By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administrator Michael P. Huerta today released the following joint statement in response to the crash of Asiana Flight 214:
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Earns Gold Star Award During “SBA National Small Business Week.”
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FTA 16-13 EL PASO, Texas – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today celebrated the groundbreaking for the new Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System (BRT) – the first 8.6-mile segment in a planned bus rapid transit (BRT) system serving El Paso. When completed, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 29-13 FMCSA Declares Five Vehicles Operated by Atlanta-based Greene Classic Limousines to be Imminent Hazards to Public Safety Company ordered to immediately cease transporting passengers in identified vehicles WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: American Eagle Airlines Fined for Lengthy Tarmac Delays
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today joined with Washington, D.C. officials and construction industry leaders at the construction site for D.C.’s 11th Street Bridge Project and called on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act and make significant investments in job-creating infrastructure projects. He was joined at the event by Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, DDOT Director Terry Bellamy, and Associated General Contractors CEO Steven Sandherr.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of $474 million for a fifth round of the highly successful TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) competitive grant program to fund surface transportation projects that have a significant impact on the nation, a region or metropolitan area.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival record last December of 84.4 percent, the highest on-time percentage for any December during the 17 years the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has collected comparable flight delay data. According to DOT’s Air Travel Consumer Report, the carriers also had a 0.8 percent rate of canceled flights, the lowest December cancellation rate for the last 17 years.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Pilot Program Aims to Help Improve Condition of America’s Transit Systems, Safety of Operations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: No Tarmac Delays Longer than Three Hours on Domestic Flights or Longer than Four Hours on International Flights in February
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: August 2012 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 2.6 Percent From August 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Spirit Airlines $50,000 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: MARAD 05-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the appointment of seven members to the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Advisory Board. The USMMA Advisory Board serves as an independent body whose purpose is to examine the course of instruction and management ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in as the nation’s 17th Secretary of Transportation by Judge Nathaniel Jones in a private ceremony at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters at 11 a.m. today. The ceremony was attended by Foxx’s wife, Samara, and their two children, Hillary ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Caribbean Airlines, a carrier based in Trinidad and Tobago, $60,000 for limiting reimbursements for lost, damaged and delayed baggage to less than consumers were entitled under an international treaty.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 30-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Declares New Mexico Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared New Mexico-licensed truck driver Bobby C. Cleveland ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT received 703 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Issues ‘Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving,’ Announces $2.4 Million for California, Delaware Pilot Projects
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has approved a $545.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan that will enable the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) to advance construction of a new light rail transit line along the Crenshaw corridor that will enhance access to existing transit service throughout Los Angeles.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: “I’m proud of our achievements over the last year and believe we have made Americans safer and our economy stronger. We will continue working to improve safety across all modes of transportation, aiding the economic recovery through strategic infrastructure investments and supporting America’s long-term growth through a sustainable and efficient transportation network.”
