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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Helps Break Ground on Bella Vista Bypass in Northwest Arkansas
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Director Dan Flowers and other state...
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Airline On-Time Performance in May Improves from Previous Month but Down From Last Year
The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival mark in May that was an improvement from April’s showing but down from the performance recorded in May 2010, according to the Air Travel...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Rule to Require Airlines to Report More Data on Fees, Baggage and Mishandled Wheelchairs
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed a new rule that will require airlines to report more information on the amount and types of fees collected from passengers, as well as...
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Secretary LaHood Breaks Ground on $49 Million Port of Miami Intermodal and Rail Reconnection Project
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined federal, state and local leaders today to break ground on the Port of Miami Intermodal and Rail Reconnection Project. The $49 million project...
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Obama Administration Has Stepped Up Action Against Unsafe Motorcoach, Trucking Companies
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of...
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Secretary LaHood: Key Airport Projects Across the Country in Jeopardy Unless Congress Passes an FAA Bill
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt today warned that new construction projects will not begin and many will be delayed if Congress...
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DOT Proposes to Grant Delta/US Airways Slot Waiver with Conditions
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...
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Secretary LaHood Expresses Disappointment with Congress after FAA Extension Goes Unaddressed
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt expressed disappointment today after Congress adjourned for the week without passing a clean FAA reauthorization extension....