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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced new regulatory guidance clarifying the longstanding 150 air-miles hours-of-service agricultural commodity exemption as well as providing additional explanatory detail of the “...
If you didn’t see it this week, the American Action Forum (AAF) released a report on regulatory reform with DOT leading the pack. The chart on the left shows that DOT is #1 in terms of the total number of deregulatory actions taken by any department, a total of 110...
Air Travel Consumer Report: March 2018 and 1st Quarter 2018 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its May 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of March 2018 and the...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) today announced that it is seeking public comment on amending its Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) regulation on transportation of service animals. The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Traveling By Air with...
Research Initiative to Identify Pathways for Veterans to Become Airline Pilots
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) today announced contract awards to flight schools as part of the Forces to Flyers Research Initiative.
...WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. First announced last October, this White House initiative partners the...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2018. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao released the following statement regarding today’s incident on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380:
"The Department extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the airline passenger who was fatally injured today....
Funds to states for damage from a variety of events in states across the country and U.S. territories
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced more than $1 billion in Emergency Relief (ER) funds...