U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Funding to University Transportation Centers. The U.S. Department of Transportation released $62,631,600 in grants to 33 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) for the second year of two years of funding authorized by Congress for those selected...
U.S. Department of Transportation Celebrates Grand Opening of Denver Union Station
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Emergency order requires railroads transporting crude to notify state emergency response commissions; safety advisory urges use of tank cars with highest integrity
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an Emergency Order requiring all...
Safety Belt Usage Among Bus and Medium-to-Heavy Duty Truck Drivers Reaches New HighWASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that first-grader Annie Yu from Edison, N.J. and third-grader Heather Li of Orlando, Fla. won top honors in the 2014 “Be Ready. Be Buckled.”...
Statement of Transportation Secretary Anthony R. Foxx Regarding the Passing of Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar
"Chairman Jim Oberstar's passion for sound transportation policy spanned decades, first as a staffperson and eventually as Chairman of the Congressional Committee...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in federal emergency relief funds to South Carolina to replace the 78-year-old Cypress Gardens Road Bridge in Moncks Corner, S.C. that collapsed Monday when a freight train struck the...
ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today celebrated the opening of the first phase of the SunRail commuter rail line, which will significantly expand transit options and connect thousands of residents to jobs and other economic...
Secretary Foxx Sends Transportation Bill to Congress
GROW AMERICA Act would create jobs, provide certainty for country’s future growth
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today unveiled a long-term transportation bill he is sending to Congress for...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the closing of a $79 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the 95th Street Bus and Rail project.
“President Obama understands that...