By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Ethiopian 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: NHTSA 18-13 Safety Advisory: NHTSA Encourages Motorists to be Prepared Before Heading Out on Summer Road Trips WASHINGTON – As the busy summer driving season begins, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urges motorists to take simple, yet necessary, precautions to ensure vehicles ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 49-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced he is making $1 million in federal emergency funds immediately available to Washington State to help repair the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River that collapsed last night. “We are doing everything possible ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Lahood: Good News for Air Travelers
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Following President Obama's call in his State of the Union address for greater infrastructure investment as part of “An America Built to Last,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of funding for transportation projects under a fourth round of the popular TIGER (Transportation ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: May 2013 U.S. Airline System Passengers Up 1.7% from May 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA 20-13 Grade Separation Projects Breaking Ground in North Carolina to Improve Railroad and Roadway Safety and Efficiency WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has begun ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Competitively Chosen Projects Will Create Jobs, Lay Foundation for Growth
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: When President Obama invited my colleagues and me to join his administration, he offered us front-row seats to watch history being made and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to help make a little history ourselves.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Daylight Saving Time to Begin Sunday, Mar. 11, for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, when clocks will be set ahead one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the evening. Under law, daylight saving time is observed from ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Iowa, Nevada Receive Grants from DOT to Develop Statewide Rail Plans
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Federal Transit Administration Provided Guidance on Protecting Civil Rights and Addressing Environmental Impacts on Transit Riders and Communities. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued new guidance aimed at ensuring that the civil rights and environmental justice concerns of minority ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – In October, airlines improved their on-time performance while posting a lower rate of canceled flights and mishandled baggage than the same period in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report released today. In addition, airlines reported no long tarmac delays or chronically late flights for two consecutive months or more, and consumers filed fewer complaints with DOT about airline service.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 46-13 FMCSA Declares Lynette’s Limousine Service to Be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety, Orders Company to Immediately Shut Down WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Wilmington, Mass.-based Lynette’s Limousine ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New regulations going into effect this week will help ensure that consumers are treated fairly when they travel by air, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Thank you, J.D., for the introduction and welcome. I’m delighted to share the podium with my friend, Laura Dean Mooney, from MADD. Nineteen years ago, Laura’s husband Mike was killed when a drunk driver hit his car head-on. But Laura transformed unimaginable tragedy into a powerful commitment to save others’ lives. Thank you, Laura, for your courage and advocacy.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 134-12 News Digest Consumers Cautioned on Air Tours to College Bowl Games. The U.S. Department of Transportation today reminded air travelers going to this season’s college football bowl games that a company marketing an air tour package that includes game tickets must have the tickets in hand ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: RITA 02-12 $72.5 million will fund up to 35 competitive grants WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Transportation Administration (RITA) today announced that $72.5 million in funding will be available to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher education to ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 32-13 Federal Highway Administrator Mendez Takes Part in Ceremonial Ribbon Cutting of I-5 Whilamut Passage Bridge New structure will reduce congestion in Eugene and Springfield EUGENE, Ore. – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez today joined Rep. Peter ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Inspectors to conduct 60-day comprehensive safety assessment of Metro-North
