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U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Porcari Announces $120 Million for Connecticut to Increase Train Service and Improve Travel Times
U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari today announced that the state of Connecticut will receive $120 million in High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $545.9 Million Loan to Advance Public Transit in Los Angeles
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has approved a $545.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan that will enable the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) to advance construction of a new light rail transit line along the...
DOT Fines British Airways for Violating Price Advertising, International Baggage Compensation Rules
British Airways violated the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) rules on full-fare advertising as well an international treaty on reimbursements for mishandled baggage, DOT said today. The Department fined the carrier $250,000 and ordered it to cease and desist from further...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards $400,000 to Develop Hybrid Road Locomotive Technologies. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards more than $400,000 to Improve Track Safety MassDOT Receives $2.7 Million to Improve Freight and Passenger ServiceIntroducing the redesigned www.dot.gov
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U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $1.2 Million to the Flight 93 Memorial Project
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded $1.2 million to the National Park Service (NPS) to complete road work that provides access to the Flight 93 Memorial for 9/11 victims in Shanksville, Pa.
July 2012 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.6 Percent From July 2011
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 4.6 percent higher in July 2012 than in July 2011, totaling $75.7 billion, unadjusted for inflation (Table 1 and Figure 1), according to the Bureau of...
July 2012 Passenger Airline Employment Rose 0.8 Percent from July 2011
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 390,032 workers in July 2012, 0.8 percent more than in July 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. Scheduled passenger airline categories include network, low-cost, regional and other...