Following are press releases and statements issued in the past few weeks. Anything issued before then can be accessed through the Department's public affairs archives web page. 
Aero & Wings Club Luncheon (04/30/09)

PRESS RELEASES

RECENT STATEMENTS & SPEECHES

Average 4th-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Drop from 3rd Quarter; Top 100 Airports: Highest Fare in Cincinnati, Lowest Fare at Dallas Love (05/06/09) U.S. DOT Orders Full Review of Motorcoach Safety (04/30/09) U.S. DOT Announces New Consumer Program for Child Safety Seats (04/24/09) February 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.6 Percent from February 2008 (04/21/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $10.5 Million in Economic Recovery Funds for Pennsylvania Airports, Including $5 Million for Philadelphia International Airport (04/15/09) DOT Proposes to Approve Star Alliance Plan to Add Continental, Establish Joint Venture (04/07/09) News Digest (04/03/09) January 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 27.2 Percent from January 2008 (03/31/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Signs a Cooperative Agreement with the Chinese on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods (03/30/09) NHTSA Presents 15 Awards for Safety Accomplishments (03/30/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $229 Million in Economic Recovery Funds for Aviation (03/27/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Brings $36 Million in Federal Recovery Act Funds to Pay for Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail (03/27/09) U.S. Department of Transportation Posts New Fuel Economy Standards for Model Year 2011 Cars and Light Trucks (03/27/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces More Than $28 Million for Arizona Airports Under Economic Recovery Act (03/26/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Recovery Act Funding for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (03/24/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Recovery Act Funding for Tribal Transit  (03/24/09) Hummer Appointed to Head Maritime Administration’s Northern California Gateway Office (03/23/09) DOT Proposes Continental, US Airways for New U.S.-Brazil Air Services (03/20/09) New Jersey’s I-295/I-76/Route 42 ‘Direct Connection’ Project Receives Green Light from Feds (03/20/09) Middle Class Task Force Holds Town Hall Meeting on the Recovery Act (03/19/09) Decline In American Driving Still Evident (03/19/09) HUD and DOT Partnership: Sustainable Communities (03/18/09) 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.1 Percent from 2007 (03/18/09) DOT Moving Quickly to Use Transportation Funding for Economic Recovery, Transportation Secretary LaHood Says (03/17/09) January 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.9 Percent from January 2008 (03/17/09) New Federal Report Highlights Improvement In Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System Ballast Water Inspection Process (03/13/09) U.S. Seaway Corporation Receives First Year of Infrastructure Renewal Funding (03/12/09) December 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 5.7 Percent in December from 2007 and Down 3.7 Percent in 2008 (03/12/09) First Economic Recovery Act Money Released; U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $12 Million for Pennsylvania Airports (03/12/09) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 2.3 Percent in January from December (03/11/09) Airline On-Time Performance Improves In January  (03/11/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Signs $900 Million Agreement to Fund Wiehle Avenue Extension of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project (03/10/09) RECARO Recalls “Signo” Child Safety Seats (03/09/09) Vice President Biden, U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood, Miami Mayor Diaz Announce Availability of $8.4 Billion in Public Transportation Investments; Miami Intermodal Center Cited as Model for Investment (03/05/09) December 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 13.1 Percent from December 2007 (03/03/09) President Obama Marks Historic Transportation Investment Vice President Biden, Secretary LaHood Join in Ceremony at DOT (03/03/09)

Aero & Wings Club Luncheon (04/30/09) FAA Forecast Conference (03/31/09) Amer. Association of Port Authorities (03/24/09) National League of Cities (03/17/09) APTA Legislative Conference (03/09/09)

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