News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 199-09 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new rule that significantly strengthens protections afforded to consumers by, among other things, establishing a hard time limit after which U.S. airlines must allow passengers to deplane from domestic flights. “Airline passengers ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty of $80,000 against Alitalia, an airline based in Italy, for violating an international treaty by limiting reimbursement to passengers whose baggage was lost or delayed on Alitalia flights to and from the United States.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 25-13 News Digest DOT Raises Liability Limits for Domestic Airline Baggage. The U.S. Department of Transportation has raised the minimum dollar amount airlines can establish to compensate for lost, delayed and damaged baggage on domestic flights to $3,400 from the previous minimum of $3,300, effective ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Lufthansa Fined for Improperly Limiting Reimbursements for Delayed Baggage
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Representatives of the United States and Brazil have agreed to implement an Open-Skies aviation regime, which will significantly liberalize U.S.-Brazil air services for airlines of both countries over a transition period.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Nearly 1,000 construction grant applications for more than $19 billion from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia far exceeded the $600 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) II dollars the U.S. Department of Transportation can award for infrastructure projects ranging from highways and bridges to transit and ports, Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. The announcement followed the August deadline for submissions.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Welcome to Washington. Thank you, Brian [Wynne], for the introduction – and for your outstanding leadership at the Electric Drive Transportation Association. Thank you, Rick [Kasper], the EDTA Board of Directors, and all the utility, automotive, and logistics companies your coalition ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Today, a government technical group reviewed the findings from last month's testing of LightSquared's proposal to provide new broadband service. The final test report will be sent to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA), which advises the President on telecommunications policy, and represents federal agencies to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced two grants totaling $23.5 million to make air service safer and more convenient for Puerto Rico’s air travelers. He was joined by Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño and Congressman Pedro R. Pierluisi.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New CR poll: Younger drivers more likely to text and drive, less likely to view as a danger
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 9-Year-Old Erica Forney of Fort Collins, Colorado,Remembered By Her Mother Shelley
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Urges Use of Tough New Enforcement Strategy
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Fell 0.6% in August from July
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New Partnership Will Provide Travelers with Transportation Options, Improve Rest Facilities for Drivers
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $150 Million Credit Assistance for Presidio Parkway
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: South Carolina Facility is Manufacturing ‘the Bus of Tomorrow’
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 55-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the strong demand for TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants continues as once again the number of applications has surpassed the available funding. Applications to the U.S. Department ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 122-12 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced he is making $12 million in quick release emergency relief funds immediately available to New Jersey and Connecticut to help begin repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, while assessments continue throughout the ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 64-13 American Eagle Fined $200,000 for Lengthy Christmas 2012 Tarmac Delays WASHINGTON - The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined American Eagle Airlines $200,000 for lengthy tarmac delays that took place at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Dec. 25, 2012. The airline ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 89-13 News Digest BTS Issues Directive for 2014 Airline On-Time Reporting. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today issued its annual directive detailing the requirements for the reporting of airline on-time data for 2014. In 2014, BTS will receive ...
