BTS Statistical Release: 2015 North American Freight Numbers

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Celebrates Opening of University Link, Expanding Light Rail Service in Seattle

SEATTLE – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Seattle today for the opening of the University Link project, an extension of Sound Transit’s Link light rail service. The extension will connect downtown Seattle to the Capitol Hill neighborhood and the University of Washington,...

PHMSA Proposes New Safety Regulations for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced proposed regulations to update critical safety requirements for natural gas transmission pipelines. The proposed rule would broaden the scope...

FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Massachusetts Trucking Company

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Worcester, Massachusetts-based trucking company John A. Robles, doing business as J and J Transportation, USDOT No. 2497430, to be an imminent...

January 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data

FRA Rolls Out New Railroad Crossing and Trespassing Website to Increase Rail Safety

Part of agency’s effort to increase education of railroad crossing safety, reduce fatalities

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today launched a redesigned website to serve as a...

FMCSA Declares South Carolina Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared South Carolina-licensed truck driver Stevie Wolfe Breland to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million Funding Opportunity to Improve Transit Options for Tribal Residents

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $5 million in competitive grant funds to enhance public transit service for American Indians, Alaska natives and other residents on rural tribal lands. Funding is...

News Digest DOT 30-16

FMCSA Extends Compliance Date of Bus Leasing and Interchange Final Rule Until January 1, 2018. On May 27, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule to identify motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate...

Federal Transit Administration Announces Final Rule Strengthening State Safety Oversight of Rail Transit Systems

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a final rule that significantly strengthens state safety oversight and enforcement authority to prevent and mitigate accidents and incidents on rail transit systems.

“With the more...

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