Federal Railroad Administration Awards Louisiana $1.1 Million to Increase Safety at Rail Crossings Along 6-Mile Route in Baton Rouge

Part of agency’s comprehensive campaign to reduce fatalities at railroad crossings

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded a $1.1 million grant to the State of Louisiana to increase safety at railroad crossings...

FRA to States: Verify Traffic Lights Connected to Railroad Crossings Function Correctly

Administrator sends letter to state DOTs urging them to conduct inspections with railroads

WASHINGTON –The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today called on state departments of transportation to verify that railroad crossing warning systems...

United States, Cuba Sign Arrangement Restoring Scheduled Air Service

HAVANA – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, Cuban Minister of Transportation Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez and President of the Cuban Civil Aviation...

November 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

November 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Recommends $3.5 Billion to Expand Transit Options that Improve Access to Jobs and Opportunities

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today highlighted $3.5 billion recommended in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget to advance the construction or completion of 31 rail, bus rapid transit and streetcar projects in 18 states. These projects...

December 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

December 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Unveils $98.1 billion FY 2017 Budget Proposal to Expand Safe, Clean Transportation Options for More Communities Across the Country

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced President Obama’s $98.1 billion Fiscal Year 2017 Budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The Budget reflects  Secretary Foxx’s ambitious 30-year vision for the Department to take the United States “...

3rd-Quarter 2015 Air Fare Data

3rd-Quarter 2015 Air Fare Data

Federal Highway Administrator Nadeau Helps Break Ground on U.S. Route 301 Project in Delaware

MIDDLETOWN, Del. – Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau today joined Gov. Jack Markell and other federal and state officials to break ground on the U.S. Route 301 project that will help relieve congestion and benefit commerce in the Northeastern United States. 

“When...

Overwhelming Response by Cities across the Country to U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge

WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that seventy-seven cities have submitted applications for the first-of-its-kind U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge.  Medium-sized cities from across the country from Reno to Rochester and Anchorage to...