DALLAS, TX – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today joined American Airlines Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport as the company signed on to the White House’s “Pledge to America’s Workers,” committing to creating 22,000...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today hosted the 2019 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Safety Summit at their headquarters in Washington, D.C. In keynote remarks before USDOT employees and industry stakeholders, Secretary Chao discussed the Department’s data...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its June 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of April 2019. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $292.7 Million Notice of Funding Opportunity
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $292.7 million in discretionary grant funding...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $292.7 Million Notice of Funding Opportunity
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $292.7 million in discretionary grant funding...
WATCH: Secretary Chao’s Full Remarks at Uber Elevate Summit 2019 (6/11/2019)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao told attendees at the Uber Elevate Summit on Monday that the Department’s regulatory strategy avoids overly prescriptive rules...
Last week, Secretary Chao was named an American Maritime Hero by the American Maritime Partnership. A yearlong celebration of American Maritime heroes, the American Maritime Partnership selected Secretary Chao as the inaugural honoree, along with WWII merchant mariners. This decision to name...
See Secretary Elaine L. Chao's Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner here.
It’s rare that life hands us the opportunity to add a positive narrative to the history books. But there was just such an opportunity recently, when I was given a platform at the 150th Anniversary of the Golden Spike to...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced recipients of $321.4 million in Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) grants. These are the first grants awarded under the program and will help build and repair...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its May 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of March 2019. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the...