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Lawsuit aims to protect migrating swallows from deadly netting draped over bridges used as nesting sites
 A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing transportation agencies of violating migratory bird laws by installing protective netting across two bridges in the Petaluma, Calif., area that has injured and killed...
Tags: Conservation, Transportation, Travel, Laws, Justice System
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Council OKs port rail yard but lawsuit is threatened
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a controversial rail yard near the Port of Los Angeles, setting the stage for possible court challenges, alleging violations of environmental and civil rights laws. The proposal to build a staging...Tags: Litigation, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Michael Jackson
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Southwest Airlines fined $150,000 for slow response to complaints
Southwest Airlines, the nation's largest domestic carrier, agreed to pay a $150,000 fine for failing to give timely responses to passenger complaints. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the fine Wednesday, saying Southwest did not respond...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Fines, Air Transportation Industry, Punishment
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L.A. council approves controversial rail yard for port complex
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a controversial rail yard serving the harbor, setting the stage for possible court challenges alleging violations of environmental and civil rights laws. The proposal to build a center for trains...
Tags: Politics, Personal Income, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council
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TSA to soon allow fliers to carry small folding knives on planes
The Transportation Security Administration will soon let airline passengers carry small folding knives on planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But a group of flight attendants is doing everything it can to halt the...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Federal Aviation Administration, Global Change, Transportation Security Administration, Air and Space Accidents
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Airline seat that slides makes debut at expo
An airline seat that shifts to make boarding easier sounds like a crazy idea, but don’t be surprised to find it on your next flight. The “side-slip seat” is a concept by Malon Labe Designs, a Denver-based airline interior company...
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Harbor freeway's toll lanes faster, others slightly slower
Rush-hour traffic in the new 110 Freeway toll lanes is moving faster, but traffic in other lanes has slowed slightly, according to the first report on the project. The Metro and Caltrans data is the first evaluation of the county's initial attempt at...
Tags: Traffic, Road Transportation, Travel, Transportation, Highway Transportation
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Caltrans workers falsified testing data on bridges, auditor finds
Two Caltrans technicians tasked with doing foundation testing for construction projects claimed over 260 hours they didn’t work, and one of them falsified testing data on 10 projects, according to an investigative report Thursday by state Auditor...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace, Employees, Accounting and Auditing, California Department of Transportation
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Airlines push for system to sell more than just a seat
A trade group for the world’s airlines is pushing to modernize a decades-old booking system to help speed along the latest airline trend: the sale of customized fare packages. Behind the effort is the International Air Transport Assn., the trade...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Business Trips, Transportation, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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California Pacific Airlines still trying to get off the ground
An airline that was planned to begin flying out of Carlsbad last year is still struggling to complete federal regulations to launch operations. California Pacific Airlines, based out of McClellan-Palomar Airport, is the brainchild of Ted Vallas, a 91-...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays
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Airlines had lowest rate of lost luggage in 25 years in 2012
If the airlines lost your luggage last year, you are among a few unlucky passengers. Very few. During 2012, the nation's largest airlines reported the lowest rate of lost or mishandled luggage since federal officials began keeping the data in 1987....
Tags: Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation, Fines, Punishment
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Tour bus company involved in fatal crash ordered shut down
L.A. NOWScapadas Magicas LLC, the company that owns the tour bus involved in the deadly crash Sunday on California 38 that killed eight people and left dozens injured, is "an imminent hazard to public safety" and must close immediately, federal officials said...
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