January 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

January 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $162 Million Loan for Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for $162 million from the Department’s Federal Highway Administration to finance the East End Crossing section of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio...

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U.S. Department of Transportation Celebrates Introduction of New Rail Cars to Enhance Safety, Reliability on the D.C. Metrorail System

ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez and Federal Transit Acting Administrator Therese McMillan were in Arlington, Va., today for the launch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) new state-of-the-art 7000-series rail cars for...

U.S. DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, STATE, AND TRANSPORTATION SEEK STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON GULF CARRIER SUBSIDY CLAIMS

The U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, and Transportation are reviewing claims that three foreign airlines – Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, and Qatar Airways – have received and are benefitting from...

News Digest DOT 31-15

BTS Issues Transportation Statistics Annual Report: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR). The 18th edition of this congressionally mandated report presents key transportation indicators...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with India’s Minister of Road Transport

DELHI, India – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Delhi, India today to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on Transportation with India’s Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and of Shipping, Nitin Gadkari. Minister Gadkari signed the MOC on behalf of the Indian Government...

Airlines Report Sixteen Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, Eight Tarmac Delays Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in February

WASHINGTON – Airlines reported 16 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and eight tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in February, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.  Nine of the...

FMCSA Orders Shutdown of South Carolina Trucking Company

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Darlington, South Carolina-based trucking company Carnell Pompey, which is doing business as Mortise Trucking Company, USDOT No. 1339109, to be an imminent hazard to public...

February 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

February 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)