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WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in today’s aviation system, while maintaining flexibility to accommodate future...
BTS Treatment of Confidential Commercial Information. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is seeking comments on whether airframe and aircraft engine cost information from major U.S. airlines should be made public or should remain confidential...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that 13 organizations in nine states will receive a share of $29 million in grant funding through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Las Vegas, Nevada-based JDJD Transportation, LLC, USDOT No. 2432071, to immediately shut down following a federal investigation that revealed numerous widespread violations of...
The GROW AMERICA Bus Tour Will Highlight Transportation Needs in Five States
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that he will launch a four-day bus tour on Tuesday, February 17. Beginning in Tallahassee, Florida and visiting five...
December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
First Public Meeting Scheduled for Feb. 26-27
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the formation of a 26-member advisory committee that is tasked with updating classroom and new behind-the-...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that in calendar year 2014, airlines reported the lowest number of tarmac delays longer than three hours on record. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report, in 2014...
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that a California manufacturer will pay a $1.75 million civil penalty and agree to increased oversight by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for continuing to sell defective wheelchair lifts even as it had issued...
WASHINGTON –Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today released the results and an analysis of four crash tests recently conducted on the Trinity ET-Plus guardrail end terminal at a height of 27-¾ inches.
“Our top priority with the ET-Plus has been to protect travelers by using...