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Show Cause Order Issued May 22, 2020
The U.S. Department of Transportation today issued a show-cause order pursuant to the Notice of Adjustments to Service Obligations issued May 12, 2020. This order tentatively grants exemptions to 15 Covered Carriers from the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (the CARES...
Show Cause Order 2020-5-5
Trump Administration to Distribute Over 15 Million Cloth Facial Coverings to America’s Transportation Workforce
WASHINGTON – Today, the Trump Administration announced millions of cloth facial coverings will be sent to workers in critical sectors of America’s economy. Approximately 15.5 million will be sent to the Nation’s transportation workforce.
“Transportation workers are...
U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Order Finalizing Procedures to Distribute Public Charter Flights Between the United States and Havana, Cuba
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued an Order finalizing procedures to distribute public charter flights between the United States and Havana, Cuba. The Order also grants an initial allocation of charters to the carriers Swift Air and World Atlantic Airlines for U.S.-...
Havana - Final Order - Public Charter Cap (Order 2020-5-7)
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces up to a $120.1 Million Loan for the Gilcrease Expressway West Project in Tulsa, OK
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 up to a $120.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Oklahoma Turnpike...
Air Travel Consumer Report: March 2020 and 1st Quarter 2020 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its May 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of March 2020. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to...
National Space Council Remarks
Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao National Space Council Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Mr. Vice President, and members of the National Space Council, it is a pleasure to join you today.
Later...