News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: July 2012 Airline System Traffic Down 1.1 Percent from July 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: “President Obama’s historic vision for a national high-speed rail system will link 80 percent of Americans in the next 25 years and lay the foundation for an economy that moves people, goods and information more quickly, safely and reliably than anywhere else in the world. Today, we have made significant ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good morning and welcome to DOT. Thank you also – and especially – FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. This morning, we’re announcing a major proposed rulemaking that will help protect the 700 million passengers who fly every year. And, Randy, it’s an enormous tribute to your leadership and advocacy over decades.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 47-13 FMCSA Shuts Down NY-based All Nations Coach, Inc. Staten Island carrier was reincarnation of another company ordered shut down in 2012 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that Staten Island, N.Y.-based ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Jack, for the introduction. To Tommy Hodges, former chair of the American Trucking Associations; Chairman Russell Garrett and the distinguished SMC3 board; and all the shippers, carriers, logistics experts, and technology developers who keep America’s economy moving: Thank you for the warm welcome – and the opportunity to visit Atlanta.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) unveiled a streamlined approach for administering its primary capital public transportation program for expanding transit systems. The New Starts/Small Starts program, one of the largest competitive grant programs in the U.S. government, funds roughly half the cost of new and extended light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit and ferry systems built in the United States.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: "Today I directed the FAA to place two air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport's control tower on the midnight shift. It is not acceptable to have just one controller in the tower managing air traffic in this critical air space. I have also asked FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to study staffing levels at other airports around the country."
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 66-13 DOT Fines Southwest for Violating Price Advertising Rule WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today fined Southwest Airlines $200,000 for violating the Department’s full-fare advertising rules and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations. “Consumers should ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Rose 1.0% in December from November
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC Good afternoon. Welcome to Washington. Thank you, Sam and Lisa, for organizing this forum – and for inviting me to attend. I’m pleased to see such a wide spectrum of participants – from government, industry, and the traveling public we serve. And I’m thrilled to join all of you for ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Inspectors to conduct 60-day comprehensive safety assessment of Metro-North
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 134-12 News Digest 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 ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 46-13 FMCSA Declares Lynette’s Limousine Service to Be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety, Orders Company to Immediately Shut Down WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Wilmington, Mass.-based Lynette’s Limousine ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Iowa, Nevada Receive Grants from DOT to Develop Statewide Rail Plans
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Competitively Chosen Projects Will Create Jobs, Lay Foundation for Growth
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Following President Obama's call in his State of the Union address for greater infrastructure investment as part of “An America Built to Last,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of funding for transportation projects under a fourth round of the popular TIGER (Transportation ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 18-13 Safety Advisory: NHTSA Encourages Motorists to be Prepared Before Heading Out on Summer Road Trips WASHINGTON – As the busy summer driving season begins, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urges motorists to take simple, yet necessary, precautions to ensure vehicles ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined five online ticket agents for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Today’s action follows similar fines against two other agents and is part of the Department’s effort to ensure that sellers of air transportation are complying with DOT’s code-share disclosure rules.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined American Airlines $60,000 for violating the Department’s full-fare advertising rule after the airline’s agents told consumers that surcharges levied by the airlines were government-imposed taxes. DOT ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 82-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $531 Million Loan for North Tarrant Expressway Project will relieve congestion in fast-growing Tarrant County, Texas WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $531 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation ...
