News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today established a strategic partnership to facilitate innovative delivery and financing of infrastructure improvements in Austin, Texas.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
With air traffic poised to reach or beat pre-pandemic levels this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding nearly $1 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 99 airports of all shapes and sizes across the country.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ January 2023 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.413 billion gallons of fuel, 4.0% less fuel than in December 2022 (1.471 billion gallons) and 0.7% less than in pre-pandemic January 2019.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22) in June 2022. Section 16 of the congressional mandate requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to produce statistics on "the total street dwell time from all causes of marine containers and chassis and the average out of service percentage of chassis."
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
BTS is exploring avenues to provide statistics on chassis street dwell times and out of service by location without compromising the confidentiality of respondents to the data collection.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity making $12,423,000 available in Fiscal Year 2023 funds through the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP), previously named America’s Marine Highway Program.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Connecticut and Florida from Operating in the Produce Industry
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California and Michigan and Texas From Operating in the Produce Industry
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Florida and New York From Operating in the Produce Industry
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USDA Announces $7.5 Million Available in Grant Funding to Expand Markets for U.S. Agricultural Products
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USDA Files Action Against James Corrado Inc., d/b/a Corrado Specialty Goods and Corrado’s Wine Grapes Inc. in New Jersey for Alleged PACA Violations
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Pre Solicitation Announcement for Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Purchase of Vegetable Products
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The National Transportation Safety Board announced the appointment of Judge Stephen Woody as chief administrative law judge for the agency.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The National Transportation Safety Board is looking closely at aluminum protective housing covers used on three of the vinyl chloride tank cars that derailed on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The National Transportation Safety Board opened the public docket Tuesday for its ongoing investigation into the 2021 derailment of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority train in Arlington, Virginia.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Amit Bose today announced a national initiative for focused inspections on routes that carry high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs) and other trains carrying large volumes of hazmat commodities.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Pre-Solicitation Announcement for CCC Purchase of Canned and Dry Edible Beans
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USDA to Host Educational Events at USDA Cattle and Carcass Training Centers and Introduces New Center
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting
