Letter to State DOTs on Highway Trust Fund and Cash Management Protocols
Letter from Secretary Foxx to each of 56 State, Territory, and DC DOTs on July 14, 2015.
Briefing Room
In This Section
San Francisco’s $1.1 Billion Presidio Parkway Completed
Federally funded project exemplifies transportation investment nation needs, officials say
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) celebrated the opening of the long-awaited Presidio Parkway with local and state...
Resolution to Improve Safety on County Roads
Resolution on county road safety, signed in conjunction with National Association of Counties 80th Annual Conference.
U.S. Department of Transportation Helps Break Ground for Connect Historic Boston Project
BOSTON, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Under Secretary for Policy, Peter Rogoff, joined Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and other officials earlier today for the groundbreaking for the Connect Historic Boston project. Construction will soon begin on...
News Digest DOT 64-15
FTA Seeks Nominations for Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS). The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published a Federal Register notice seeking nominations for up to eight representatives from the public transportation safety community for...
DOT Fact Sheets Highlight Grim State of U.S. Roads and Bridges
WASHINGTON – The Highway Trust Fund is set to expire on July 31. Without action from Congress, federal funding for transportation will come to a screeching halt. And with it, so will traffic in many places across the country.
Over the last six years, Congress has passed 33 short-term...
May 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
May 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
Airlines Report Fourteen Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, Two Tarmac Delays Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in May
WASHINGTON – Airlines reported 14 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and two tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in May, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. Ten of...
PHMSA Releases Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery and Accident Notification Regulatory Proposal
Proposal package requires faster notification following pipeline accidents, other important regulatory adjustments and updates.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed new...