News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Videos Starring Dianna Agron Encourage Young Drivers to “Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.”
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Five Projects Among 255 in 48 States, DC and Puerto Rico
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 7-13 News Digest BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), today updated National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DUBUQUE, Iowa– U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood celebrated the ribbon cutting on the $137 million Historic Millwork District multimodal improvement project, a keystone in a strategy to reinvigorate the community by attracting both businesses and residents through expanded transportation options and improved livability.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA Awards Delaware $450,000 To Study New Rail Service.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 8-13 FMCSA Shuts Down Fung Wah Bus Transportation WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today shut down Boston-based Fung Wah Bus Transportation using new authorities given to FMCSA under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 52-13 FMCSA Orders “Bus Go Bus" to Immediately Cease All Commercial Vehicle Operations WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Philadelphia-based Bus Go Bus, Inc., USDOT No. 1956734, to immediately cease all commercial ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of approximately $25 million in competitive funding grants to help communities take their first steps in planning future transit options to better connect people to where they live, work and play.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 138-12 DOT Announces Release of Two Major Updates to Enhance Motorcoach Safety. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today took steps to enhance motorcoach safety by updating its safety plan and by making it easier for consumers to file complaints ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Global Airline Services and its owner Harold J. Pareti a total of $120,000 for selling air transportation without DOT authority.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Proposed recommendations would encourage manufacturers to develop “less distracting” in-vehicle electronic devices
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today received recommendations from a federal advisory committee on how to address challenges faced by the U.S. aviation industry.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA 25-13 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee Holds Emergency Meeting Group Considers Additional Rail Safety Measures for Hazardous Materials Transport WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) met today in an emergency session to begin consideration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: JetBlue Airways will gain additional slots at New York LaGuardia Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and WestJet Airlines will gain its first slots at LaGuardia, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 126-12 News Digest BTS Issues Directive for 2013 On-Time Reporting. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today issued its annual directive detailing the requirements for the reporting of airline on-time data for 2013. In 2013, BTS will receive reports ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Airlines reported a total of seven tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and 11 tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in October, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Mother Valetta Bradford of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Discusses the Crash that Paralyzed Her Young Son
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Roger, for that great introduction and, more importantly, for your outstanding service to the aviation industry and the American economy.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that he has signed an agreement with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the state to reimburse the federal government $95 million for money that was supposed to be spent building the ARC Tunnel. New Jersey terminated the project and the Department has been seeking repayment of $271 million in federal dollars spent by the state on the project.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases Report on Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities.
