By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 74-13 News Digest BTS Releases State Transportation Statistics 2012 with Mapping Application. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), today released its annual State Transportation ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: “Today's passage of the Senate transportation bill shows what Congress is capable of when they work together in a bipartisan manner. Thanks to the leadership of Senators Boxer and Inhofe, working with their colleagues from the Banking, Commerce and Finance Committees, states are one step closer to putting ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 62-13 Airlines Report Five Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, No Tarmac Delay Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in May Airlines reported five tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and no tarmac delays of more than four hours on an international ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 25-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $11.5 Million in Emergency Relief Funds for Six States WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $11.5 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded $71.3 million to the State of Indiana to help alleviate congestion in one of the region’s most delay-prone rail corridors. The Indiana Gateway Project will both relieve congestion and support the development of higher performing intercity passenger rail service in the Midwest.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today shut down Atlanta-based trucking company Southern Transportation, Inc. using new authorities given to FMCSA under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 85-13 DOT Fines Ticket Agents for Code-Share Disclosure Violations WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined two ticket agents for violating the Department’s rules on disclosure of code-share flights. DOT issued a $125,000 fine against Carlson Wagonlit Travel and a $65,000 ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation released results from an unprecedented ten-month study of potential electronic causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched the study last spring at the request of Congress, and enlisted ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Carrier violated Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) regulations
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an agreement for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide $745.2 million to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project, which will significantly expand transit options and create easier commutes between downtown Portland and the Milwaukie suburbs.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 50-13 NFAC Will Provide Recommendations to Improve National Freight Transportation System WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the members of the National Freight Advisory Committee, a diverse group of professionals that will provide advice and recommendations aimed ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 123-12 Daylight Saving Time to End Sunday, Nov. 4, for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, when clocks will be turned back one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the morning. Under law, daylight saving time is observed from ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you for the introduction, welcome, and opportunity to join you. I see too many friends and colleagues to recognize individually. On behalf of President Obama, thank you all for your extraordinary leadership.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Department Removed 36 Vessels – Three More to Leave by Year’s End
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Additional Funds Will Finish a Critical Access Road at Memorial Site
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Hamilton County Project is First to Use New Provision to Improve Freight Movement
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Goal of study to reduce travel time between Detroit and Chicago
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: MARAD Announces Public Hearings for the U.S.-Flag Great Lakes Fleet Revitalization Study.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT and safety advocates will continue fighting distracted driving epidemic
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The last passenger train departed Baker Street Station in Fort Wayne, Ind., more than two decades ago. When a major freight carrier abandoned one of its northeast Indiana lines, Amtrak had no choice but to reroute its Chicago-Pittsburgh-New York corridor.
