News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Last week, contractors across the country were told to stop work on critical airport modernization projects after Congress failed to pass legislation giving the FAA the authority necessary for work to continue. Dozens of “stop work orders” were issued for major projects designed to build and modernize ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Mary, for that wonderful introduction – and for being such a powerful ambassador for Bradley University. Thank you, Brad, for hosting this important symposium. And thank you, all, for the warm welcome home.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Russell and Kim Hurd of Abingdon, Maryland Speak About the Loss of Their 26-year-old Daughter Heather
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 38-13 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Springfield, Va.-based passenger carrier Advanced Ventures, LLC., USDOT No. 1993687, to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its vehicles and drivers pose an ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined the online ticket agent Lowestfare.com, LLC $50,000 for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Today’s action is part of the Department’s effort to ensure that all sellers of air transportation are complying with DOT’s code-share disclosure rules.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Airlines and travel agents may not advertise an airfare as “free” if consumers are liable for the payment of fees to book the flight, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 83-13 Joint Statement of the U.S.-Iraq Joint Coordination Committee on Services, Technology, Environment and Transportation The governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq reaffirmed their strategic partnership during a meeting of the Services, Technology, Environment and ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt today warned that new construction projects will not begin and many will be delayed if Congress is unable to work out its differences and pass a clean extension of the FAA Reauthorization bill.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: March 2013 U.S. Airline System Passengers Up 1.0% from March 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 39-13 DOT Fines Southwest Over Late, Incomplete Responses to Consumer Complaints The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against Southwest Airlines for not responding in a timely manner to complaints filed by consumers, including passengers with disabilities, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 53-13 U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Join Airlines to Announce New Partnership to Combat Human Trafficking WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan took part ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against Virgin America for filing incomplete reports with the Department about complaints registered by passengers with disabilities and for not responding adequately to these complaints. The carrier was ordered to cease and desist from further violations and assessed a civil penalty of $100,000.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released the latest video in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Faces of Distracted Driving” series, featuring the story of Kassy Kerfoot, from Meridian, Idaho.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 54-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Illinois Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Illinois-licensed truck driver Stewart G. Snedeker to ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Work Begins on $20 Million Recovery Act TIGER Project
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FTA 61-12 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Charlotte Streetcar Starter Line CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today joined Mayor Anthony Foxx and other local officials to break ground on the Charlotte Streetcar Starter Project – the first ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 41-13 WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is immediately making available $5 million in emergency relief funds to help Colorado cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by the ongoing floods. “Disasters ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Rose 1.7% in November from October
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: News Digest FMCSA Final Rule Helps Consumers Protect Their Move and Eliminates Unnecessary Burdens for Moving Companies. This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule that strengthens protections for consumers moving their ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 22-13 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared North Carolina-licensed truck driver Johnny Allen Spell to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate ...
