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WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has acknowledged violations of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act’s requirements to repair vehicles with safety...
In response to consumer complaints about irregular fares in the period after the May 12 derailment of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train Number 188 in Philadelphia, the U.S. Department of Transportation has sent an inquiry to five carriers –Delta, American, United, Southwest and JetBlue. The...
In response to consumer complaints about irregular fares in the period after the May 12 derailment of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train Number 188 in Philadelphia, the U.S. Department of Transportation has sent an inquiry to five carriers –Delta, American, United, Southwest and JetBlue. The...
DOT’s Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection to Hold Eighth Meeting on June 23. On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, DOT’s Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection (Committee) will hold its eighth meeting in the Media Center at DOT headquarters in Washington, DC. The...
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...
WASHINGTON – Over the past year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has visited more than 100 communities and heard one common story – shared by all – about crumbling infrastructure and dwindling resources to fix it with. Today, Secretary Foxx sent to Congress his solution to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today completed his four-day bus tour in our nation’s capital to urge Congress to act on a long-term transportation bill. While traveling through five states – Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia – Secretary Foxx...
RICHMOND, Va. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Mark Rosekind joined elected officials, representatives from the rental car industry, and consumer safety advocates today in calling on Congress to pass legislation that would require...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that in calendar year 2014, airlines reported the lowest number of tarmac delays longer than three hours on record. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report, in 2014...
DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Game Ticket Scams. Air travelers going to Super Bowl XLIX this year should be aware that not all tour packages include a ticket to the Feb. 1 game in Glendale, Ariz. Under U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consumer protection...