By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA Strengthens Protections for Consumers Using Household Goods Moving Brokers.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today proposed a new federal motor vehicle safety standard to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on large commercial trucks, motorcoaches, and other large buses for the first time ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that 183 tribes will receive $8.6 million for 195 projects from the Federal Highway Administration’s Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF) to improve transportation safety on tribal lands. Secretary Foxx made the announcement today at the White House Tribal Nations Conference.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA-25-12 FMCSA Orders California Motor Carrier Trusted Moving and Storage d.b.a. Nationwide Top Movers to Return Household Goods Held Hostage to Original Shippers WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Trusted Moving ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined online travel agent Travelocity $180,000 for violating the Department’s rule on full-fare advertising by failing to include fuel surcharges and other fees in advertised airfares and ordered it to cease and desist from further violations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Jacy Good recounts crash that killed parents and left her permanently injured
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FocusDriven President Jennifer Smith Talks About Losing Her Mother Ahead of Illinois Distracted Driving Summit
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards $400,000 to Develop Hybrid Road Locomotive Technologies. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an award of $400,000 to Norfolk Southern Railroad to help continue development of an energy saving battery-operated electric locomotive ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Rose 0.8% in September from August
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 19-13 News Digest U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Funding to University Transportation Centers. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released $37,373,600 in grants to 11 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) from funding authorized by Congress for schools selected in the 2011 ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: February 2013 Passenger Airline Employment Down 2.5 Percent from February 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 1st-Quarter 2013 Domestic Air Fare Almost Unchanged from 1st Quarter 2012 (Adjusted for Inflation)
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: In separate cases, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed civil penalties against Continental Airlines and US Airways for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel. Continental was assessed a civil penalty of $120,000 and US Airways $45,000.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Targeted Investments in Safe, Efficient Transportation Will Spur Growth
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Director Dan Flowers and other state highway officials to break ground on the first project of the much anticipated Bella Vista Bypass that will link important freight routes and open the region to economic growth.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FTA 01-13 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Announces $135 Million to Extend Sacramento Light Rail to Growing South Corridor SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today participated in a signing ceremony to commit $135 million to extend the existing Sacramento Light ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: February 2013 U.S. Airline System Passengers Down 1.2% from February 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood issued the following statement following President Obama’s State of the Union Address:
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Allegiant Air $100,000 for violating rules protecting air travelers with disabilities, as well as the Department’s rule for full-fare advertising.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in its continuing effort to protect airline consumers, has fined the on-line ticket agent Flythere4less.com $40,000 for failing to disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement.
