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WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the release of the Ladders of Opportunity Transportation Empowerment Pilot LadderSTEP 2015-2016 Report highlighting the progress of seven cities to achieve upward mobility through transportation decisions in their communities...
Recommendation now goes to states to decide whether to implement, build
More reliable and faster trips between NYC and D.C., NYC and Boston
WASHINGTON – After four years of working with the Northeast states, federal and state partner agencies and dozens...
DOT Awards New Los Angeles-Beijing Flight to American Airlines. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today finalized its November 7th tentative decision to select American Airlines for new daily scheduled nonstop service between Los Angeles and Beijing, China. The Department...
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4.0 percent more workers in October 2016 than in October 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. October was the highest monthly FTE total (415,891) since January 2005 (417,789) and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced the appointment of 24 members to the new pipeline safety Voluntary Information-Sharing System (VIS) Working Group. The VIS Working Group is a newly created...
FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $499.39 million federal grant agreement with the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (FWTA) to build TEX Rail, a commuter rail line between downtown Fort Worth and the Dallas Fort...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a safety advisory informing offerors or anyone using a DOT Specification 39 (DOT-39) cylinder that cylinders with an internal volume of 75 cubic inches (in3 )(1.23 L) or...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines’ systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor – a measure of the use of airline capacity – rose to 83.6 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, rising...
Decision is subject to conditions that will protect competition and consumers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued today a Final Order granting approval of, and antitrust immunity for, the proposed alliance agreements submitted by Delta Air Lines...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an interim final rule (IFR) that revises the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address safety issues related to downhole facilities, including well...