Jen Howard, former chief of staff to Lina Khan at the FTC, is the new chief competition officer at DOT.
Transportation
Posted inTransportation
What Was Behind Last Week’s FAA Breakdown?
Pete Buttigieg’s personnel choices were certainly a factor.
Posted inTransportation
The FTC Banned an Unfair Practice. The Department of Transportation Can, Too.
DOT has the same statutory language to effectively ban deceptive flight cancellations, the way the FTC has banned noncompete agreements.
Posted inTransportation
Government Spending Bill Waives Aircraft Safety Deadline
Boeing gets its way, again.
Posted inTransportation
Boeing’s Lobbying Blitz
The airplane maker is scrambling to get a deadline for improving cockpit safety systems on all planes pushed back.
Posted inTransportation
Defusing Tensions on Transit
The Kansas City transit system eliminated fares and fare evasion. The ensuing challenge? Homeless ‘loop riders.’
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Two Percent Obsession
In the face of mounting evidence that inflation is easing, the Fed clings to a perverse monetary policy. What will its meeting this week produce?
Posted inTransportation
Rail Companies Can’t Handle Traffic From Mississippi River Drought
Low water levels have pushed shippers who typically use river barges to use freight rail. But decades of strangled capacity makes rail a bad bet, too.
Posted inBooks
Cyborgs on the Highways
A new book details the extreme forms of surveillance imposed on long-haul truckers, robbing them of their power.
Posted inTransportation
Fare or Free?
Fare evasion and stepped-up enforcement reignite the debate on fareless transit. If going fare-free is the answer, then the question is: Who pays?