Articles tagged “highways”

Hotels

MGM CEO: U.S. Needs to Fix Roads, Not Just Airports, to Boost Tourism

MGM's top boss Bill Hornbuckle is head and shoulders above his predecessor in leadership skills. He argues persuasively that the U.S. infrastructure boom is too focused on airports, while repairs to ground transportation are snarled in delays.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

MGM CEO: U.S. Needs to Fix Roads, Not Just Airports, to Boost Tourism

Ground Transport

U.S. Road Trippers Logged 249 Billion Miles in April, a 56 Percent Jump From 2020

Americans put big-time miles on their vehicles this spring as the pandemic weary exercised their pent-up travel demand on the open roads.

Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 3 years ago

U.S. Road Trippers Logged 249 Billion Miles in April, a 56 Percent Jump From 2020

Business Travel

Proposed Republican Budget Would End Amtrak Subsidies, Kill Brand USA, Rein In TSA

Paul Ryan isn't winning many friends in the business travel community. There are efficiencies to be gained across the federal government, but eliminating Amtrak operating subsidies or terminating Brand USA would be short-sighted and detrimental not only to the travel industry, but to the U.S. economy.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Ground Transport

Washington State bridge collapse highlights aging U.S. infrastructure

A bridge collapse here, an unstaffed air traffic control tower there, and this is what happens when Congress believes that taxes are the devil and the federal government has no role in taking care of the country's infrastructure.

Skift | 11 years ago

Washington State bridge collapse highlights aging U.S. infrastructure