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Transparent Airfares Act needs more transparency
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Transparent Airfares Act of 2014. Great news, right? Who doesn't want more clarity when it comes to ticket prices and fees? Well, fasten your seat belt and put your tray table in the upright position. The Transparent Airfares Act is one of those classic feats of legislative misdirection that does exactly the opposite of what it purports to do. "I can't think of any other bill over the last 20 years that's as Orwellian as this," said Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, which represents corporate travel departments. "It should have been called the Airfare Opacity Act." Adding to...
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Transparent Airfares Act needs more transparency
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Transparent Airfares Act of 2014. Great news, right? Who doesn't want more clarity when it comes to ticket prices and fees?
Well, fasten your seat belt and put your tray table in the upright position.
...
Right now, 660,000 U.S. drivers are phoning, texting behind the wheel
Look around you the next time you're on the road. Chances are, you'll see someone still holding a smart phone to their ear, someone else with the phone on the steering wheel as they text, another peering down at something in their lap rather than...
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker confirmed by Senate
WASHINGTON — Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker was confirmed Tuesday as President Obama’s secretary of Commerce in a 97-1 Senate vote.
Pritzker, a Democratic mega-donor whose family founded the Hyatt Hotel chain, was the president’s 2008 campaign...
Senate confirms Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to confirm Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary, leaving two controversial choices pending to fill President Obama’s second-term Cabinet.
Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., won a vote of 100-0, the...
iPhone car-safety app from NHTSA gives data on ratings, recalls
Federal safety regulators have unveiled an iPhone app that allows people to get safety ratings and recall information for vehicles they own or are thinking of buying.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration SaferCar app will let users search...
Victorville-to-Vegas bullet-train plan imperiled by U.S. loan denial
Federal transportation officials have halted their consideration of a $5.5-billion government loan to a private company that has planned for years to build a high-speed train between Victorville and Las Vegas.
The decision represents a major setback...
Automakers stay cozy in U.S. capital
Nothing seemed to underscore the revolving door between federal regulators and the companies they regulate as vividly as the two milestones marked on Jan. 17 at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
One was NHTSA's announcement that it...
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Friday that he plans to stay mayor until the end of his term on June 30, greatly reducing the likelihood that he would become President Obama’s secretary of Transportation.
Also, Sens. Jon Thune, Mitch McConnell and Lamar Alexander, Govs. Haley Barbour, Ed Rendell and Jennifer Granholm, Rep. Paul Ryan and Bob Gibbs.
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