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WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the recipients of $248.5 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program, for a wide variety of state and local railroad infrastructure projects. The grants will...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao released the following statement following the White House announcement of additional presidential actions in response to the Coronavirus outbreak: “The President and the administration have taken unprecedented steps to...
New grants will provide critical infrastructure support
HOUSTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today joined Port Houston officials at Port Houston to formally award more than $39 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced 100 transportation industry employers have met Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao’s call to sign onto the “Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking” pledge. These signatories join more than 250 leaders across...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a final rule aimed at enhancing the professional development of air carrier pilots. The Pilot Professional Development rule requires specific training for newly-hired pilots and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $12.2 million from the Small Community Air Service Development Program to help 18 communities in 18 states develop their own solutions to local...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that it is seeking public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify the definition of “unfair and deceptive practices” by airlines and ticket agents in air transportation. Most of the Department’s...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $520.5 million in airport infrastructure grants to 287 airports in 41 states. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $11.4 billion...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its February 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of December 2019 and calendar year 2019. The full consumer report and other aviation...