The House voted unanimously last week to ban the Concorde from U.S. airspace to retaliate against a proposed EU rule that would ban some 727 aircraft used to haul air freight in Europe.

Transportation interests and labor unions were among the groups that signed an agreement with the Department of Transportation to work on improving safety.

A proposal to negotiate a new hours of service rule for truck drivers was criticized this week by highway safety advocate Joan Claybrook and Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn.

Lawmakers heard differing points of view this week on whether the railroad industry should be re-regulated at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board.

Federal aviation and maritime programs would receive more money if the House Transportation Committee is able to enact a plan to remove annual spending caps on the programs’ trust funds over the next two years.

Support for creation of a federal agency devoted solely to truck safety grew last week during a long-awaited congressional hearing on who in the Department of Transportation should oversee the industry.

Reforming federal hours-of-service regulations tops American Trucking Associations’ safety agenda for 1999, according to ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr.

Mexican trucks could be allowed limited access to four U.S. border states by year’s end, according to Department of Transportation documents submitted to Congress.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

A new group comprised of municipal officials from across the country has taken aim at railroad safety.