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Press Releases
- BTS Releases July Passenger Airline Employment Data; July 2012 Employment Rose 0.8 Percent from July 2011 (09/27/12)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $1.2 Million tothe Flight 93 Memorial Project (09/27/2012)
- July 2012 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.6 Percent From July 2011 (09/27/2012)
- 2nd-Quarter 2012 Airline Financial Data: Largest Airlines Report Profit (09/25/2012)
- June 2012 Airline System Traffic Up 0.6 Percent from June 2011 (09/21/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Kicking Off First Public Meeting on New Transit Safety and Oversight Authority (09/20/2012)
- DOT Fines Pakistan International Airlines for Denying Passengers Opportunity to Leave Aircraft During Lengthy Tarmac Delay (09/19/2012)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Awards More than $74 Million to Further Development of the Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor in Virginia (09/19/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $1 Million in Emergency Relief Funds for Hurricane Isaac Damage in Mississippi (09/18/2012)
- Airlines Report 18 Tarmac Delays Longer than Three Hours On Domestic Flights, One Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in July (09/17/2012)
- News Digest (09/14/12)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Orders HP Distribution LLP to Shut Down (09/14/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $3.3 Million for New Fuel-Efficient Buses and Facilities in St. Cloud, Minnesota (09/14/2012)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $59.3 Million for Clean, Energy-Efficient Transit Projects Across the United States (09/14/2012)
- BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI);Freight Shipments Rose 0.1% in July from June (09/13/2012)
Speeches
- “We Can’t Wait” - Repurposing of Transportation Funds Press Call (08/17/2012)
- Press Avail DCA Incident (08/02/2012)
- TIFIA Press Call (07/27/2012)
- State of Good Repair and Bus Livability Grants (07/23/2012)
- UIC Opening Plenary (07/11/2012)
- 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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- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
- Surface Transportation Board
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