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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces $54.5 Million to Construct New Bus Rapid Transit Line in Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a $54.5 million funding agreement with Fort Collins for a new MAX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line expected to reduce...
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Participates in Ribbon Cutting for Dubuque Millwork District TIGER Project
DUBUQUE, Iowa– U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood celebrated the ribbon cutting on the $137 million Historic Millwork District multimodal improvement project, a keystone in a strategy to...
DOT Provides Guidance on Advertising of "Free" Airfares
The Department’s new airfare advertising rule, which took effect on Jan. 26, 2012, requires every advertised price for air fares to state the entire price to be paid by consumers. This means that...
DOT Issues Grants to States for Pipeline Safety Call Centers
Centers Support the National 811 "Call Before You Dig" Hotline.
USDOT Proposes Groundbreaking Rule to Prevent Rollover Crashes for Nation’s Large Trucks, Buses
New Federal Safety Standard Could Prevent More than Half of Rollovers, Help Maintain Steering Control for Large Commercial Vehicles.
DOT Selects Four Cities to Receive New Nonstop Service to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that new nonstop flights will be available to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from four cities that, because of distance, had...
NHTSA Announces Final Rule Requiring Seat Belts on Motorcoaches
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today issued a final rule requiring lap and shoulder seat belts for each passenger and...
August 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Down 0.1 Percent from August 2012
August 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Down 0.1 Percent from August 2012
U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $275 Million Loan for Northwest Corridor Project in Atlanta
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined representatives from the Georgia Department of Transportation in Atlanta today to announce a Transportation Infrastructure Finance...