March 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

News Digest DOT 55-15

FMCSA Adopts Procedures Enhancing Safeguards for Voluntarily Submitted Confidential Business Information. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has established procedures to further protect from public disclosure certain confidential commercial or financial information...

April On-Time Performance Up, Cancellations Down From Previous Year, March 2015

WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 81.8 percent in April, up from both the 79.6 percent on-time rate in April 2014 and the 78.7 percent mark in March 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report...

April 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

Federal Railroad Administration Recommends Actions to Prevent Passenger Trains from Speeding

WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a safety advisory recommending actions that passenger railroads take to prevent trains from speeding. The advisory is the latest in a series of steps FRA has taken to keep passenger railroads safe for the...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Formation of New NHTSA Safety Teams

Expert panel to help implement improvements identified in ‘Path Forward’ report; internal groups to tackle safety risks

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today released two internal reports from the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...

News Digest DOT 53-15

DOT Raises Maximum Denied Boarding Compensation, Liability Limit for Domestic Airline Baggage. The U.S. Department of Transportation has raised the limits on compensation to “bumped” passengers and settlements on domestic baggage claims, effective August 25, 2015. The limit on...

DOT Joins Members of Congress, Industry and Safety Advocates to Highlight the Life-Saving Potential of Groundbreaking Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving

Alcohol-impaired driving crashes kill nearly 10,000 people annually; this alcohol-detection vehicle technology could potentially save thousands of lives each year

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today joined with members...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $1 Million in Emergency Relief Funds for Oklahoma’s Flood-Damaged Roads

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in Emergency Relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) cover the costs...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Groundbreaking Final Rule on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electronic Stability Control

Requirement will save up to 49 lives, prevent up to 1,759 crashes each year, and provide net economic benefits of more than $300 million annually

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...

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