February 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces More Than $9 Million for Tribal Transportation Safety Improvements

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced today that 74 tribes in 20 states will receive more than $9 million for 77 projects from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)'s Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF) to improve...

FMCSA Declares Kentucky Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Kentucky-licensed truck driver Dalton McCoy Lampley to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor...

04.05.2017 - American Association of Port Authorities Federal-State Relations Meeting

Remarks Prepared for Delivery by

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao

American Association of Port Authorities

Federal-State Relations Meeting

Washington, D.C.

April 5, 2017

Thank you, Mark [McAndrews]. I am so pleased to be here with all of you,...

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Announces Pacesetter Award Winners for 2016 Navigation Season

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) today announced that six U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received the agency’s Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for registering increases in international cargo tonnage shipped...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Approves Release of $768.2 Million for Emergency Repairs to Roads and Bridges in 40 States

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today approved the release of $768.2 million for emergency repair work to roads and bridges damaged by storms or catastrophic events in 40 states. Funded through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA)...

Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $10 Million for Emergency Repairs to Atlanta’s Collapsed I-85 Overpass

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao directed Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today to award $10 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help begin repairs on the bridge over Atlanta’s I-85 near Piedmont Road which collapsed...

03.29.2017 - U.S. DOT 50th Anniversary Open House

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoU.S. Department of Transportation 50th Anniversary Open HouseMarch 29, 2017

Thank you, Ylan [Mui] for serving as Master of Ceremonies today.

Let me begin by acknowledging the very special guests on our...

2016 Traffic Data for U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights

03.23.2017 - U.S. DOT Women's History Month Celebration

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoUS DOT Women’s History Month CelebrationWashington, D.C.March 23, 2017

Thank you, Judy [Kaleta, Deputy General Counsel] for that introduction and for your many years of service to the U.S. Department of...