BTS Releases May 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

BTS Releases May 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

BTS Releases June 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

BTS Releases June 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year

WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first six months of this year were up 20.3 percent from the first six months of 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

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News Digest DOT 69-15

FTA Publishes Final Interim Policy Guidance for the Capital Investment Grant Program. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published a Federal Register notice announcing new Final Interim Policy Guidance for the Capital Investment Grant Program (CIG). The guidance describes how FTA...

Detailed Report Shows Most Railroads Will Miss Positive Train Control Deadline

Detailed Report Shows Most Railroads Will Miss Positive Train Control Deadline

MARAD Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for Port of Brownsville Marine Cargo Dock

TIGER Grant Funding Supports Regional and National Economic Growth

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Maritime Administrator Paul ‘Chip’ Jaenichen today joined state and local officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a marine cargo dock at the Port of...

FMCSA Orders Utah Bus Company to Cease all Operations

WASHINGTON – A Woods Cross, Utah-based bus company that primarily transported children has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to cease all intrastate and interstate operations for repeatedly operating unsafe vehicles and...

NHTSA and Safe Kids Worldwide Encourage Parents and Caregivers to Take Proactive Steps in Preventing Child Heatstroke in Hot Vehicles

31 children died last year as a result of heatstroke; 11 so far in 2015

OXON HILL, MD – As part of National Heatstroke Prevention Day, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) joined Safe Kids Worldwide in urging parents...

GAO Report Supports Positive Safety Impact of Hours-of-Service Rule

WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released a response today to the recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that examined the Agency’s 2014 study on the hours-of-service (HOS) changes that were made in 2011 and implemented in 2013. The report...

May 2015 North American Freight Numbers

May 2015 North American Freight Numbers