WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a third round of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) storm-related reimbursements through the FY 2013 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act. The majority of the $1.4 billion announced today goes to the four transit agencies that...
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Fung Wah Bus Transportation, Inc., Ordered to Cease All Operations. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has found Fung Wah Bus...
BTS Releases North American Trade Numbers by Mode of Transportation for January
Releases now include air and vessel information in addition to surface transportation; trucks transported 59% of U.S.-NAFTA trade in January 2013
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BTS Releases December 2012 Airline Traffic Data; System Passengers Down 0.3% from December 2011The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 58.9 million scheduled systemwide passengers in December 2012...
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FMCSA Orders Immediate Shut-Down of Bus Company Rimrock Stages; Declares Company to be an Imminent Hazard
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Rimrock Stages, Inc., doing...
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FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Oklahoma Bus Company for Violating Consent Agreement
Heartland Charters & Tours breaks agreement to adhere to federal safety regulations following 2012 out-of-service order
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reached the decision that 149 federal contract towers will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency’s sequestration implementation plan. The agency has made the decision to keep 24 federal contract...
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FMCSA Declares Georgia-based General Trucking, Inc., to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety; Company Ordered to Shut Down
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared General Trucking, Inc., based in...