January 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

February 2016 On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, January 2016

WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.6 percent in February 2016, up from both the 72.8 percent on-time rate in February 2015 and the 81.3 percent mark in January 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report...

Federal Highway Administration Calls for Safer Construction Season

Officials Urge People to Drive Safely As Highway Work Zone Fatalities Climb

TOLEDO, Ohio – Deputy Federal Highway Administrator David Kim joined federal, state and local transportation officials, and highway safety advocates, today to kick off...

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Announces Pacesetter Award Winners for 2015 Navigation Season

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) today announced that six U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received its Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for registering increases in international cargo tonnage shipped through their ports during...

News Digest DOT 38-16

Secretary Foxx Designates Three Marine Highway Projects. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has designated three new Marine Highway Projects. The Mississippi River, previously designated as the M-55, will serve as the primary route for the Baton Rouge-New Orleans Shuttle project. ...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Formation of Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Formula Working Group

Congressionally directed working group to develop new funding formula for FMCSA grant programs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the formation of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Formula...

FRA Releases Revised Proposal to Rebuild B&P Tunnel After Receiving Input From Baltimore Community

Agency seeks more input in two public forums on revised proposal

WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today presented a revised proposal to replace the Civil War-era Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel based on feedback...

SAFETY PARTNERS WORK TO END DISTRACTED DRIVING

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), California Highway Patrol (CHP), the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and Impact Teen Drivers (ITD) joined together for the...

FMCSA Orders Lyons Limousine to Shut Down

Wisconsin-based company repeatedly used underaged and unqualified commercial drivers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has ordered Edgerton, Wisconsin-based Lyons Limousine, LLC, USDOT No...

FHWA Administrator Nadeau On Hand For Opening of Denver’s North I-25 Express Lanes

New lanes offer high-value, cost-effective investment to ease Mile High City’s congestion

DENVER – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau joined state and local officials today for the opening of the...

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