Tesla shares jumped 7.2% on Monday following a report that President-elect Donald Trump plans to speed along the regulatory process on self-driving vehicles. Trump’s transition team is aiming to make a federal framework for fully autonomous vehicles a top priority for the Transportation Department, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The streamlined regulatory system … Read more
Southwest Airlines said it had launched a compensation program for flight delays as part of a $140 million Department of Transportation settlement over the carrier’s meltdown in December 2022 during a busy holiday travel period. Southwest in December 2023 agreed over three years to provide $90 million in travel vouchers of $75 or more to passengers delayed at least three … Read more
The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power that by law is limited to the federal government. The US Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the states, which include California, New York and Illinois, will help ensure that government enforcement activities keep up … Read more
In a release, New Milford Police Chief Spencer Cerruto said Alexander Jefferson III, a 43-year-old resident of the Jamaica neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., was the man struck and killed on Thursday. Cerruto said police were called around 6:45 p.m. to the area immediately south of New Milford High School on Route 7, also known as … Read more
