Transportation and travel groups won a short-term victory after the partial government shutdown concluded in January, but the industry is still moving to secure a long-term funding measure to avoid another partial government shutdown in less than two weeks.
“We’re all together working together to make sure we don’t have another shutdown,” said Charles Leocha, president and co-founder of Travelers United, a consumer advocacy group.
The partial government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history and one that resulted from a dispute over border wall funding, caused staffing shortages among air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers who were forced to work without pay.
Hours before the shutdown…