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Bob Hope Airport scores new tenant
Bob Hope Airport is welcoming a new commuter airline this month whose routes will connect the Imperial Valley to Los Angeles and beyond. On Wednesday, Portland, Ore.-based SeaPort Airlines launched its new slate of 12 non-stop, round-trip flights per...Tags: Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Trips and Vacations, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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High-speed rail agency ordered to reach more minority businesses
The California High-Speed Rail Authority was ordered Thursday to greatly expand its outreach to and inclusion of small and disadvantaged businesses, concluding a civil rights complaint filed last year with the U.S. Department of Transportation....Tags: Business, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Justice System, California Department of Transportation, Conservation, Trials, Laws
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Bus strikes, kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Sun SentinelA woman’s airport visit to meet her husband, who was arriving from a flight, turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood...Tags: Vehicles, Fort Lauderdale, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Traffic
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Lawmakers retreat from high-profile energy legislation
After a 2012 focused on major long-term energy issues, the Legislature retreated a bit from high profile energy legislation this year. Instead, attention was more narrowly focused on altering existing laws regarding the construction of nuclear power...Tags: Business, Civil and Public Service, Sales, Government, Nuclear Power
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U.S. airlines reap $841 million in bag fees in 4Q 2012
Airlines continue to reap handsome payoffs from the extra fees they charge for checked bags and other travel-related services. Sixteen U.S. passenger airlines collected $841 million in baggage fees and $610 million for reservation cancellation and change...Tags: Miramar, Palm Beach International Airport, U.S. Airways, AirTran, Frontier Airlines Inc.
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Five Md. air traffic towers will remain open
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that are part of 149 "low activity" towers nationwide will remain open through the end of the September, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The towers, including those at Martin State...Tags: U.S. Congress, Ocean City, Air Transportation Industry, Baltimore County, Federal Aviation Administration
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Delta Air Lines, Chicago Transit Authority, Business, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Economy, Business and Finance
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Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Congress, Unemployment, Government Debt, John Thune
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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: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Environmental Pollution, Conservation, Asthma, Environmental Issues
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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: Punishment, Southwest Airlines Co., Fines, Air Transportation Industry
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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: Port of Los Angeles, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Asthma
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