By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an agreement to provide $942.2 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to extend San Francisco’s Third Street light rail system through the city’s busy Chinatown neighborhood, bringing light rail back to the heavily transit-dependent Third Street corridor for the first time in 50 years.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 06-13 NHTSA Unveils ‘SaferCar’ App for iPhones Free mobile app provides real-time info to help consumers “Buy Safe, Drive Safe, and Stay Safe” WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced a new iOS app for iPhones ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 23-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Ohio Bus Company to Cease Interstate Operations FMCSA finds company operated without proper registration WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Toledo, Ohio-based Destiny ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The nation’s largest airlines reported four flights in September with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from six flights in September 2009, with only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Col. Hellis: 'I'm Deeply Honored' WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today named Colonel (ret.) James Helis, Ph.D., as the new superintendent for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Helis, a 30-year Army veteran, will begin work at the Academy next month after spending the past eight ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Secretary LaHood Awards $6.5 Million To Ease Truck Parking Shortages in Michigan and Minnesota.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 9-13 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today declared Ming An, Inc., an interstate passenger carrier based in New York City, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the company to immediately shut down. “We are ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today congratulated two elementary school students – a second grader from Maryland and a third grader from Missouri – as this year’s winners of the “Be Ready. Be Buckled.” Safety Belt Student Art Contest sponsored by the Commercial Motor Vehicle ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Investigators suspend web of related movers in Florida and South Carolina
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 67-13 BTS Issues Transportation Statistics Annual Report. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), today released the Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR) 201 2. The 17th edition of this congressionally mandated ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Senate Majority Leader's announcement of an FAA deal:
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 81-13 Statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation on the Washington Navy Yard Shootings "As a part of the Navy Yard community, everyone at the Department of Transportation is saddened by the shooting incident this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and first responders. ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces More NTSB Recommendations Completed in 2010 Than in Last Five Years
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Funds will support 33 transportation research centers at colleges around the country
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: During the first 12 months after a new rule limiting airline tarmac delays went into effect, lengthy delays experienced by passengers aboard aircraft largely disappeared and only a minimal number of flights were canceled to avoid delays on the tarmac, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 18-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $8.6 Million for Tribal Road Safety WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of more than $8.6 million in Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (TTPSF) from the Federal Highway Administration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: August 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Down 0.1 Percent from August 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Representatives of the aviation industry, advocates for persons with disabilities, and current and former government officials came together today at U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) – the landmark law that banned ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Safety investigators for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have ordered Phoenix-based Autobuses Rayon, Inc., USDOT No. 2011920, to immediately cease all passenger transportation operations after finding that the company was endangering ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: MARAD 02-12 Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 Celebrates Black History Month by highlighting contributions of African Americans to industry BALTIMORE – Maritime Administrator David Matsuda hosted approximately 125 area high school students onboard the Baltimore-based federal merchant ship, the Cape Washington, ...
