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Roadways and Bridges

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52

San Francisco’s $1.1 Billion Presidio Parkway Completed

Federally funded project exemplifies transportation investment nation needs, officials say

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) celebrated the opening of the long-awaited Presidio Parkway with local and state...

DOT Fact Sheets Highlight Grim State of U.S. Roads and Bridges

WASHINGTON – The Highway Trust Fund is set to expire on July 31. Without action from Congress, federal funding for transportation will come to a screeching halt. And with it, so will traffic in many places across the country.

Over the last six years, Congress has passed 33 short-term...

U.S. Driving Nears 1 Trillion Miles In First Four Months of 2015

Nation’s Driving Increases for 14th Month in a Row

WASHINGTON – New estimates released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that Americans drove 987.8 billion miles for the first four months of the year, topping...

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...

Contracting Initiative Fact Sheet

Transportation Investments Leads to Good JobsOur nation’s transportation system depends on a skilled and qualified workforce equipped with a broader range of skills than in the past.Transportation accounts for 11 million jobs, and transportation-related employment accounts for about 8.7...