News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: No Tarmac Delays Longer than Three Hours on Domestic Flights or Longer than Four Hours on International Flights in February
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of $474 million for a fifth round of the highly successful TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) competitive grant program to fund surface transportation projects that have a significant impact on the nation, a region or metropolitan area.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 29-13 FMCSA Declares Five Vehicles Operated by Atlanta-based Greene Classic Limousines to be Imminent Hazards to Public Safety Company ordered to immediately cease transporting passengers in identified vehicles WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administrator Michael P. Huerta today released the following joint statement in response to the crash of Asiana Flight 214:
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: NHTSA 1-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes New Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Proposal Would Allow All Pedestrians to Detect Vehicles that Do Not Make Sound WASHINGTON – As required by the bipartisan Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 (PSEA), the U.S. ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 15-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $8.9 Million in Emergency Relief Funds to Repair Damaged Transportation Facilities on Federal and Tribal Lands Funding Includes $1.9 Million for Hurricane Sandy Damage in New Jersey WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Consumers Cautioned on Air Tours to College Bowl Games.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA finds Driver Nebyou Brook to be imminent hazard to public safety
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Interactive map stars workers on Recovery Act projects nationwide
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA Adjustment of Risk Threshold for Establishing Quiet Zones May Aid Communities. The Federal Railroad Administration’s annual adjustment of the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold (NSRT) may provide some relief for communities struggling to establish or maintain quiet zones while continuing to address ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 26-12 FMCSA Initiates Proceeding to Suspend Operating Authority of California Commercial Motor Carrier Peace of Mind Relocation, Inc. Following Determination that Company Held Hostage Household Goods WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Fines Delta for Violating Baggage Liability Limit Rule.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Virgin Atlantic Airways, an airline based in the United Kingdom, $50,000 for violating federal aviation laws and the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Mike [Robinson], for the wonderful introduction. Thank you, Mayor [Dayne] Walling, for your gracious welcome to Flint, “the birthplace of General Motors.” I know Congressman Kildee tried to be here, but is dealing with a family emergency, and so couldn’t make it. But President Obama is grateful for his leadership on behalf of the auto industry in general -- and GM’s Flint plant in particular.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases North American Surface Trade Numbers for October: October 2012 U.S. Surface Transportation Trade with Canada and Mexico Totaled $85.3 Billion
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: October 2012 Airline System Passengers Decline 0.6% from October 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Mayor Bell and Director Cooper, for the warm welcome. We just finished our tour of the devastation. I must say, it’s simply heartbreaking. Our prayers go out to the families affected.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 18-13 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $12.5 million in grants for 29 projects in 20 states to improve access to America’s national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges. The selected projects will help reduce traffic congestion and make it easier for millions ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 57-13 FMCSA Shuts Down North Carolina Trucking Company as an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Cherryville, N.C.-based trucking company, owned by Rocky Lee Brown and doing business ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 17-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood, FMCSA Administrator Ferro Meet with Motorcoach Safety Representatives WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro today met with a broad-based group of motorcoach representatives ...
