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Press Releases
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Participates in Ribbon Cutting for Dubuque Millwork District TIGER Project (05/18/2012)
- NHTSA Hosts Technical Workshop on Electric Vehicle Safety (05/18/2012)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Conducts Bus Safety Inspection Sweeps in 13 States and the District of Columbia (05/17/2012)
- BTS Releases 4th-Quarter Airline Financial Data; Largest Airlines Report Profit (05/17/2012)
- DOT Provides Guidance on Advertising of "Free" Airfares (05/17/2012)
- DOT Issues Grants to States for Pipeline Safety Call Centers (05/16/2012)
- USDOT Proposes Groundbreaking Rule to Prevent Rollover Crashes for Nation’s Large Trucks, Buses (05/16/2012)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Orders BM&L Trucking, LLC to Shut Down (05/14/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Porcari Awards $2.4 Million in Funding to Put New Roof over Anchorage Maintenance Workers’ Heads (05/14/2012)
- Federal Transit Administrator Rogoff Joins Nevada Officials for Opening of Sahara Express Bus Rapid Transit Service in Las Vegas (05/14/2012)
- DOT Selects Four Cities to Receive New Nonstop Service to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (05/14/2012)
- Airlines Post Record First-Quarter On-Time Performance for First Three Months of 2012 (05/14/2012)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Releases New “Faces of Distracted Driving” Video (05/14/2012)
- FRA Administrator Szabo Celebrates Opening of Station Platforms for Extension of Downeaster in Freeport and Brunswick (05/14/2012)
- News Digest (05/11/2012)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Reduces Burden on Local Governments (05/10/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Changes to Positive Train Control Regulations that Will Ensure Safety, Allow Flexibility and Save Money (05/10/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $15.8 Million Funding Agreement to Eliminate Detroit Rail Bottleneck (05/10/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Attends Groundbreaking of Sugar House Streetcar Project (05/09/2012)
- Freight Shipments Fell 0.8% in March from February (05/09/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Commends Alabama for Enacting Ban on Texting While Driving
(05/08/2012) - U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Judson Mobley Logging, Inc. to Shut Down (05/07/2012)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announcing Launch of Month-Long National Dialogue to Improve Transportation for Veterans, Military Families (05/07/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $20 Million in Emergency Transportation Funding for Oregon, Alabama and South Carolina (05/07/2012)
- FMCSA Announces 2012 Winners of Student Safety Belt Art Contest (05/07/2012)
- Illinois, Indiana and Michigan to Move Forward on Critical Midwest High Speed Rail Study (05/04/2012)
- News Digest (05/04/2012)
- Air India Fined for Violation of New Airline Consumer Rules (05/03/2012)
- February 2012 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 17.4 Percent from February 2011 (05/01/2012)
- 4th-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Rose 10% from 4th Quarter 2010 (04/30/2012)
- February 2012 Passenger Airline Employment Rose 2.1 Percent from February 2011 (04/27/2012)
- News Digest (04/27/2012)
Speeches
- My Message to Congress: Do the Right Thing and Pass a Bipartisan Bill (03/21/2012)
- United States High-Speed Rail Association (02/29/2012)
- Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture, Brown University (02/29/2012)
- Opening Session - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (02/27/2012)
- Verbal Testimony (02/15/2012)
- Municipal Forum of New York Luncheon (01/30/2012)
- Exclusive: New federal law a significant victory for gas pipeline safety (01/07/2012)
- Unveiling of Pilot Fatigue Rule (12/21/2011)
What's Hot
- U.S. Department of Transportation Budget Invests $129 Billion in Restoring America’s Economic Competitiveness (02/14/2011)
- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Kicks Off Historic Summit to Tackle Dangers of Distracted Driving; New Research Finds Increase in Use of Hand-Held Devices Among All Drivers (09/30/2009)
- Examination of Driver Distraction as Recorded in NHTSA Databases
Click Here to Read the Entire Research Note (DOT-HS-811-216) - Driver Electronic Device Use in 2008 (NOPUS) Research Note
Click Here to Read the entire Research Note (DOT-HS-811-184) - Air Travel Consumer Report
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