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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined American Airlines $1.6 million for violating the Department’s rule prohibiting long tarmac delays. The airline was ordered to cease and desist from future similar violations. This fine represents the highest amount...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is pulling out all of the stops to deter motorists from driving drunk this holiday season. To spread this urgent safety message, NHTSA is kicking-off its annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the release of a new resource for communities, cities, regions and states to train emerging transportation leaders: the Every Place Counts Leadership Academy Transportation Toolkit. The Toolkit has been prepared as part of...
Agency releases results from its 2014 Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that the controlled substances random testing rate for regulated motor carriers will...
WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 85.5 percent in October 2016, equal to the 85.5 percent mark in September 2016, but slightly down from the 87.0 percent on-time rate in October 2015, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today.
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WASHINGTON—Citing an enormous potential to reduce crashes on U.S. roadways, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a proposed rule today that would advance the deployment of connected vehicle technologies throughout the U.S. light vehicle fleet. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the selection of the cities of Birmingham, Charlotte, Albuquerque, Omaha and Tacoma to receive support in planning development near transit systems as part of the second round of its Transit...
The 25 U.S. scheduled service passenger airlines reported an after-tax net profit as a group for the 14th consecutive quarter.
In addition to the after-tax net profit of $3.8 billion based on net income reports, the scheduled service passenger airlines reported a $7.2 billion pre-tax...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that its negotiated rulemaking committee, the ACCESS Advisory Committee, has reached an important agreement to improve the accessibility of lavatories on single-aisle aircraft and of in-flight entertainment. The...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued an amended order today to continue the acceleration of recall repairs for millions of U.S. vehicle owners affected by the Takata air bag inflator recalls. The...