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No Tarmac Delays Longer Than Three Hours for the Second Month in a Row
November was the second month in a row that the nation’s largest airlines reported no flights with tarmac delays of more than three hours, while the carriers reported only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights during the month, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released...
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Toyota Motor Corp will Pay $32.425 Million in Civil Penalties as the Result of Two Department of Transportation Investigations
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million in civil penalties as the result of two separate investigations into the automaker's handling of auto recalls. Toyota will pay the maximum fines allowable under...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Holiday Drunk Driving Crackdown
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today kicked off the annual “Drunk Driving. Over The Limit. Under Arrest” winter holiday crackdown involving thousands of law enforcement agencies across the nation. Secretary LaHood also highlighted the new “No Refusal” strategy that a number of...
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No Tarmac Delays Longer Than Three Hours in October
The nation’s largest airlines reported no flights in October with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from 11 flights in October 2009, with a slight decrease in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of...
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News Digest
Secretary LaHood Helps Break Ground on Milton-Madison Bridge Replacement Project
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today joined Congressman Baron Hill, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear and other state and local officials in breaking ground on the Milton-Madison bridge replacement project, which received a $20 million grant earlier this...