Women's History Month Celebration

St. Lawrence Seaway Opens 59th Navigation Season

Washington - (March 20, 2017) The U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) joined with the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation to mark the opening of the Seaway’s 59th navigation season today.  The official opening ceremony of...

January 2017 Passenger Airline Employment Data

January 2017 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. DOT Names Small Business Innovation Research Program Awards Recipients

Fourteen U.S. Small Businesses will receive over $1.9 million to research and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges 

Washington – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that fourteen (14) U....

2016 Annual and December U.S. Airline Traffic Data

January 2017 Airline On-Time Arrival Rate Down From January 2016, Up from December 2016

WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.0 percent in January 2017, down from the 81.3 percent on-time rate in January 2016, but up from the 75.6 percent mark in December 2016, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released...

January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

03.06.2017 - International Association of Firefighters

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoInternational Association of FirefightersLegislative ConferenceWashington, D.C.March 6, 2017

Thank you, President Schaitberger for your introduction and for the opportunity to join you here today. 

It...

03.03.2017 - M/V Liberty Passion Christening Ceremony

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoM/V Liberty Passion Christening CeremonyBeaumont, TXMarch 3, 2017

Thank you. It is a pleasure to be here today to welcome the addition of the Liberty Passion to the Maritime Security Program (MSP) fleet. ...

U.S. Department Of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Welcomes The Addition Of M/V LIBERTY PASSION To Maritime Security Program

 “Today we are celebrating a public-private partnership that is strengtheningAmerica’s Merchant Marine, as well as America’s Armed Forces” 

Beaumont, TX - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today welcomed the newest vessel to the Maritime Security...