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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today relaunched a $5.6 million public safety awareness campaign – Stop. Trains Can’t. – urging Americans to take greater care at highway-rail...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2019. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of...
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of a draft version of the Environmental Assessment for the Washington DC to Baltimore Loop Project, the first step in a joint federal-state review of a non-traditional transportation technology. The Boring Company, of...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its March 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on marketing and reporting air carrier data compiled for the...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the establishment of an expert Special Committee to review the procedures of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the certification of new aircraft, including the Boeing 737 MAX. Air Force General (Ret.) Darren McDew,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau will provide up to a $46.94 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (...
DOT Announces April 4 Meeting of the Newly Reestablished Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, Names New Aviation Consumer Advocate
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that its newly reestablished Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC) will hold its first meeting in Washington, DC on April 4, 2019. The ACPAC meeting was originally scheduled for January 16, 2019, but...
The U.S. Department of Transportation today confirmed Secretary Elaine L. Chao has asked that, as part of an ongoing review of factors related to aviation certification, the Inspector General conduct a formal audit of the certification process for the Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft. The...
The FAA is ordering the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operated by U.S. airlines or in U.S. territory. The agency made this decision as a result of the data gathering process and new evidence collected at the site and analyzed today. This evidence, together with newly...