FMCSA Webinar Nov. 18 to Examine Large Truck Crash Fatalities Involving Pedestrians and Bicyclists. In support of the Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on November 18 will hold a webinar...
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Transportation Assistant Secretary Carlos Monje, Jr. announced today that the Department of Transportation has awarded the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority a $10 million TIGER grant to replace and modernize the terminal at the New Orleans Canal Street Ferry. The project...
DOT Issues Order Against American Airlines for Violating 24-Hour Rule. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a cease and desist order against American Airlines for violating the Department’s regulation that requires airlines to hold a...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today issued two orders designed to protect the traveling public from defective Takata air bag inflators. The orders impose the largest civil penalty in NHTSA’s history for Takata’s violations of the...
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation has joined with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch a new online tool that provides profiles of how transportation may be affecting human health in each State and region. The Transportation and Health Tool provides...
Projects Target Future Needs in Rural and Urban Communities Nationwide
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – Maritime Administrator Paul ‘Chip’ Jaenichen today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $10 million for the Truck-to-Rail and Rail-to-Water Improvement project at the Port...
Kalispell, MT – U.S. Transportation Under Secretary Peter Rogoff announced today that the Department of Transportation has awarded the City of Kalispell a $10 million TIGER grant to initiate the revitalization of downtown Kalispell. The project is one of 39 federally-funded transportation...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Georgia-licensed truck driver Matthew Jason Boozer to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate...
Projects Target Future Needs in Rural and Urban Communities NationwideWICHITA, Kan. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $25 million for the Regional Truck Parking Information and Management System across eight states,...
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Federal Transit Administration Acting Administrator Therese McMillan today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $20 million in TIGER funds to support development of a 15-mile bus rapid transit system that will aid city-wide revitalization...