News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: March was the fourth month out of the last six that the nation’s airlines reported no tarmac delays of more than three hours, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). A year ago, in March 2010, the carriers reported 25 tarmac delays longer than three hours. Carriers also reported a decrease in the rate of canceled flights in March compared to a year earlier.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Airlines reported only one tarmac delay of more than three hours on domestic flights and one tarmac delay of more than four hours on international flights in November, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 14-13 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced a new policy concerning vehicle automation, including its plans for research on related safety issues and recommendations for states related to the testing, licensing, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: News Digest Pocket Guide to Transportation 2013 - The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), has published the Pocket Guide to Transportation 2013 – a quick reference guide to significant transportation data. The 16th annual ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Ticket Scams.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA 06-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded a $10.9 million TIGER 2012 grant to the City of West Memphis, Ark. to expand the city’s port. Once the expansion is complete, the port will be able to handle increased freight rail capacity, helping businesses send more goods ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases January Passenger Airline Employment Data;
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Consumers Cautioned on Air Tours to College Bowl Games. The U.S. Department of Transportation today reminded air travelers going to this season’s college football bowl games that a company marketing an air tour package that includes game tickets must have the tickets in hand or have a written contract ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 21-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood on Hand for Dedication of $23 Million Ann Arbor Bridges Project ANN ARBOR – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today joined Rep. John Dingell and other state and local officials to dedicate the Ann Arbor Bridges project, which is improving safety ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 28-12 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders LEX Express, Inc. to Shut Down WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered passenger carrier LEX Express, Inc. (DBA Lincolnland Express) of Champaign, Ill., to shut ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Transportation Jobs Bill Would Deliver $384.2 Million to Repair, Modernize Transit in Pennsylvania
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Projects Support President Obama’s Calls to Create Ladders of Opportunity, ‘Fix it First’ and Contribute to Economic Growth
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Plans to stay until a successor is confirmed
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Soliciting Applications for University Transportation Center Grants. As part of the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking applications from eligible nonprofit institutions of higher education located in federal regions 3 (Delaware, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Thank you for coming.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good afternoon. Thank you, Albert, for the introduction. Thank you to all the speakers and readers for sharing so many beautiful remarks and remembrances. Khalil Gibran wrote that “remembrance is a form of meeting.” So as we rededicate this restored garden and monument, it is as if we meet the poet once again.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation today fined two companies for violating the Department’s rules governing charter flights. Aviation Advantage, Inc. (AAI) was assessed a civil penalty of $150,000 and Swift Air, LLC was assessed a civil penalty of $100,000.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Funding for 29 Capital Transit Projects Will Create Jobs, Opportunities Across America
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The nation’s largest airlines reported no flights in February with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from 60 flights in February 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 57-13 DOT Proposes Four Cities to Receive New Rights for U.S.-Brazil Air Service The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed new or expanded U.S. carrier rights from four U.S. cities--Los Angeles, Atlanta, Detroit, and Charlotte--to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The proposed awards would ...
