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NHTSA Announces Final Rule Requiring Seat Belts on Motorcoaches

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today issued a final rule requiring lap and shoulder seat belts for each passenger and driver seat on new motorcoaches and other large buses.  This new rule enhances the safety of...

Airline Consumer Complaints Down From Previous Year

WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first nine months of this year were down 14.1 percent from the first nine months of 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

DOT and HUD Unveil Location Affordability Portal

New tool provides renters and homeowners with housing, transportation calculator

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled the Location Affordability Portal (LAP), a new cost calculation tool that allows...

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