By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Kristin Murphy of Naples, Florida, Speaks About the Loss of Her Daughter Chelsey
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA Begins Nationwide Roadside Sweeps WASHINGTON – As the nation prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, the U.S. Department of Transportation is working on many fronts to help prevent unnecessary accidents and fatalities due to the unsafe transport of fireworks. “Fireworks on the Fourth of ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: A win for the environment, economy and energy efficiency
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 3rd-Quarter 2012 Airline Financial Data; Largest Airlines Report Profit
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, executives from United Airlines and American Airlines and U.S. Senators Richard Durbin and Mark Kirk announced today a $1.17 billion agreement that will allow the O’Hare Modernization Program to move forward, add runway ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Committee evaluates aviation consumer protection protections
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Test dummy will evaluate growing number of child seats and boosters designed for children weighing more than 65 pounds
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 2nd-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Rose 4.1% from 2nd Quarter 2011
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: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against China Airlines for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of airfares. The company was assessed an $80,000 civil penalty.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 73-13 DOT Fines Ticket Agents for Code-Share Disclosure Violations The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined three ticket agents for violating the Department’s rules on disclosure of code-share flights. Today’s consent orders are part of an ongoing effort by DOT to ensure that ticket ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited St. Croix today to announce a $300,000 grant to help attract new air service to the U.S. mainland. He was joined by Governor John de Jongh, Congresswoman Donna Christensen and local officials.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 37-13 Boston-based bus company Lucky Star declared an Imminent Hazard to the Public, Ordered by USDOT to Cease Operations WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Boston-based passenger carrier Lucky River Transportation ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Fell 0.2% in June from May
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: MARAD 07-13 LONG BEACH, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that the nation’s shipyards support $36 billion in gross domestic product, as part of a report on the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry issued today. Acting Maritime Administrator Paul ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that it has finalized the tentative decision made on Mar. 16, 2012 to allow AirTran, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, to provide daily nonstop service from Chicago’s Midway International Airport to Cancun International Airport. It will be the first service from Midway to Cancun in four years.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released the latest video in the Department of Transportation’s “Faces of Distracted Driving” series. The new clip features a mother whose 12-year-old son was killed in 2004 when a young woman driving a Hummer and talking on her cell phone ran a red light and crashed into their vehicle a mile from their home in Spring Lake, Michigan.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Prohibits Enbridge Energy from Reopening Pipeline 14 in Adams County, Wisconsin After July 27 Spill
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: August 2012 Airline System Traffic Unchanged from August 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 11-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Shutdown of Michigan-based Highway Star, Inc. Trucking Company and Driver Involved in Fatal Crash The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based trucking company ...
