By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 55-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Texas 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 Texas-licensed truck driver Scotty G. Arnst to be an imminent ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 115-10 New Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics Members Named - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has appointed nine new members to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) 11-member Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics (ACTS). BTS is a part of the U.S. Department ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC Good afternoon. Welcome to Washington. Thank you, Sam and Lisa, for organizing this forum – and for inviting me to attend. I’m pleased to see such a wide spectrum of participants – from government, industry, and the traveling public we serve. And I’m thrilled to join all of you for ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Philippine Airlines, Santa Barbara Airlines, and ticket agent Pacific for Less for violating the Department’s expanded airline passenger protection rules that took effect in January.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Pennsylvania Receives $750,000 Grant to Study Keystone Corridor Expansion.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Rose 1.0% in December from November
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 71-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Launches “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Crackdown Every three hours, drunk-driving crashes claim a victim who was not driving drunk WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Transportation announce that on Mar. 29, the United States and Israel completed an exchange of diplomatic notes that brought into force the U.S.-Israel Open Skies Agreement ("the Agreement"), which was signed on Dec. 1, 2010. The Agreement, which entered into force immediately, will liberalize our bilateral aviation relationship.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 66-13 DOT Fines Southwest for Violating Price Advertising Rule WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today fined Southwest Airlines $200,000 for violating the Department’s full-fare advertising rules and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations. “Consumers should ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 36-13 FMCSA Declares Kansas-based Carrier Midnight Express to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety “Party bus” operator ordered to immediately shut-down passenger service WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Olathe, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that he is making available approximately $2.4 billion, through a competitive process, to states eager to develop high-speed rail corridors across the United States.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: "Today I directed the FAA to place two air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport's control tower on the midnight shift. It is not acceptable to have just one controller in the tower managing air traffic in this critical air space. I have also asked FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to study staffing levels at other airports around the country."
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 32-13 Airlines Report 34 Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, None Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in February Airlines reported 34 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights, but no tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed to approve an application for antitrust immunity made by Delta Air Lines and affiliates of the Virgin Blue Group to operate joint services between the United States and Australia. The carriers revised their application after the Department tentatively denied an earlier request for immunity last September.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) unveiled a streamlined approach for administering its primary capital public transportation program for expanding transit systems. The New Starts/Small Starts program, one of the largest competitive grant programs in the U.S. government, funds roughly half the cost of new and extended light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit and ferry systems built in the United States.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA Issues Safety Advisory for Bridge Workers.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 24-13 NHTSA to Provide Free VIN Searches to Help Consumers Check Cars, Light Trucks and Motorcycles for Uncompleted Recalls Free Vehicle Identification Number search will improve safety and inform purchasing decisions WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Jack, for the introduction. To Tommy Hodges, former chair of the American Trucking Associations; Chairman Russell Garrett and the distinguished SMC3 board; and all the shippers, carriers, logistics experts, and technology developers who keep America’s economy moving: Thank you for the warm welcome – and the opportunity to visit Atlanta.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: To all the judges and clergy who are here, thank you so much for coming. It’s an honor to have so many of you here. Bill [Haddad] and I talked a lot about our opportunity to participate in this 20th anniversary of this very distinguished group and I told him that I wanted to do it. I’m delighted to be here. And I know, as a politician, that it’s not a good idea to get between you and your meal so I’m not going to go on and on.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 41-13 Houston Gets New Service to Washington, D.C. Under Department of Transportation Slot Award WASHINGTON – Houston will receive a new daily nonstop round trip to Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as a result of action today by the U.S. Department of Transportation ...
