By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 5-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Appoints Lynn Deavers as new Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Accountability Officer WASHINGTON – Today, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced he is appointing Lynn Deavers as the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Accountability ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 06-13 NEW YORK – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $287 million in emergency relief funds for New York to rebuild roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters, with $250 million specifically designated for Hurricane Sandy recovery. Secretary LaHood was joined by Senator ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined the online ticket agent Lowestfare.com, LLC $50,000 for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Today’s action is part of the Department’s effort to ensure that all sellers of air transportation are complying with DOT’s code-share disclosure rules.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 34-13 FMCSA Orders Mississippi-based Carbo Limo of Oxford to Cease Interstate Passenger Service WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Oxford, Miss.-based Carbo Limo of Oxford, LLC, USDOT No. 1525224, to immediately ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Assistance for Veterans Seeking Jobs in Transportation
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 38-13 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Springfield, Va.-based passenger carrier Advanced Ventures, LLC., USDOT No. 1993687, to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its vehicles and drivers pose an ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: MARAD Awards Contract to Analyze Maritime Investment Options in Great Lakes Region.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you for your kind introduction. It’s great to be here with so many friends and familiar faces: from our dedicated leadership within the Department of Transportation, including Roy Kienitz, Chris Bertram, Joe Szabo, Karen Rae, and Therese McMillan, to our state DOT leaders and representatives from ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Russell and Kim Hurd of Abingdon, Maryland Speak About the Loss of Their 26-year-old Daughter Heather
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 45-13 Airlines Report No Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, One Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in March Airlines reported no tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights, but one tarmac delay of more than four hours on an international flight in March, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 01-13 DOT Issues Two Fines Against Passenger Carriers for Tarmac Delay Violations WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation closed 2012 with fines against two airlines for violating federal rules that limit how long an aircraft with passengers aboard may be delayed on the tarmac. DOT ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Mary, for that wonderful introduction – and for being such a powerful ambassador for Bradley University. Thank you, Brad, for hosting this important symposium. And thank you, all, for the warm welcome home.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined online ticket agent Orbitz $50,000 for violating the Department’s expanded airline passenger protection rule by failing to clearly and prominently inform consumers that they may have to pay baggage fees, and directed the company to cease and desist from further violations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 05-13 NHTSA Fines Southern Honda Powersports for Alleged Violations of Federal Law WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that Southern Honda Powersports in Chattanooga, Tenn., has agreed to pay $125,000 in response ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Last week, contractors across the country were told to stop work on critical airport modernization projects after Congress failed to pass legislation giving the FAA the authority necessary for work to continue. Dozens of “stop work orders” were issued for major projects designed to build and modernize ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Two weeks ago, I helped dedicate the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, which bypasses the narrow, two-lane road atop the Hoover Dam. It is a marvel of engineering, the longest bridge of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, and it rests on the tallest precast concrete columns ever fashioned.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: November 2012 U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada and Mexico Totaled $81.5 Billion
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined representatives from the Georgia Department of Transportation in Atlanta today to announce a Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for $275 million to build new reversible lanes along I-75 and I-575. The 29.7-mile-long ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $59.3 Million for Clean, Energy-Efficient Transit Projects Across the United States
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 04-14 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released findings from a real world, third-party study providing further scientific evidence that the restart provision in the current hours-of-service rule for truck drivers is ...
