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Transportation
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Legal History Blog
Koenig-Winter on Regulating Railway Safety
By Dan Ernst
Avi Koenig-Winter, a student at the Columbia Law School, has posted All Aboard! Regulating Locomotive Engineers:Academic treatment of locomotive engineer training and certification under 49 C.F.R. Part 240 has remained…
Illinois Bicycle Lawyers
Chicago Aldermen Call for Increased Investment in Bicycle Safety Following Riley O’Neil’s Death
The tragic death of Chicago Department of Transportation employee and bicyclist Riley O’Neil continues to reverberate throughout Chicago’s bicycling community — and now several members of the Chicago City Council…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
California Aligns With Federal Law on Arbitration Agreements
By By: Spencer C. Skeen, Katie M. Greenbaum
Quick Hits California enacted AB 2155, providing that a written arbitration agreement is unenforceable under state law to the extent it is unenforceable under the FAA. Arbitration agreements remain valid…
Wait A Second!
Lyft not liable under ADA for not providing accessible vehicles to disabled riders
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Court of Appeals holds that a Lyft passenger cannot win her disability discrimination claim despite claiming that Lyft did not provide her wheelchair-accessible vehicles, also known as WAVs. The case…
Municipal Minute
New Law Establishes Rules for Electric Bikes and Scooters
A new Illinois law governing who can use electric bikes and scooters, how fast they go, and where they can be used will go into effect next year. Last week, Illinois…
CCN Mexico Report™
2026 Amendments to Mexico’s Federal Traffic Regulations: What Your Transportation Company Needs to Know
By Ramon Concha, Pablo Saenz B.
The amendments to the Traffic Regulations for Federal Jurisdiction Highways and Bridges, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on June 9 and August 13, 2026, introduce significant…
International Trade Insights
Recent Post Montgomery Rulings Distinguish Cargo Theft from Roadway Safety, Preempting Claims Against Brokers
Since the May 2026 Supreme Court decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, four federal district courts have taken up the question of whether its safety exception applies to…
Environmental and Energy Brief
NHTSA Announces a Host of Actions on Autonomous Vehicles
On July 30, on the last day of the SAE International Automated Transportation Symposium, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released several rulemakings and announcements focused on automated driving…
Hawai'i Appleseed Blog
Sneak peek: Improving women’s mobility and access in ʻEwa and Waipahu
At Hawaiʻi Appleseed, we believe that where you live should never determine how far you can go. That’s why we’re currently in Phase II of our Mobility, Access and Transportation…
Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog
Supreme Court’s Flowers Foods Decision: Why Employers Still Have Strong Arguments for Enforcing Arbitration Agreements
Takeaways The Supreme Court declined to create a bright-line rule that automatically exempts transportation workers from the Federal Arbitration Act. The decision leaves several important questions unresolved, including how the…