Railroads must file with the ________ if they want to abandon services that generate little traffic or are no longer used.

_______ is a practice in the airline industry where an airline clusters their flights at their hub to arrive and depart within short periods of time to reduce connection times for passengers.

_____ is the percentage of available seats occupied by paying passengers.

True or false: Travel as a business sector is largely independent to the overall health of the economy.

True or false: Both privately held and publicly traded commercial transportation companies have to disclose details of their operations to various federal, and sometimes state or local, government agencies.

True or false: U.S. airlines are government-regulated, meaning there is federal control over things as fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines.

Where could you find safety information specific to railroads?

True or false: Yield management is, at its core, the science of extracting the most money out of customers based on their willingness (or need) to fly.

True or false: Commercial air travel is by far the safest form of travel in the U.S.

True or false: Even if they’re not willing to be quoted, a conversation with a transportation industry worker can be valuable.