News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning. Thank you for the warm welcome. I’ve become something of a seasoned traveler during these last two-and-a-half years. So, I know great hospitality when I see it.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Airlines reported no tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights in August and one tarmac delay of more than four hours on international flights, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. The reported tarmac delay, an Aug. 15 flight ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: “I believe that this regulation makes no sense. It does not properly take into account the high costs that local governments would have to bear. States, cities, and towns should not be required to spend money that they don’t have to replace perfectly good traffic signs.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in its continuing effort to protect airline consumers, has fined the on-line ticket agent Flythere4less.com $40,000 for failing to disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood issued the following statement following President Obama’s State of the Union Address:
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FTA 01-13 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Announces $135 Million to Extend Sacramento Light Rail to Growing South Corridor SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today participated in a signing ceremony to commit $135 million to extend the existing Sacramento Light ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Targeted Investments in Safe, Efficient Transportation Will Spur Growth
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 1st-Quarter 2013 Domestic Air Fare Almost Unchanged from 1st Quarter 2012 (Adjusted for Inflation)
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 19-13 News Digest U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Funding to University Transportation Centers. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released $37,373,600 in grants to 11 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) from funding authorized by Congress for schools selected in the 2011 ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards $400,000 to Develop Hybrid Road Locomotive Technologies. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an award of $400,000 to Norfolk Southern Railroad to help continue development of an energy saving battery-operated electric locomotive ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Jacy Good recounts crash that killed parents and left her permanently injured
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA-25-12 FMCSA Orders California Motor Carrier Trusted Moving and Storage d.b.a. Nationwide Top Movers to Return Household Goods Held Hostage to Original Shippers WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Trusted Moving ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today proposed a new federal motor vehicle safety standard to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on large commercial trucks, motorcoaches, and other large buses for the first time ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The last passenger train departed Baker Street Station in Fort Wayne, Ind., more than two decades ago. When a major freight carrier abandoned one of its northeast Indiana lines, Amtrak had no choice but to reroute its Chicago-Pittsburgh-New York corridor.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: MARAD Announces Public Hearings for the U.S.-Flag Great Lakes Fleet Revitalization Study.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Hamilton County Project is First to Use New Provision to Improve Freight Movement
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Department Removed 36 Vessels – Three More to Leave by Year’s End
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 123-12 Daylight Saving Time to End Sunday, Nov. 4, for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, when clocks will be turned back one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the morning. Under law, daylight saving time is observed from ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an agreement for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide $745.2 million to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project, which will significantly expand transit options and create easier commutes between downtown Portland and the Milwaukie suburbs.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation released results from an unprecedented ten-month study of potential electronic causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched the study last spring at the request of Congress, and enlisted ...
