Transportation
Transportation Dept. Proposes Changes to Federal Policy on Flight Refunds
Amid an infuriating summer for air travel, the Department of Transportation is proposing changes to federal policy that guide flight refunds, providing more recourse for passengers when airlines cancel flights or significantly alter a flight’s schedule, route or seat categories. The rule, which the agency will decide on after a 90-day public comment period closes, […]
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Norman Y. Mineta, Who Served Two Presidents in Cabinet, Dies at 90
As President Bush was shuttled from a school visit in Florida to secure locations in Louisiana and Nebraska, Mr. Cheney placed U.S. forces on alert around the world and ordered the Capitol evacuated and congressional and other leaders removed to safety. In the aftermath of 9/11, Mr. Mineta claimed that he had ordered all civilian […]
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Who Helped End the Travel Mask Mandate?
She gave an interview to The Daily Show in 2014, claiming vaccines are “full of toxins.” The title of the segment was “An Outbreak of Liberal Idiocy” and compared the progressive anti-vaccination movement to conservative climate-change denialists. “You can line up the doctors from here to down the block refuting me, but I’m not going […]
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Where Do Travelers Still Need to Wear Masks?
A federal judge in Florida struck down the federal mask requirement for planes and public transit on Monday, which had been set to expire on May 3. Within 24 hours, all major U.S. airlines, as well as the Amtrak rail system, had declared that they were no longer requiring masks for passengers or employees. The […]
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate for Planes, Public Transit
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida struck down the mask requirement on airplanes, trains, buses and other public transportation on Monday, less than a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had extended it through May 3. The ruling left it up to individual airlines and local transit agencies to decide what […]
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Is an All-Encompassing Mobility App Making a Comeback?
Pittsburgh has created 50 “mobility hubs,” in-person locations where all the modes can be found; residents can jet off on a Spin or Scoobi from there. The city is also piloting “universal basic mobility,” where 50 low-income residents are being given “all you can eat” access, as Ms. Ricks described it, to public transit, bike-sharing […]
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