WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $1.33 billion loan to Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for construction of the East Link Light Rail Extension Project. The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA...
BTS Releases Pocket Guide to Transportation 2015. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has published the Pocket Guide to Transportation 2015 – a quick reference guide to significant transportation statistics. The 18th annual Pocket Guide covers data on moving people and...
Largest Civil Penalty Assessed Against a Carrier for Violating Tarmac Delay Rules
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that Southwest Airlines violated federal rules involving lengthy tarmac delays last January. Southwest failed to offer passengers...
October 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
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WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines canceled 0.9 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in November, an improvement over both the 1.0 percent cancellation rate posted in November 2013 and the 1.1 percent rate in October 2014, according to the U.S. Department of...
States are encouraged to apply for annual CVISN, PRISM grants
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the availability of $30 million in state grants through two annual programs, each designed...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that Department of Transportation Chief of Staff Sarah Feinberg will serve as Acting Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). She succeeds Joseph C. Szabo who was appointed and confirmed as the...
PHMSA Publishes Rulemaking to Adopt Harmonize Hazardous Materials Regulations with International Standards. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a final rule amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to maintain alignment with international...