November 2015 Airline On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, Down from October 2015

WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.7 percent in November 2015, up from the 80.6 percent on-time rate in November 2014, but down from the 87.0 percent mark in October 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report...

Proactive Safety Principles 2016

Today’s motor vehicles are safer than they have ever been as automakers continue to invest in the development and implementation of innovative safety technologies and practices. Since the passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966, fatalities as a share of miles...

Secretary Foxx Unveils President Obama’s FY17 Budget Proposal of Nearly $4 Billion for Automated Vehicles and Announces DOT Initiatives to Accelerate Vehicle Safety Innovations

DOT actions revise existing guidance and clear administrative hurdles for new automotive technology

DETROIT – In his last State of the Union address, President Obama signaled his intent to invest in a 21st century transportation system.  U.S. Transportation Secretary...

BTS Statistical Release: October 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

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 85.0 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, reaching a...

November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

October 2015 North American Freight Numbers

October 2015 North American Freight Numbers 

Federal Highway Administration Announces $1 Million in Emergency Relief for Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Missouri

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to help repair roads and...

BTS Statistics Release: 2nd-Quarter 2015 Air Fare Data

BTS Statistics Release: 2nd-Quarter 2015 Air Fare Data

News Digest DOT 02-16

BTS Releases Pocket Guide to Transportation 2016- The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has published the Pocket Guide to Transportation 2016 – a quick reference guide to significant transportation statistics. The 19th annual Pocket Guide covers data on moving people...

U.S. Department of Transportation and Mobileye Partner to Equip Smart City Challenge Winner with Crash Avoidance Technology

LAS VEGAS – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the latest partnership in the Smart City Challenge;  the winning city's...