News and reports from the Department of Transportation.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to the Federal Register today that designates the Great Lakes, coastal beaches, and marine coastal waters as “Unusually Sensitive Areas,” extending more stringent pipeline Integrity Management Program requirements to hazardous liquid pipelines near such areas.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) kicked off its annual holiday high-visibility enforcement campaigns today, aimed at preventing impaired driving and improving safety for all road users.

The Deputy Administrator was joined by representatives from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, railroads, and labor.

The Federal Highway Administration invites comment on the development of guidance for two new electric vehicle charging station programs included in the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program to strategically deploy an interconnected network of EV charging stations along highway corridors, by providing states with formula funding.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $2.89 billion made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 3,075 airports around the nation.

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today called on Steve Dickson, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to review and act upon concerns raised by whistleblowers in a newly released Committee report, which illustrate a troubling erosion of safety oversight in the aviation manufacturing process.

Amtrak announced that it will abandon plans to lay off workers and cut passenger rail service, which would have been necessary to comply with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate.

The records obtained by the committee also reveal that the hotel was financially struggling from its opening day, potentially putting federal taxpayers at risk.

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) released new safety standards to govern the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Sea Year.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) released a staff report on the committee’s investigation into the General...

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.