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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million Funding Opportunity to Improve Transit Options for Tribal Residents
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $5 million in competitive grant funds to enhance public transit service for American Indians, Alaska natives and other residents on rural tribal lands. Funding is...
News Digest DOT 30-16
FMCSA Extends Compliance Date of Bus Leasing and Interchange Final Rule Until January 1, 2018. On May 27, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule to identify motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate...
Federal Transit Administration Announces Final Rule Strengthening State Safety Oversight of Rail Transit Systems
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a final rule that significantly strengthens state safety oversight and enforcement authority to prevent and mitigate accidents and incidents on rail transit systems.
“With the more...
FMCSA Suspends Operating Authority of Four Bus Companies Following Multi-State Strike Force Investigation
WASHINGTON – Following a four-month, multi-state investigation, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has revoked the operating authority registration of four commercial bus companies for...
FHWA’s New Safety Performance Measures Including Bicycle-Pedestrian Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published new safety performance measures as part of its national safety program, calling for State and regional targets to help reduce highway deaths and injuries,...
January 2016 On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, December 2015
WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 81.3 percent in January 2016, up from both the 76.8 percent on-time rate in January 2015 and the 77.8 percent mark in December 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Seven Finalist Cities for Smart City Challenge
AUSTIN, TX – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, joined by Barbara Bennett, President and COO of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. and Rick Clemmer CEO of NXP Semiconductors, today announced seven finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge. The...
News Digest - DOT 28-16
Daylight Saving Time to Begin Sunday, March 13 for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, 2016, when clocks will be turned ahead one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the evening. Under law, daylight...
U.S. DOT to Host Public Meetings on Safe Operation of Automated Vehicles
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will hold a pair of public meetings this spring to gather input as it develops guidelines for the safe deployment of automated safety technology. The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C...