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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that its Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC) will hold its next meeting virtually on September 24, 2020. Notice of the meeting will appear in the Federal Register.
The ACPAC is charged...
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on requests from Spirit Airlines and United Airlines for exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2. Spirit Airlines requests that the Department grant it an exemption to temporarily suspend...
Today, the Department of Transportation issued an Order that to allow the four Chinese airlines currently performing scheduled passenger services to the United States to increase their services to eight weekly round-trip flights. This aggregate level of service is equivalent to the total...
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) works at the dynamic intersection of new and emerging technologies, transportation data, policy, research and all modes of transportation across the Department. Our mission is to facilitate the transformation of our transportation system–making it safer, more efficient, competitive, and accessible. To do this, we:
DOT invests in the future of transportation through its University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program, which awards and administers grants to consortia of colleges and universities across the United States. The UTC Program advances the state-of-the-art in transportation research and technology, and develops the next generation of transportation professionals. The Congressionally-mandated program has been in place since 1987 to help address our Nation’s ever-growing need for the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound movement of people and goods.