March 7, 2013 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the allocation of nearly $390 million in FY 2013 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act funds to reimburse the New York...
February 15, 2013 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, February 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced Advisory Committee to provide recommendations aimed at improving the national freight transportation system. A...
February 13, 2013 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Politico, February 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood mounted a forceful defense Tuesday of President Barack Obama’s investment in the country’s long-neglected passenger rail service, making what may have been one of his final...
February 6, 2013 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 4, 2013) TRENTON, N.J. — The federal Department of Transportation is releasing $2 billion in emergency aid for transit systems affected by Superstorm Sandy. Full story: www.nj.com
February 1, 2013 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, Secretary Ray LaHood announced to the employees of the U.S. Department of Transportation that after serving for four years in President Obama’s Cabinet, he...
January 30, 2013 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Huffington Post, January 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaving what he called “the best job I’ve ever had,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took some parting shots at lawmakers, mainly his fellow Republicans, for lacking a vision on...
January 18, 2013 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Detroit News, January 18, 2013) DETROIT, Mich. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will announce Friday that the M-1 Rail project will receive $25 million but a system of rapid buses will receive less than initially forecast. Full story: Detroit...
January 14, 2013 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Detroit Free press, January 14, 2013) DETROIT — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood this morning praised Detroit leaders and Michigan lawmakers for creating a regional transit authority and raising funds to build a 3.3-mile light-rail project along the...
December 6, 2012 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Politico, December 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he and President Obama will discuss his future in the Cabinet once Obama is finished with the fiscal cliff negotiations. Full story: Politico
December 6, 2012 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: C-SPAN, December 6, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will give an update on the Administration’s high-speed rail program at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Thursday. Full story:...
