Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $52 Million in Advanced Technology Grants to Improve Safety and Reduce Travel Times

Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, projects include real-time traffic information, transit signal timing systems, and seamless transit payment systems

Air Travel Consumer Report: March 2023 and 1st Quarter 2023 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of March 2023 and the first quarter of 2023 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters.

READOUT on the International Summit on Investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Detroit

DETROIT, MI – While in Detroit for the APEC Transportation Ministers’ Meeting, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the U.S. co-hosted a summit with the United Kingdom and Canada that included the UK’s Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, Canada’s Minister of Transport...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $220 Million to Modernize Ferry Service and Better Connect Rural Communities

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $220 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support or modernize passenger ferry service in rural and urban communities across the country.

Air Travel Consumer Report: January 2023 Airline Complaint Data

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its updated March 2023 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Joins Canadian Minister of Transport Alghabra, Michigan Governor Whitmer and Mayor Duggan to Announce the First U.S.-Canada Electric Vehicle Corridor

The Binational EV Corridor will not only make EV charging easier when driving between the two countries, it highlights the shared prosperity of our electrified future

Secretary Buttigieg Appoints Members of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Advisory Council

Leading experts will advise the Secretary on continued improvements at the USMMA

As House Republicans Push an Extreme Budget That Slashes Rail Safety Inspections, USDOT Highlights New Efforts to Keep Communities Safe and Hold the Rail Industry Accountable

Following the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, USDOT has pushed a set of sweeping reforms to rail safety and called on Congress to support a budget that improves critical rail infrastructure and ensures rail inspections continue without interruption

U.S. DOT, GSA Celebrate Two Trailblazing Former Secretaries by Naming DOT’s Headquarters in Their Honor

Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. General Services Administrator Robin Carnahan formally announced the naming of the U.S. DOT headquarters building to the William T. Coleman, Jr. and Norman Y. Mineta Federal Building, dedicated for two transformational...

DOT to Propose Requirements for Airlines to Cover Expenses and Compensate Stranded Passengers

For the first time in U.S. history, DOT initiates a rulemaking that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover certain expenses for controllable delays and cancellations.

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