News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 14-13 U.S. Department of Transportation Fines United for Violating Tarmac Delay Rule WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today said United Air Lines violated federal rules last May by not informing passengers on an aircraft delayed at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Family of Pennsylvania 21-year-old Casey Feldman Speaks of Their Loss
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in its ongoing effort to ensure equal access to air transportation for all travelers, today proposed a regulation that would require airlines to make their websites accessible to individuals with disabilities and ensure that their ticket agents do the same. ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: News Digest PHMSA Proposes Hazmat Regulations Updates to Relieve Burdens, Increase Clarity. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is seeking public input on a set of proposed regulatory amendments to increase clarity and relieve private sector burdens without sacrificing safety ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Federal Government and Connecticut Partnering to Invest more than $365 Million on the New Haven to Springfield Corridor
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing to allow Delta Air Lines and US Airways to exchange some of their operating rights at Reagan Washington National Airport and New York's LaGuardia Airport, subject to a number of conditions.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: August 2012 Airline System Traffic Unchanged from August 2011
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that it has finalized the tentative decision made on Mar. 16, 2012 to allow AirTran, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, to provide daily nonstop service from Chicago’s Midway International Airport to Cancun International Airport. It will be the first service from Midway to Cancun in four years.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 37-13 Boston-based bus company Lucky Star declared an Imminent Hazard to the Public, Ordered by USDOT to Cease Operations WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Boston-based passenger carrier Lucky River Transportation ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against China Airlines for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of airfares. The company was assessed an $80,000 civil penalty.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Test dummy will evaluate growing number of child seats and boosters designed for children weighing more than 65 pounds
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: 3rd-Quarter 2012 Airline Financial Data; Largest Airlines Report Profit
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Kristin Murphy of Naples, Florida, Speaks About the Loss of Her Daughter Chelsey
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Largest Airlines Report Smaller Net Loss in 1st Quarter of 2013
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: News Digest Test Results Show Potential for Cleaner, Renewable Marine Fuel. The Maritime Administration announced today its analysis of a test conducted with algae-based biofuel on one of its large commercial-size vessels. This cutting-edge research used marine engines aboard the Great Lakes Maritime ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Loren Vaillancourt, Miss South Dakota 2010, Speaks About the Loss of Her Brother Kelson
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Rose 0.3% in July from June
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Frontier Airlines $40,000 for failing to display on-time performance for its flights on the carrier’s Web site as required by DOT rules and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations in the future.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WALTHAM, MA – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland today took a first look at new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) technology being developed to prevent alcohol-impaired drivers from operating their vehicles while under the influence.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 14-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Urges Nation to Drive Carefully During Highway Construction Season Latest Data Show Slight Increase in Work Zone Fatalities WASHINGTON – As National Work Zone Awareness Week kicks off, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on drivers to protect ...
