• FMCSA Announces No-Defect Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) for Intermodal Equipment Final Rule - Rule eliminates $54 million in unnecessary cost to the commercial vehicle industry....

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), today presented the agency’s top Public Service Awards to 15 safety...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today the approval of $150 million in credit assistance to help California build the second phase of the Presidio Parkway, a new 1.6...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced new regulations requiring railroads to install signs at highway-rail grade and pathway crossings with telephone numbers the...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released findings from a real world, third-party study providing further scientific...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today praised President Obama’s $74 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today named Colonel (ret.) James Helis, Ph.D., as the new superintendent for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.  Helis, a 30-year Army veteran, will...

FMCSA Begins Nationwide Roadside Sweeps

WASHINGTON – As the nation prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, the U.S. Department of Transportation is working on many fronts to help prevent...

Statement

“This is a good, bipartisan bill that will create jobs, strengthen our transportation system and grow our economy,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.  “It...

The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.4 percent in May, up from the 77.1 percent on-time rate of May 2011, but slightly down from April 2012’s 86.3 percent rate,...