WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today kicked off National Work Zone Awareness Week as construction season approaches. Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau joined state and federal officials at...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that Graco Children’s Products has been fined $10 million after the company failed to provide timely notification of a defect in more than 4 million car seats. Graco must pay a fine of $3 million immediately to the Federal...
FMCSA Shares Study Plan for Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Restart Study. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that it has posted the study plan for the congressionally mandated naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts...
January 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data
2014 North American Freight Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a new Smartphone app that will allow for more convenient access to currently available online safety performance information for interstate truck and bus...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of approximately $26.6 million in federal grant funds for the Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) North Corridor Project, which will provide more frequent and faster...
WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.8 percent in January, up from both the 67.7 percent on-time rate in January 2014 and the 75.3 percent mark in December 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer...
DOT Fines Ticket Agent Fareportal for Providing Erroneous and Misleading Information in Fare Advertisements. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined ticket agent Fareportal, Inc., doing business as CheapOair, $185,000 for violating federal law prohibiting unfair and deceptive...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today the publication of a Final Rule clarifying that public transportation providers are required to make reasonable modifications to their polices, practices and procedures to avoid discrimination and ensure programs and services are...