Total Passengers on U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines Serving the U.S. Increased 1.3% in 2013 from 2012

Total Passengers on U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines Serving the U.S. Increased 1.3% in 2013 from 2012

U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $30 Million to Improve Transit Options for American Indians, Alaska Natives on Tribal Lands

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of $5 million in competitive funds to 42 American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in 19 states for projects to improve transit service. The funds complement $25...

January 2014 Airline On-Time Performance Down From Previous Year, December

WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 67.7 percent in January, down from both the 81.0 percent on-time rate posted in January 2013 and the 68.9 percent on-time rate posted in December 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s...

FMCSA Shuts Down Illegal Utah Bus Company

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has declared Sandy, Utah-based passenger carrier Serv-A-Bus, LLC, USDOT No. 1161287, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered the company and its...

Federal Railroad Administration Releases Results of Metro North Safety Review

Metro North ordered to address issues identified through Operation Deep Dive in 60 days

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced its findings and recommendations from an intensive 60-day comprehensive safety...

DOT Proposes Use of Electronic Logbooks to Improve Efficiency, Safety in Commercial Bus & Truck Industries

Updated rule would slash highest federal paperwork burden after taxes and prevent fatigued drivers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a proposal to require interstate commercial truck and...

December 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Up 6.1 Percent from December 2012

December 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Up 6.1 Percent from December 2012

Freight Shipments Fell 2.8% in January from December

Freight Shipments Fell 2.8% in January from December

FMCSA Shuts Down Salem, Mass. Passenger Van Company for Disregarding Safety Regulations, Endangering the Traveling Public

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Salem, Mass.-based passenger carrier D’Boston Transportation, LLC, USDOT No. 2456132, to immediately cease all passenger transportation services due to widespread and serious...

News Digest DOT 27-14

Daylight Saving Time to Begin Sunday, March 9 for Most Americans.  Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2014, when clocks will be turned ahead one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the evening.  Under law, daylight saving...