April 13, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 12, 2021) President Joe Biden has nominated Nuria Fernandez to serve as administrator for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Full story: Progressive Railroading
April 13, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, April 12, 2021) NEW YORK — The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has submitted to Congress President Joe Biden’s $1.52 trillion discretionary funding request for Fiscal Year 2022, which includes $25.6 billion for the U.S. Department of...
April 12, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: CQ-Roll Call, April 9, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Department is engaging with lawmakers by sending out a spreadsheet filled with specifics as an opening salvo in what promises to be a pitched debate over President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion...
March 18, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 17, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the U.S. Department of Transportation highlights the transportation elements of the historic American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), which will provide immediate relief...
March 4, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, March 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In her time as former President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her position and agency staff to help family members who run a shipping business with ties to...
February 26, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 25, 2021) NEW YORK — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra will team “to fight climate change and limit the environmental impacts” from the countries’ transportation networks, USDOT...
February 8, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, February 7, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it will recommend fines ranging from $250 to $1,500 for people who do not abide by the new transportation mask order issued by President Joe Biden...
February 8, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: NBC Washington, February 5, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg met with Metro employees and front line rail workers at Union Station in D.C. in his first official event on Friday. Buttigieg discussed the new public...
February 4, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pete Buttigieg, sworn in Wednesday as transportation secretary, urged his 55,000 employees to embrace “imaginative, bold, forward thinking” as the Transportation Department embarks on a vital...
February 3, 2021 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: CNN, February 2, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary on Tuesday, making him the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary. Buttigieg’s confirmation elevates the former South Bend, Indiana,...
