…MT readers may recall our initial reaction: bit.ly/1Tqh1A8.) "It is essential to make it easier for more passengers to check their luggage to help prevent long delays at security checkpoints," Durbin wrote in his letter to Airlines for…
…transportation hubs including Cairo International Airport and found "inadequate screening equipment and aviation workers that aren't thoroughly vetted. Passengers embarking from Cairo are screened only by a magnetometer, rather than full-body scanners that can detect non-metallic bombs…
…and another by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) that addresses eligibility for federally-funded construction projects related to passenger rail. AT THE SAME TIME, House Republican appropriators unveiled their $58.2 billion draft fiscal 2017 spending bill for transportation…
…February incident aboard a bus in Amarillo where an Indian asylum seeker and a Pakistani man were suspected by another passenger of discussing a bomb has a Sikh advocacy group calling for criminal charges against those who restrained the men…
…including whether terrorism is involved, left unanswered. Reuters has the latest here: "The Egyptian military found the personal belongings of passengers and other debris from an EgyptAir jet floating in the Mediterranean, Cairo said on Friday, confirming that the plane…
…How is the security risk changed? * You should talk to DHS or TSA * The challenges that TSA officers are very high * TSA is reviewing standards daily * TSA on average is screening way more passengers SCOTUS IS this nomination dead? No…
…the BLADE Lounge at Logan Airport's Signature Aviation, passengers will be able to arrive 15 minutes prior to takeoff versus tolerating increasingly long waits for TSA at Logan's commercial terminal. Flights arrive 40 minutes later at the new…
…How is the security risk changed? * You should talk to DHS or TSA * The challenges that TSA officers are very high * TSA is reviewing standards daily * TSA on average is screening way more passengers SCOTUS IS this nomination dead? No…
…logs show the number is more than double that, and trips between 2001 and 2003 included extended junkets around the world with Epstein and fellow passengers identified on manifests by their initials or first names, including "Tatiana." The tricked-out…
…Gov. Bruce Rauner would rather watch it rot. A hugely important Amtrak expansion that would reinstate passenger service between the Quad-Cities and Chicago is suddenly in doubt due to years of state inaction. The federal funds are still available…
…the Security Technology Integrated Program, a data management system that connects airport transportation security equipment to servers, allowing remote passenger and baggage screening and maintenance of facility equipment, including software changes in response to emerging threats. IT security concerns prompted…
…Authorities say, on April 12, he approached a seated passenger aboard a northbound Red Line train in the Wheaton¬Glenmont area of Montgomery County and began speaking to her. He allegedly pulled out a knife, forced her to a different part…
…track. I have had several congressmen reach out to me to encourage a third party because they are worried about turnout in (November) because they want an alternative to Trump.” The newest passenger on the Trump Train: Rick Perry, the…
…to have leaked chemicals before being sealed. Though the derailment did not come into contact with Metro tracks, passenger service was interrupted between NoMa and Brookland stations. (Check out this dramatic photo of the derailment, from the Associated Press: bit…
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…didn&#';t equal threat http://click.email.bostonglobe.com/?qs=a19e6f4cda6b70b3d56594cebcb17fda30bd59b70d82d750098f1d6c2c72f6265262e574a687eace His flight was delayed because a fellow passenger thought the equations he was writing might be a sign he was a terrorist. http://click.email.bostonglobe.com/?qs=a19e6f4cda6b70b37d62d31f2b7…
…com/?qs=012942144d18505a7cf46ba4d3a682d7394de7640b84f7e45f415b3e53c50bb7ba4556cb3c6c7004 A Boston story in 50 words http://click.email.bostonglobe.com/?qs=012942144d18505a7cf46ba4d3a682d7394de7640b84f7e45f415b3e53c50bb7ba4556cb3c6c7004 http://click.email.bostonglobe.com/?qs=012942144d18505a7cf46ba4d3a682d7394de7640b84f7e45f415b3e53c50bb7ba4556…
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…com/?qs=5e9c0d64472042d0b4ae0c2a1d4361322ba138ad5e8221c4a4c5296a0f60f87f> -- "Uber picks up a new passenger: The Teamsters," by San Francisco Business Times' Riley McDermid: "In the wake of a major legal settlement for Uber drivers that kept them classified as independent contractors but allows them to organize…
…us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d0ce87edeeb6df90043897db&id=41d9cc81e6&e=df70708b10) , The Hill Future of San Antonio-Austin passenger rail could hinge on local planning group (http://texastribune.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d0ce87edeeb6df90043897db&id=f1ad3071ff&e=df70708b10) , San Antonio Express-News SpaceX…