News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: November 2012 Airline System Passengers Up 0.8% from November 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: August 2013 Passenger Airline Employment Down 2.2 Percent from August 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Several recent incidents involving tire blowouts on passenger buses have prompted the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take a closer look at the potential cause of these incidents. In partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), FMCSA has conducted ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Statement by Secretaries Clinton and Lahood
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: ST. CLOUD, Minn. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in St. Cloud today to announce that the city will receive $3.3 million to help the St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission renovate its Metro Bus Operations Center so the facility can accommodate a fleet of transit vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG), as well as to build a CNG fueling station. Secretary LaHood was joined by Senator Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Dave Kleis and other local officials.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Mayor Kautz, for the wonderful introduction. And thank you, all, for the warm welcome. Mayor Reed and Mayor Villaraigosa, I’m looking forward to our discussion. But I thought I’d start by sharing a little about my perspective from the nation’s capital.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT to Call for Innovative Research Proposals from Small Businesses.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 22-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $2 Million in Quick Release Emergency Relief Funds for Damaged Bridges on I-81/SR22 Interchange Near Harrisburg WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Department of Transportation is making $2 million ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New Facility To Oversee Operations to O’Hare’s New 10R/28L Runway
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Project Will Revitalize Downtown by Attracting More Local Investments and Improving Access to Jobs, Recreation and Services
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: First Multistate Order for Standardized Rail Cars Will Help Boost American Manufacturers
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: To all the judges and clergy who are here, thank you so much for coming. It’s an honor to have so many of you here. Bill [Haddad] and I talked a lot about our opportunity to participate in this 20th anniversary of this very distinguished group and I told him that I wanted to do it. I’m delighted to be here. And I know, as a politician, that it’s not a good idea to get between you and your meal so I’m not going to go on and on.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA Issues Safety Advisory for Bridge Workers.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 32-13 Airlines Report 34 Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, None Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in February Airlines reported 34 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights, but no tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 36-13 FMCSA Declares Kansas-based Carrier Midnight Express to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety “Party bus” operator ordered to immediately shut-down passenger service WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Olathe, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 71-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Launches “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Crackdown Every three hours, drunk-driving crashes claim a victim who was not driving drunk WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Philippine Airlines, Santa Barbara Airlines, and ticket agent Pacific for Less for violating the Department’s expanded airline passenger protection rules that took effect in January.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 55-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Texas 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 Texas-licensed truck driver Scotty G. Arnst to be an imminent ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: RITA 02-12 $72.5 million will fund up to 35 competitive grants WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Transportation Administration (RITA) today announced that $72.5 million in funding will be available to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher education to ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New regulations going into effect this week will help ensure that consumers are treated fairly when they travel by air, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today.
