By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% in October from September
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 51-13 FMCSA Declares Laredo, Texas, Trucking Company an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety, Orders Shut Down WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Laredo, Texas-based REDCO Transport, Ltd., USDOT No. 1670585, to immediately ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 4.6 percent higher in July 2012 than in July 2011, totaling $75.7 billion, unadjusted for inflation (Table 1 and Figure 1 ), according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 13-13 FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Oklahoma Bus Company for Violating Consent Agreement Heartland Charters & Tours breaks agreement to adhere to federal safety regulations following 2012 out-of-service order WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: September 2012 Passenger Airline Employment Down 0.6 Percent from September 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Deputy Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan today joined Missouri and Illinois officials to kick off the Eads Bridge Rehabilitation Project, which will repair and restore the historic, 138-year old bridge and ensure safe and efficient light rail service for thousands of people who use the bridge to cross the Mississippi River every day.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 86-13 Airline On-Time Performance in August Down From Previous Year, Up From July WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 78.8 percent in August, down from the 79.1 percent on-time rate from August 2012, but up from the 73.1 percent mark from July 2013, according ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the overwhelming demand for TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants has once again far surpassed the available funding. Applications for TIGER III grants totaled $14.1 billion, far exceeding the $527 million set aside for the program. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) received 828 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation today assessed a civil penalty of $90,000 against American Airlines for failing to disclose that vouchers given to passengers for voluntarily giving up their seat on oversold flights could be redeemed only after paying as much as a $30 ticketing fee.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty of $35,000 against Finnair for violating federal aviation laws and the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Fines Aerolineas Argentinas for Violating DOT Price Advertising Rule
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases April Passenger Airline Employment Data; April 2013 Employment Down 2.4 Percent from April 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 17-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood, FMCSA Administrator Ferro Meet with Motorcoach Safety Representatives WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro today met with a broad-based group of motorcoach representatives ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Ohio River Bridges Project Clears Federal Environmental Review
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that small and disadvantaged businesses will be better positioned to compete for large government contracts as the result of an expansion of the Department of Transportation’s successful bonding education program. The Secretary made the announcement at the department’s Second Annual Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 57-13 FMCSA Shuts Down North Carolina Trucking Company as an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Cherryville, N.C.-based trucking company, owned by Rocky Lee Brown and doing business ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Station is Major Component to New Downtown Sacramento Development District
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued just over $1 million in One Call grants today to support states' safe digging call centers in an effort to reduce pipeline digging accidents.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 18-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $12.5 million in grants for 29 projects in 20 states to improve access to America’s national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges. The selected projects will help reduce traffic congestion and make it easier for millions ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 88-13 News Digest Daylight Saving Time to End Sunday, Nov. 3, for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, when clocks will be turned back one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the morning. Under law, daylight saving time is ...
