April 27, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 26, 2010.) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) recently expanded its portfolio of transportation indicators by adding a table on freight-rail yields....
April 12, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on April 9, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation’s payments to states for work done under economic stimulus projects reached $10.264 billion by March 26, up $286...
April 1, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation has paid out $10 billion to states for highway repairs and other transport project work completed under last year’s...
March 31, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on March 31, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a federal rule that proposes to specifically prohibit texting by interstate commercial truck and bus drivers. The...
March 30, 2010 | CN, DOT, Headlines
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Daily Herald website on March 30, 2010.) CHICAGO — Federal aid alone won’t pay for meaningful highway projects these days, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday during a visit to the suburbs....
March 23, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $11.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) job training grants for 19 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. The grants, from the Federal Highway Administration’s “On the Job...
March 19, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
DURHAM, N.C. – Vice President Joe Biden today announced that 10,000 transportation projects are now under way in all 50 states and the District of Columbia thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Projects are considered under way when a contractor...
March 10, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 9, 2010.) On March 4, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation agreed to work with state and local officials to maintain service on a Montreal, Maine &...
March 9, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 8, 2010.) On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced a new round of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for 191 transit projects in 42 states and Puerto...
March 8, 2010 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on March 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced funding for 191 new Recovery Act transit projects in 42 states and Puerto Rico that...
