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January 2016 On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, December 2015

WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 81.3 percent in January 2016, up from both the 76.8 percent on-time rate in January 2015 and the 77.8 percent mark in December 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released...

News Digest - DOT 28-16

Daylight Saving Time to Begin Sunday, March 13 for Most Americans.  Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, 2016, when clocks will be turned ahead one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the evening.  Under law, daylight...

U.S. DOT to Host Public Meetings on Safe Operation of Automated Vehicles

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will hold a pair of public meetings this spring to gather input as it develops guidelines for the safe deployment of automated safety technology.  The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C...