Invest in America, Commit to the Future Bus Tour

Home base for the transportation reauthorization bus tour.

4th-Quarter 2013 Domestic Air Fare Up 0.3% from 4th Quarter 2012 (Adjusted for Inflation)

4th-Quarter 2013 Domestic Air Fare Up 0.3% from 4th Quarter 2012 (Adjusted for Inflation)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Calls for Transportation Investment During Visit to I-635 LBJ Freeway

Highlights Project’s Potential Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour

GARLAND, Texas -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visited the proposed I-635 LBJ Freeway East improvement project near Dallas today as part of his Invest in America, Commit to the...

News Digest DOT 37-14

FMCSA Initiates Rulemaking Process to Update the Financial Responsibility of Commercial Carriers and Better Protect the Public. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has reported to Congress that current financial responsibility minimums for the commercial motor vehicle industry...

Secretary's bus tour stops in Louisiana

17 April 2014

Tallulah, Louisiana, one of the poorest regions in America has a vision & a "to-do" list.  Theyu want improved bridges, roads (that don't flood when it rains) and passenger rail.  We should expand the reach of transportation into rural corners of America...

Secretary's bus tour stops in Texas

18 April 2014

We finished our trip today in Dallas – by press conference overlooking the LBJ East project – a project that's been on the books for years but lacks the $1.5 billion needed to finish it.  We highlighted – once again in this fast-growing city...

Secretary's bus tour stops in Mississippi

17 April 2014

Jackson, Mississippi is a fascinating place – an urban city tucked in a rural state with great need for transportation investment.  Congressman Bennie Thompson pulled together a roundtable for us – and we heard a lot – concerns about MPOs,...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Calls for Transportation Investment During Visit to I-49 North Segment K in Shreveport

Highlights Project’s Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour

SHREVEPORT, La. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today joined state and local officials at the “Segment K” I-49 extension project as part of his Invest in America, Commit to the Future bus...

February 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.4 Percent from February 2013

February 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.4 Percent from February 2013

Secretary's bus tour stops in Georgia

16 April 2014

Atlanta!  Fast-growing Southern city with a visionary mayor.  We saw the Atlanta BeltLine, a project that is transforming the definition of beltways.  Today, it is a bike/ped trail following alongside the city's inner loop.  But they're preserving...