…and decreased demand, millions of Americans continue to depend on public transportation services to see themselves and their communities through the pandemic. “Millions of essential workers bravely fighting on the…
Washington, DC — The White House threatened to veto the fiscal 2021 minibus spending bill over a requirement in the bill that passengers and employees wear masks on commercial airplanes,…
…CARES Act. Unfortunately, the ongoing impacts of the pandemic have denied Amtrak the revenue it requires to operate a national intercity passenger rail service and continued financial assistance is necessary….
…to wear masks on planes, buses and trains or be denied a ride. Larry Willis, the president of the Transportation Trades Department, a coalition of 33 unions, wrote in the…
Washington, DC – Leaders of the Air Line Pilots Association, Allied Pilots Association, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Communications Workers of America, International Association of…
…[3] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/more-than-half-of-us-states-have-statewide-mask-mandates.html [4] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/18/892677119/world-sets-daily-record-in-new-coronavirus-cases [5] TTD acknowledges reasonable exceptions for individuals who are unable to wear a mask due to a disability or documented medical condition. [6] For example, FRA…
…next phase of COVID-19 relief legislation. The PSP is the principal component of the airline worker relief provisions in the CARES Act. This extremely successful program, which provides aid exclusively…
…and transit buses, along with the charging infrastructure that fuels them. We know that Joe Biden will be more than just an infrastructure candidate. As Vice President, Joe Biden showed…
…Agencies Appropriations Bill: “We applaud the House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Lowey and Subcommittee Chairman Price for their leadership in crafting an appropriations bill that funds important aspects of our transportation…
…passed by Congress. The central airline worker relief component of the CARES Act, PSP allocated $32 billion in payroll grants to commercial airlines and airline contractors exclusively “for the continuation…