By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 140-12 Six New Initiatives Would Reduce Burden on Small Businesses, Save Taxpayer’s Money WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced six new actions it will take to eliminate out-of-date or duplicative paperwork, saving taxpayer dollars and reducing the workload for ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Airlines reported 18 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and one tarmac delay of more than four hours on international flights in July, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Minister Blanco, for your wonderful hospitality – and for your ongoing partnership. Thank you, Ambassador Solomont, for the warm welcome. Thank you, all, for inviting me to take part in this extraordinary gathering.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Amadeus, a global distribution system (GDS), $95,000 for providing software to travel agencies that resulted in their websites failing to disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Amadeus is the first GDS to be fined by DOT.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Minnesota’s Northern Lights High Speed Rail Project Receives $5 million from USDOT.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation to Hold Emergency Responder Forum.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 19-13 D.C.-Based Washington DC Party Shuttle/Onboard DC Tours Declared Imminent Hazard to Public Safety WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Washington, D.C.-based passenger carrier Washington DC Party Shuttle, which ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Air Canada $50,000 for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 50-12 U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Porcari Visits Chicago for Opening of North-South Wacker Drive; $300 Million Project Improves Traffic Safety, Extends Life of Major Artery CHICAGO – U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John D. Porcari today participated in the re-opening of the lower ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Spirit Airlines $100,000 for failing to appropriately record and respond to complaints about the carrier’s treatment of passengers with disabilities, violating DOT’s rules implementing the Air Carrier Access Act which prohibits discrimination in air travel on the basis of disability.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 42-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Additional $30 Million in 'Quick Release' Emergency Relief Funds for Colorado Funds Follow $5 Million Announced Last Week for Flood Repairs WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 136-12 DOT Fines Vision Airlines for Charter Violations Related to Direct Air’s Shutdown WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed Vision Airlines a $50,000 penalty for violating rules that protect passengers when their public charter flights are suddenly canceled ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 30-Mile Project Creates Roughly 4,700 Construction-Related Jobs and Reduces Travel Times
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Carriers Report Expanded Tarmac Delay Data Under New DOT Consumer Rule
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Bidding by airlines for the authority to take off and land at New York LaGuardia and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport begins today, under the terms of a decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that will allow Delta Air Lines, Inc. and US Airways, Inc. to exchange some of their operating authorities at the two airports.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 32-13 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Texas-licensed truck driver Ruben Galindo to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases State Transportation Statistics 2010.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: News Digest FMCSA Announces No-Defect Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) for Intermodal Equipment Final Rule - Rule eliminates $54 million in unnecessary cost to the commercial vehicle industry. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to federal rulemaking that eliminates burdensome cost ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Fine is First Penalty Under New Advertising Requirements
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 124-12 WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced it is leading an Interstate Petroleum Transport Team to ensure the fastest and most efficient movement of fuel to the region devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The team will serve ...
