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WASHINGTON – Seat belt use in the United States has reached its highest level since the Federal government began regular national surveys in 1994, according to a study released by the U.S....
Provides new path for passenger safety to be evaluated and achieved Agency invites comments on proposal
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today proposed updates for the passenger train safety standards used in the United States as the country...
Three-Country North American Transportation Statistics Database Updated - New three-country data was added this week to the North American Transportation Statistics (NATS) Online Database in the 12th annual website update. A product of the North American...
FMCSA Issues Safety Advisory for the Immediate Repair of DOT407 and DOT412 Cargo Tanks Manufactured by Keith Huber Incorporated Prior to May 1, 2013. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing a safety advisory to provide notice to owners and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today issued a Show Cause Order tentatively denying the application of American Airlines, Inc. and Qantas Airways, Ltd. to expand their existing alliance for services between the United States and Australia/New...
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4.3 percent more workers in September 2016 than in September 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. September was the highest monthly total (414,591) since July 2005 (414.923) and was...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that independent auditors have awarded the agency top marks for financial accountability for the tenth consecutive year. On Tuesday, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Connecticut-licensed truck driver Allen R. Johnson, Sr. to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Chester, S.C. church to cease all intrastate and interstate commercial transportation after a federal investigation found it to pose an imminent hazard to public...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today states that reporting carriers canceled 0.3 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in September 2016, the lowest for any of the 261 months with comparable records since January 1995...