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Who authorized the departure of Saudi Nationals (including the Bin Laden family) when the U.S. airspace was otherwise closed?
Asked by: Kurt Christensen from Westminster, MD. Received 16 Votes.
Categories: Civil Liberties · Homeland Security · Money & Politics · President Bush · Terrorism · Transportation. Tags: 9/11/2001 · Bin Laden · terrorism.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

I don’t know the answer to that. I was not in Congress at the time that that happened and I don’t know that anybody did. I don’t know how to answer that question.

Answered on Aug 7th, 2008 More
Why are planes allowed to fly into and out of Reagan National Airport before 6am and after 11pm? And when was the last one fined for breaking the curfew?
Asked by: Robert Shutler from Arlington, VA. Received 4 Votes.
Categories: Transportation. Tags: Noise Polution from Reagan National Airport.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)

They are only the new jet engines that don’t create noise. It’s based upon a noise level and if they can prove they don’t go over the noise decibel level they are allowed to fly, otherwise the curfew applies. That’s the answer. We got some new jets . . . We are trying to encourage them, that’s the incentive for airlines to make new jets that don’t make noise.

Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More
In view of the concern about global warming, and in view of the problem of airplanes contributing to it, why is the United States dead last among developed nations in promoting affordable passenger train travel? I would travel by train in preference to flying or driving for most of my travel.
Asked by: Sandra Woodall from Bethesda, MD. Received 8 Votes.
Categories: Transportation. Tags: global warming · pollution · rail travel · transportation.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)

Oh absolutely, I think that in the future there will be more and more use of rail- not just for personal transportation, but for carrying cargo. You carry cargo five times more efficiently on rail than you do by truck and by the way, you carry it five times more efficiently by water than you do by rail. So trucks should be moving cargo only the last mile. And we really need a national infrastructure system for moving people. The world has now reached its maximum ability to produce oil.

Answered on Apr 16th, 2008 More