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December 11, 2014

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Roll Call on Open Skies Language in Omnibus Bill

Norwegian Air Cites Supportive Language In Omnibus As published by Tom Curry in Roll Call Advisors to Norwegian Air International contacted me Wednesday to point out that I had neglected in my post on the omnibus spending bill to note an important paragraph which, they say, supports Norwegian’s argument that the Department of Transportation ought to issue…
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November 26, 2014

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Roll Call—U.S., EU Officials Meet On Norwegian Air Controversy

U.S., EU Officials Meet On Norwegian Air Controversy As published by Tom Curry in Roll Call Transportation Department and State Department officials met Tuesday with representatives of the European Union to discuss why the Transportation Department hasn’t yet decided on an application for a foreign air carrier permit from Norwegian Air International (NAI), the Ireland-based…
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November 24, 2014

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The Wall Street Journal on the Norwegian Air Debate

[As published By Doug Cameron in The Wall Street Journal] Norwegian Air’s Fight for Expansion Intensifies The battle over a European airline’s plan to expand flights to the U.S. intensified on Thursday as both sides in the debate highlighted safety issues ahead of a crucial meeting of regulators next week. The yearlong effort by Norwegian Air…
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November 14, 2014

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Roll Call—Transportation Unions Chart Strategy For New Congress

[As published By Tom Curry in Roll Call] Labor unions are adjusting to the new balance of power in Washington. The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, representing the workers who build, operate, and maintain highways and mass transit systems, is looking to work with the new Republican leadership in 2015 on a long-term surface transportation…
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November 13, 2014

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Capital and Main—Trains, Planes and Politics – A Talk With Transportation Advocate Ed Wytkind

[As published By Danny Feingold in Capital and Main] To say that Ed Wytkind likes to talk about America’s epic failure to invest in transportation is akin to saying that Pauline Kael enjoyed critiquing films or that Christopher Hitchens was fond of writing political commentary. Because Wytkind, who heads the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department and will be honored…
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October 21, 2014

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Al Jazeera America—Good jobs no longer an afterthought in awarding lavish transit contracts

[As published By Haya El Nasser in Al Jazeera America] LOS ANGELES — When shiny new light-rail cars roll out on L.A. Metro tracks in two years, they will likely have been made by a Japanese company. But most of the workers who assemble them will be American. In Chicago, a $2 billion railcar contract will be won partly…
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October 14, 2014

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Huffington Post—So Now Replacing 100-Year Old Tunnels Is a Liberal Boondoggle?

[As published By Edward Wytkind in Huffington Post] On October 2nd, Amtrak reported that four of its century-old underwater rail tunnels in and out of New York City are in need of extensive repairs and that service will be “badly curtailed” — terrible news for both daily commuters and passengers who take 260 million trips a…
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October 6, 2014

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National Journal—Sidestepping the Lowest Bidder

[As published by Fawn Johnson in National Journal] It’s a longstanding practice in government to give big contracts to companies that offer to do a specific job for the lowest price. A multi-billion dollar contracting industry is built on this premise, and generally it functions well for everyone. We as citizens get our roads and pipelines and subways…
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October 6, 2014

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Metro—Experts Say ‘Good Jobs Are No Longer an Afterthought’ in Transportation Spending

[As published in Metro] On a telebriefing convened by the Jobs to Move America coalition this week, experts in economics, sociology, and urban planning highlighted a national trend of city and state leaders harnessing billions in public transportation spending through a new, innovative U.S. Employment Plan – an incentives-based approach to reward manufacturing companies for creating…
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October 3, 2014

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Mass Transit—Experts Declare ‘Good Jobs Are No Longer an Afterthought’ in Transportation Spending

[As published by Jobs to Move America in Mass Transit] On a telebriefing convened by the Jobs to Move America coalition today, experts in economics, sociology, and urban planning highlighted a national trend of city and state leaders harnessing billions in public transportation spending through a new, innovative U.S. Employment Plan – an incentives-based approach to reward…
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