By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed a new rule that will require airlines to report more information on the amount and types of fees collected from passengers, as well as the number of checked bags and mishandled wheelchairs. The proposal would revise current reporting requirements to improve data collection on the amount airlines receive from different, specific types of fees.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: D.C. Circuit decision calls U.S. DOT protections "common sense"
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: PHMSA 10-13 New Procedures Speed Approval of Fireworks Transport While Maintaining High Safety Standards WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has updated the certification process for the transport of consumer fireworks, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA14-13 FMCSA Orders Immediate Shut-Down of Bus Company Rimrock Stages; Declares Company to be an Imminent Hazard WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Rimrock Stages, Inc., doing business as Rimrock Trailways and Rimrock ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Rose 0.2% in September from August
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Gina Harris of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Remembers Her 19-Year-Old Daughter, Brittanie
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA PRESENTS NATION’S TOP HIGHWAY SAFETY AWARDS FOR 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good evening. Thank you, Terry [Gruver] and the staff of WTS, for bringing us together. Thank you, all, for the invitation and warm welcome.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Let me quickly recognize several special guests: David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Sheriff Craig Webre of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana; Warren Diepraam, Assistant District Attorney of Montgomery County, Texas; Sheriff Beth Arthur of Arlington County, Virginia; and Doug Scott, Chief of the Arlington County Police Department. Thank you for joining us.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today issued a final rule requiring lap and shoulder seat belts for each passenger and driver seat on new motorcoaches and other large buses. This new rule enhances the safety of these vehicles by significantly reducing the risk of fatalities and serious injuries in frontal crashes and the risk of occupant ejection in rollovers.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA 05-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced he is providing $30.2 million to Amtrak to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy along its heavily-traveled Northeast Corridor. The funding comes from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 and is being provided ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA Develops Model State Legislation to Improve Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), together with states, developed model state legislation for use in developing bills to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings without gates or barriers. The model ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 13-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Additional $76 Million in Emergency Relief Funds for Hurricane Sandy Damage in New Jersey Federal Highway Support Totals $224 Million for Repairs to Garden State Roads and Bridges WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FTA 61-12 U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $120 Million Loan to Strengthen Public Transit in Dallas Investment Reflects Ongoing Commitment to Major Transit Enhancements in Dallas Region WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today approved a nearly $120 million loan that will ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 31-13 WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is immediately making available $5 million in emergency relief funds to help New York cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by flooding in June and July in central ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 17-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Establishes National Freight Advisory Committee DOT Announces Proposal to Establish ‘National Freight Network’ WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the establishment of a National Freight Advisory Committee to provide ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: OST 127-12 MONTEREY, Calif. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today attended the grand opening of the first completed high-tech bus shelter on the new Monterey-Salinas Transit JAZZ Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The new BRT service, funded in part by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 21-13 Daylight Saving Time to Begin Sunday, Mar. 10, for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 10, when clocks will be turned ahead one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the evening. Under law, daylight saving time is ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Department of Transportation is proposing to explicitly ban the use of electronic cigarettes on aircraft.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Airlines Set Records for First Half of 2012 in On-Time Performance, Fewest Cancellations and Tarmac Delays, Lowest Mishandled Baggage Rate
