News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New information underscores increased efficiency, fuel savings achieved under the Obama Administration’s historic national car rule
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Family raises awareness of Remember Alex Brown Foundation and texting risks on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against the ticket agent Unique Vacations for violating the Department’s rules for advertising the price of air travel. The company was assessed a civil penalty of $200,000.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you for the introduction and welcome. Congratulations, Kristine [Young], on your historic election as the AGC’s president. I’m grateful for this opportunity to join the men and women who literally are building America’s future. President Obama has made investment in America’s roads, bridges, transit systems, and rail network one of his top priorities. But he and I both appreciate that you are the ones doing the heavy lifting.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 33-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $2 Million in 'Quick Release' Emergency Relief Funds for New Hampshire and Vermont Funds will Help Restore Roads and Bridges Damaged by Flooding WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 29-12 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Two Dayes Trucking, Two Dayes Transport to Shut Down WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Two Dayes Trucking and Two Dayes Transport, based in Murfreesboro, N.C., to ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: MESA, Arizona – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today visited Mesa to take part in a grant signing ceremony providing the city with $75 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to build a 3.1-mile light rail extension connecting the city with Phoenix and Tempe. Secretary LaHood was joined at the event by Congressman Ed Pastor, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff and local officials.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Annual Event Promotes Safe Routes to School Program and Encourages Healthy Lifestyles
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed the air carrier Sky King a $500,000 penalty for violating rules that protect passengers when their public charter flights are suddenly canceled and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival mark in May that was an improvement from April’s showing but down from the performance recorded in May 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: Campaign Has Already Reached 100,000 Viewers Nationwide
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today unveiled a new U.S. Department of Transportation ‘Buy America’ webpage that will help American businesses reap the full benefits of the Obama Administration’s historic investments in transportation infrastructure. Speaking at a Building America’s ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FORT COLLINS, Colo. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a $54.5 million funding agreement with Fort Collins for a new MAX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line expected to reduce commuting times and traffic congestion along College Avenue, and spur economic development in the heart of the Mason Corridor. Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff joined local officials in signing the agreement.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: New Station Improves Access to Amtrak Service, Passenger Amenities
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: OST 129-12 NEW YORK – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today attended the reopening of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, formerly known as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, for cars traveling between Brooklyn and Manhattan. LaHood highlighted the Obama Administration’s continued efforts to support the restoration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 90-13 “President Obama has made protecting our environment a top priority, and today’s Executive Order is just the latest example of the administration’s commitment to strengthen our resilience to the impacts of climate change. At the Department of Transportation (DOT), we share in this commitment ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the overwhelming demand for TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants has once again far surpassed the available funding.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Issues Transportation Statistics Annual Report.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 51-13 WASHINGTON— U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, along with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 42-13 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Alaska-licensed motorcoach driver Steven Forrest McKinley, II, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle ...
