Tag: Pete Buttigieg
-
Feds allow Colorado, other states to investigate consumer complaints against airlines
Attorney General Phil Weiser and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announce partnership at Denver International Airport on Tuesday
-
U.S. DOT could punish airlines for breaking wheelchairs under new proposed rule
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced new proposed rule changes Thursday that are designed to protect disabled passengers on airplanes. Under the proposed rule, airlines would be punished for any “mishandled” devices. “This makes it clear and direct that that is a violation that allows DOT much more straightforwardly to hold airlines accountable when there…
-
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington to be inducted into transportation hall of fame
—
by
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver International Airport’s CEO Phil Washington is set to be inducted into the American Public Transportation Association Hall of Fame this October. The news comes on the heels of an announcement from the U.S. Department of Transportation that Washington was selected by Transportation Secretary Pete…
-
Resistance to Utah oil train railroad racheting up
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was asked to block up to $2 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of an 88-mile-long railway in Utah. Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Rep. Joe Neguse, along with a group of more than 150 environmental organizations, sent a letter to Buttigieg voicing concerns over the…
-
Who’s to blame for the Southwest saga? | Carol McKinley
I’m going to tell you a story about the employees behind the Southwest meltdown who spent much of their holiday attempting to right the ship in a situation they are describing as a “system failure.” There is speculation and there are facts — and one of those is that Southwest frontline workers, such as desk…