News and reports from the Department of Transportation.

U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today celebrated the confirmations of L. Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, Joe Ritch, and Beth Pritchard Geer to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, as well as clean air and labor leaders in announcing new standards to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from heavy-duty vehicles starting in model year 2027.

In response to a February 2022 inquiry from U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that a December 2021 memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) entitled “Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources to Build a Better America” is a rule, and therefore subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, which the House and Senate recently passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Omnibus includes highest level for non-defense funding ever, lowers the cost of living for working families, creates better-paying jobs, and keeps our nation and communities safe; Provides critical funding to support Ukraine and relief to help communities recover from natural disasters

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this short-term continuing resolution through December 23rd.

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on December 14, 2022.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released an updated version of its Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) commodity flow dataset, which provides estimates for tonnage, value, and ton-miles by origin-destination pair of FAF regions, commodity type, and mode for:

The National Transportation Safety Board published Tuesday the comments it provided to the Ethiopian government on their draft accident investigation report into the 2019 crash in Ethiopia of a Boeing 737 Max airplane.

The National Transportation Safety Board called Friday for a renewed effort to implement NTSB safety recommendations on its Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy welcomed maritime safety improvements in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which the President signed into law today.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced 15 grants in nine states to help make it easier for people with disabilities and mobility needs to access some of the nation's oldest and busiest rail transit systems through essential upgrades, such as elevators.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making available nearly $9 billion in funding to upgrade and expand passenger rail services along the Northeast Corridor (NEC).

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Solicitation and Funding Opportunity to solicit proposals for intercity passenger rail corridors for the Corridor Identification and Development (ID) Program.

Following the Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined that pilots and others who perform safety sensitive duties may receive the vaccine under the conditions of their FAA-issued airman medical certification.