U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee Members and Creation of Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Buttigieg today announced the appointment of two new members and the reappointment of two current members of the Aviation Consumer Protection...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in Chicago, Illinois, to discuss public transit and transportation infrastructure

Press Conference in Chicago, IL on Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss public transit and transportation infrastructure

Press Conference in Phoenix, AZ on Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in Oregon to discuss transportation safety, climate, and infrastructure

Press Conference in Eugene, OR on Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Proposed Rule to Require Airlines to Refund Fees to Consumers for Significantly Delayed Bags and Services Not Provided by the Airline

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) today announced that it is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require airlines to refund fees for checked bags that are significantly delayed and for ancillary services, such as advance seat selection and...

Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Secretary Marty Walsh Host Roundtable with Trucking Industry about Driver Retention, Supply Chain, and Safety

Washington, DC- As part of the Administration’s ongoing work addressing supply chain disruption, today, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hosted a roundtable to...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces up to $225 million to the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) for construction of the I-10 Corridor Express Lanes project

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $905.25 Million in Proposed Awards for the FY 2021 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program

Statement on the U.S. DOT issuance of order that would prohibit the sale of passenger air transportation between United States and Belarus

Today, June 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order proposing to prohibit the sale of passenger air transportation, including air transportation on an interline basis (e.g. tickets booked through one airline that contain flights operated by multiple airlines), between the...

Transcript: Secretary Buttigieg gives remarks on infrastructure and the I-81 highway in Syracuse, NY

Thank you Leader Schumer, and I will always answer to the name of Mayor. Once a mayor, always a mayor. And I want to thank you for your leadership, Senator Gillibrand, for everything you’ve done on this and so many other issues. 

And they're right: they encouraged me before I even...