By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled, “Examining the Role of Ferries in Improving Mobility." Video of Norton’s opening statement is here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced $2.8 million in drone research, education and training grants to five universities. Research will focus on three areas: Advanced material, right-of-way rules, and flight data recorder requirements.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $79,200 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support Paden City as they implement property improvements and transform a vacant industrial space into a manufacturing or related business space.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,969,520 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for five water infrastructure projects across West Virginia.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its September 2021 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of July 2021. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America Bureau has provided a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) direct loan in the amount of up to $36.4 million to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for two different transportation projects. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined United Airlines $1.9 million for violating federal statutes and the Department’s rule prohibiting long tarmac delays. The airline was also ordered to cease and desist from future similar violations. This is the largest fine issued by the Department for tarmac delay violations.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact - Part II." This is the second hearing in a two-part series focused on examining the impact of the federal relief and response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic on the transportation and infrastructure sectors and its workers.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Role of Ferries in Improving Mobility." ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Deputy Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg and former Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx celebrated the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau , marking five years of the Bureau’s work offering innovative finance programs and technical assistance to state and local partners across the country.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America Bureau (the Bureau) has provided a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) direct loan in the amount of up to $1.66 billion to Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled, “Disruption in the Skies: The Surge in...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks of Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “Disruption in the Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, Airlines, and Airports":
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The rate of unruly passenger incidents on commercial flights has dropped sharply since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launched its Zero Tolerance campaign but the rate remains too high, according to new data released today.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today applauded the Biden administration's steps to begin phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), particularly the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule signing to implement ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing on the challenges facing domestic recycling programs and the need to transition to a circular economy.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $382,000 civil penalty against Universal Flight Training of Sarasota, Fla., for allegedly conducting illegal passenger-carrying flights.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) advanced three of President Biden's nominees to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), our nation's premier agency when it comes to investigating industrial chemical accidents, as well as Jeff Prieto, the president's nominee to serve as General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $431.8 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the final round of Fiscal Year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 60 airports in 31 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View an interactive map with all the awards.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award seven Alaska airports a total of $42 million in Airport Improvement Program grants to help with safety, access and sustainability efforts. The FAA has awarded more than 64 grants totaling $257.4 million to Alaska airports during fiscal year 2021.
