News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Liz Catherman of Meridian, Idaho, Remembers Her 18-Year-Old Daughter, Kassy
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Grants will allow States to Establish Best Practices for Enforcement Programs Aimed at Curbing Texting and Driving
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 33-13 FMCSA Shuts Down Colorado-based Trucking Company GD Cars, Inc. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Aurora, Colo.-based trucking company GD Cars, Inc., USDOT No. 2373977, to immediately cease all operations, ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Transportation and energy ministers from 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific region today agreed to continue progress on initiatives to make transportation in the region cleaner and more energy-efficient, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Fines Tour Operator for Violating DOT Price Advertising Rules.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 2-13 Airlines Improve On-Time Performance in November The nation’s largest airlines reported improved their on-time performance last November, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. The 15 reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today unveiled the winning submission in the U.S Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Design Challenge. The “Text & Wreck” icon was designed by 14-year-old Hah’mari Watson of Sanford, Florida.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases A Decade of Change in Fuel Prices and U.S. Domestic Passenger Aviation Operations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 46-10 U.S. DOT Proposes Broader Use of Event Data Recorders to Help Improve Vehicle Safety Requirement aims to capture valuable safety-related information in seconds before and during a motor vehicle crash WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: United Streetcar of Portland, Oregon is Creating Green Jobs, Helping America Achieve Energy Independence
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Total Passengers on U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights Increased 1.3% in 2012 from 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NEWS DIGEST DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Ticket Scams. Air travelers going to Super Bowl XLVII this year should be aware that not all tour packages include a ticket to the Feb. 3 game in New Orleans. Under U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consumer protection rules, any operator ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: This press release is available on the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) web site.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 11-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Shutdown of Michigan-based Highway Star, Inc. Trucking Company and Driver Involved in Fatal Crash The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based trucking company ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released the latest video in the Department of Transportation’s “Faces of Distracted Driving” series. The new clip features a mother whose 12-year-old son was killed in 2004 when a young woman driving a Hummer and talking on her cell phone ran a red light and crashed into their vehicle a mile from their home in Spring Lake, Michigan.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Fell 0.2% in June from May
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 73-13 DOT Fines Ticket Agents for Code-Share Disclosure Violations The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined three ticket agents for violating the Department’s rules on disclosure of code-share flights. Today’s consent orders are part of an ongoing effort by DOT to ensure that ticket ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 2nd-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Rose 4.1% from 2nd Quarter 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, executives from United Airlines and American Airlines and U.S. Senators Richard Durbin and Mark Kirk announced today a $1.17 billion agreement that will allow the O’Hare Modernization Program to move forward, add runway ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA Begins Nationwide Roadside Sweeps WASHINGTON – As the nation prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, the U.S. Department of Transportation is working on many fronts to help prevent unnecessary accidents and fatalities due to the unsafe transport of fireworks. “Fireworks on the Fourth of ...
