restricted military airspace opened up for use by commercial airlines Mandel Ngan / AFP - Anticipating another holiday travel crunch, President Bush on Tuesday said his administration is taking steps to prevent the frustrating...

President Bush Discusses Aviation Congestion and Transportation Safety

President Bush on Tuesday said, "Our job is to make sure it is as comfortable an experience as possible. Now, obviously, the federal government can't control all aspects of how the airlines, for example, conducts their...

Bridge flaw undetected for 40 years

NTSB recommend detection program to prevent repeat of Minn. tragedy Bent gusset plates on the Interstate 35 W bridge in Minneapolis are seen, center, in this 2003 photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The...

Worst Airlines, Flights in US in September

Comair Most Delays; No Help For Fliers Stranded on Tarmac An American Airlines flight from Miami to San Juan won the dubious award for the highest delays among major American carriers. The record of delays and cancellations...

Still no help for stuck airline passengers

A federal task force approved voluntary guidelines Wednesday for airlines and airports dealing with passengers stranded for hours on the tarmac but produced no fixed limit on how long they can be delayed before being allowed to...

Los Angeles Mulls 6 Month Moratorium On New Billboards (AHN)

AHN Staff Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Los Angeles planning officials proposed on Thursday a six-month moratorium on new billboards to provide the city with sufficient time to replace old ones. The proposal is with the City Council,...

'Tarmac task force' balks at setting binding rules

A federal task force made little headway in coming up with hard rules to govern lengthy ground delays. Instead of coming up binding regulations, the task force approved only "guidelines for model contingency plans for airlines...

Business briefs: Bell wins $12.8 million Navy contract for work on technical manuals

Bell wins $12.8 million Navy contract Bell Helicopter has been awarded a $12.8 million Navy contract for logistics services to support the H-1 helicopter upgrade. The work includes preparing and revising digital technical...

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