News Archive
Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year
WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first six months of this year were up 20.3 percent from the first six months of 2014,...
MARAD Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for Port of Brownsville Marine Cargo Dock
TIGER Grant Funding Supports Regional and National Economic Growth
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Maritime Administrator Paul ‘Chip’ Jaenichen today joined state and local...
News Digest DOT 69-15
FTA Publishes Final Interim Policy Guidance for the Capital Investment Grant Program. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published a...
NHTSA and Safe Kids Worldwide Encourage Parents and Caregivers to Take Proactive Steps in Preventing Child Heatstroke in Hot Vehicles
31 children died last year as a result of heatstroke; 11 so far in 2015
OXON HILL, MD – As part of National Heatstroke Prevention Day, the U.S. Department of...
FMCSA Orders Utah Bus Company to Cease all Operations
WASHINGTON – A Woods Cross, Utah-based bus company that primarily transported children has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (...
FRA Announces Final Rule to Prevent Unattended Trains from Rolling Away
Adds securement verification requirements to provide greater safety
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a final...