Secretary Chao Announces $900 Million in BUILD Grants

Transportation & Space - Innovation at Work

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoTransportation & Space- Innovation at WorkKennedy Space Center- Cape Canaveral, FLWednesday, April 24, 2019

Thank you, Bob, for NASA’s hospitality, and for your decades of service to our nation.

NASA’s...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces Availability of $900 Million in Infrastructure Grant Funds

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has formally announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $900 million in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program....

Federal Railroad Administration Awards Ceremony

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoFederal Railroad Administration Awards CeremonyWashington, DCTuesday, April 16, 2019

Thank you, Ron.

One of the favorite parts of my job is to join these award ceremonies and recognize the work of our...

NHTSA and FRA Launch Rail Crossing Safety Campaign

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today relaunched a $5.6 million public safety awareness campaign – Stop. Trains Can’t. – urging Americans to take greater care at highway-rail...

NHTSA and FRA Relaunch ‘Stop. Trains Can’t.’ Campaign

Air Travel Consumer Report: February 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of...

DOT Completes Review of Draft Environmental Assessment for the Proposed “Loop” Tunnel Project Between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of a draft version of the Environmental Assessment for the Washington DC to Baltimore Loop Project, the first step in a joint federal-state review of a non-traditional transportation technology. The Boring Company, of...

2019 National Work Zone Awareness Week April 8-12

Autos 2050 Conference

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoAutos 2050 ConferenceWashington, DCTuesday, April 2, 2019

Thank you, David - you’re terrific! It’s great to be here tonight.  

This is such an exciting time for our country – and the U.S. auto...