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. 
 

PRESS RELEASES

RECENT STATEMENTS & SPEECHES

New Study Shows Freight Rail Fuel Efficiency Up More Than 20 Percent Since 1999 (11/19/09) New Jersey Transit Joins FRA “Close Call” Pilot Program (11/19/09) Secretary LaHood Reminds Mariners of Best Practices Following Recent Attacks on the Maersk Alabama and M/V Harriett (11/19/09) DOT Small Business Vendor Day Focuses on Service Disabled Veteran Small Business Owners (11/18/09) U.S. Department of Transportation Releases New Action Plan to Address Motorcoach Safety Issues (11/16/09) August 2009 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 4.1 Percent from August 2008 (11/13/09) DOT Administrative Law Judge Approves Ultimate Fares Settlement (11/12/09) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 0.5% in September from August (11/12/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Accepts Resignation of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent (11/09/09) Airline On-Time Performance Improves in September (11/09/09) Highway Investment Hits $20 Billion; Recovery Putting People to Work on Investments with Long-Term Benefit (11/03/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Tours Manchester Airport Access Road Construction Site (10/30/09) August 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 24.9 Percent from August 2008 (10/29/09) DOT Proposes Fine for Enterprise Products Following Investigation into Kansas Pipeline Failure (10/28/09) BTS Releases 2nd-Quarter 2009 Air Fare Data (10/28/09) Obama Administration Issues Key Approval for Florida LNG Facility; Transportation Agreement Mandates Jobs for U.S. Mariners (10/27/09) Newly Formed Safety Council to Take Safety Commitment to Next Level (10/26/09) News Digest (10/22/09) FMCSA Conducts First National Drug and Alcohol Strike Force (10/22/09) U.S. DOT Urges Parents and Caregivers to Continue to Buckle Up Their Children – Every Trip. Every Time. (10/23/09) DOT Grants $4 Million to Boost Hazardous Materials Safety Instructor and Employee Training (10/22/09) DOT Deputy Secretary John D. Porcari Announces Plan to Clean Up Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Department prioritizes 25 ships in worst condition for cleaning (10/22/09) August 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 5.5 Percent from August 2008 (10/20/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces $20.9 Million for First Responders; Funds Will Be Used to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training (10/19/09) BTS Releases July 2009 Airline Traffic Data; System Traffic Down 3.4 Percent from July 2008 (10/16/09) News Digest (10/16/09) U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $341 Million Loan to Build Port of Miami Tunnel (10/15/09) Statement of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the August Freight Transportation Services Index (10/15/09) Freight Index Rose 0.7 Percent in August from July (10/15/09) President Obama And U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Visit Virginia’s Largest Recovery Act Project (10/14/09) Federal Highway Administration Awards Nearly $41 Million for Scenic Byways (10/09/09) News Digest (10/09/09) DOT Warns Airlines on Improperly Limiting Reimbursements for Mishandled Baggage (10/09/09)

Remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the American Chamber of Commerce Exec Board Meeting (11/06/09) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION JOIN FORCES TO COMBAT DISTRACTED DRIVING (11/04/09) Remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the Politics and Eggs Breakfast at the New Hampshire Political Library (10/30/09) Remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the Detroit Economic Club (10/13/09) Remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the American Public Transportation Association (10/05/09) Distracted Driving Summit Washington, D.C. (10/01/09)

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