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White House Press Release on Building a Stronger America

BUILDING A STRONGER AMERICA: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE

Read President Trump’s infrastructure principles here.

“We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across...

Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:I have enclosed with this message my Administration’s framework for rebuilding infrastructure in America. Our Nation’s infrastructure is in an unacceptable state of disrepair, which damages our country’s competitiveness and our citizens’ quality of life. For...

Building a Stronger America

The quality of America’s infrastructure is a measure of its greatness.  For too long, many infrastructure projects throughout the country have been limited by a complex permitting process and distorted by Washington’s priorities, instead of State and local needs.  To cure decades of...

LATINA Style Briefing

 

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoLATINA Style BriefingThe White House, Washington, DCFebruary 7, 2018

Good afternoon. Thank you, Jennifer [Korn, Special Assistant to the President & Deputy Director...

2017 Airline Bumping Rate Lowest in Decades

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its February 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report on air carrier data compiled for the month of December 2017 and calendar year 2017.  In 2017, the carriers posted a bumping rate of 0.34 per 10,000 passengers, the...

U.S. Department of Transportation Statement on Amtrak Special Train 923

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) released the following statement regarding today’s incident in Crozet, Virginia.

“The Federal Railroad Administration team is on its way to the site to respond to the incident and to offer support to the National Transportation...

News Digest DOT 10-17

BTS Port Performance Freight Statistics Annual Report Released - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2017. This report is the second edition of the annual report from...