News and reports from the Department of Transportation.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $341,893 civil penalty against Nebraska-based 93 Air for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act...

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) requested the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct a review of the FAA’s oversight of the manufacture and production of the Boeing 787.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a fact sheet that details the projected effects of the recently signed bipartisan infrastructure deal, stating it will make transportation systems more equitable.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is a generational investment in America’s transportation network. It will allow the nation to modernize its infrastructure, making it safer and more resilient.

The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its October 2021 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of August 2021.

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the Biden administration's proposed rule to re-establish the pre-2015 definition of “waters of the United States" (WOTUS) while it considers future regulatory action.

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of the first step in EPA's two-step process to replace the Trump administration's 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) and promulgate a new definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS)...

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: As winter weather approaches, the FAA is working with airports to make sure airport operations remain safe. These winter preparations are the subject of the Preparing for Airport Winter Operations video and CertAlert No. 21-06 , both of which help airports and aviation stakeholders get ready for winter weather.

Secretary Buttigieg calls rising traffic deaths a crisis and calls for cooperation among all levels of government, industry, and advocacy to change course