By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 91-13 DOT Fines US Airways for Failure to Provide Wheelchair Assistance to Passengers with Disabilities WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined US Airways $1.2 million for failing to provide adequate wheelchair assistance to passengers in Philadelphia and Charlotte, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a $54.6 million loan to Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) for the purchase of 30 new General Electric ES44AC locomotives. These diesel-electric locomotives, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, will help KCSR meet increasing economic demand, and are more energy-efficient and produce significantly less carbon emissions than the locomotives they are replacing.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 57-13 DOT Proposes Four Cities to Receive New Rights for U.S.-Brazil Air Service The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed new or expanded U.S. carrier rights from four U.S. cities--Los Angeles, Atlanta, Detroit, and Charlotte--to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The proposed awards would ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 43-13 News Digest FMCSA Seeks Comments on Part II of the National Registry of Medical Examiners. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today a proposed rule to allow state and federal enforcement officials to easily share and view the most current and accurate information ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Thank you, David, for the introduction – and for your outstanding leadership of the Maritime Administration. Thank you, all, for the warm welcome. I’m grateful for this opportunity to join you – almost exactly a year after we formally launched America’s marine highways program. But before I take your questions, I’d like to talk for a moment about what we’ve accomplished since we last came together some 363 days ago.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The nation’s largest airlines reported no flights in February with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from 60 flights in February 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Experienced military truck and bus drivers will more easily be able to obtain civilian commercial driver‘s licenses under proposed FMCSA regulatory changes
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Federal Railroad Administration Issues Final Rule on Emergency Notification Systems at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Funding for 29 Capital Transit Projects Will Create Jobs, Opportunities Across America
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Today, the people of New Jersey and the nation as a whole lost a true champion with the passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg. Frank’s tireless advocacy for transportation safety saved many lives – he truly was the Safety Senator. His commitment to public transit also helped provide millions of working ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 53-12 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Joins Kentucky, Ohio Governors for Signing of Brent Spence Bridge Agreement COVINGTON, Ky. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today joined Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Ohio Gov. John Kasich for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation today fined two companies for violating the Department’s rules governing charter flights. Aviation Advantage, Inc. (AAI) was assessed a civil penalty of $150,000 and Swift Air, LLC was assessed a civil penalty of $100,000.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Contractors have been told to stop work on critical airport modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass legislation giving the FAA the authority necessary for work to continue by last Friday’s deadline. Dozens of “stop work orders” have been issued for major projects designed ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: News Digest BTS Releases U.S. North American Transshipment Data. In 2010, $60.8 billion of goods shipped between the United States and countries outside of North America passed through Canada or Mexico, according to a new transshipment database released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation's ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good afternoon. Thank you, Albert, for the introduction. Thank you to all the speakers and readers for sharing so many beautiful remarks and remembrances. Khalil Gibran wrote that “remembrance is a form of meeting.” So as we rededicate this restored garden and monument, it is as if we meet the poet once again.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 27-13 Second Segment of Louisville-area’s Ohio River Bridges Project Begins LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez joined Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike Hancock today to break ground on the federally funded $1.3 billion ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: On Sequestration and the Federal Aviation Administration
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Thank you for coming.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases Report on Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Interagency Agreement Marks Major Milestone in Development of FTA’s New Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program
