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TECHNICAL REPORTING DIRECTIVE #31 – ON-TIME PERFORMANCE
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is issuing this Technical Reporting Directive to update the lists of reporting air carriers and reportable airports, and to provide instructions for...
Significant Regulatory Guidance
TECHNICAL REPORTING DIRECTIVE #30A - MISHANDLED BAGGAGE AND WHEELCHAIRS AND SCOOTERS (AMENDED)
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of Airline Information (OAI), is amending Technical Reporting Directive #30, which identifies the carriers that must submit mishandled baggage...
General Content
Statement on Positive Train Control Implementation
All Railroads on Track to Meet Critical Congressional Requirements
WASHINGTON – The 41 railroads required by Congress to implement positive train...
General Content
Impact of a Shutdown Furlough on Pay and Benefits
The furlough will not affect the scheduled pay dates for hours worked through October 1, 2013. Employees will receive pay as scheduled on October 1, 2013 for Pay Period 20 (pay period ending...
Press Release
U.S. Department of Transportation Soliciting Applications and Nominations for Two Federal Advisory Committees on Air Travel
Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee and Air Ambulance and Patient Billing Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced...
Speech
30th Anniversary Remembrance of the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie Bombing
Remarks Prepared for Delivery by
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao
30th Anniversary Remembrance of the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie Bombing
At the...
Press Release
U.S. DOT Continues to Lead Regulatory Reform Through Issuance of Two New Policies
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department released two new policies to overhaul its administrative procedures and effect regulatory reform. These policies, issued by the General Counsel, apply to...
Press Release
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Second Round of the Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is announcing the second round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program through a Notice of...
Press Release
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $908 Million Loan to Finance the Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (the Bureau) will provide the Dallas Area Rapid Transit...