January 27, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Michael Newsom was posted on the Biloxi Sun Herald website on January 27.) BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Against the backdrop of the broken Bay St. Louis bridge Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta gave the state good marks...
January 27, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Michael Newsom was posted on the Biloxi Sun Herald website on January 27.) BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Against the backdrop of the broken Bay St. Louis bridge Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta gave the state good marks...
January 26, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Katherine Yung was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on January 25.) FORT WORTH — The U.S. government plans to launch a number of initiatives this year aimed at reducing the rate of train accidents, Transportation Secretary...
January 26, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Katherine Yung was posted on the Dallas Morning News website on January 25.) FORT WORTH — The U.S. government plans to launch a number of initiatives this year aimed at reducing the rate of train accidents, Transportation Secretary...
January 26, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Gordon Dickson was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on January 26.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Federal inspectors will fan out across the country in search of safety problems on railroad tracks beginning in March, the most...
January 26, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Gordon Dickson was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on January 26.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Federal inspectors will fan out across the country in search of safety problems on railroad tracks beginning in March, the most...
December 22, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation circulated the following article on December 21.) WASHINGTON — Just in time for Christmas, Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and the North Pole’s Kris Kringle, a.k.a. Santa Claus, signed an Open Skies...
November 18, 2005 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Deepti Hajela on November 17.) NEW YORK — The board of Amtrak is looking for a new president to turn the troubled railroad around, not dismantle it, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said...
November 15, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on November 14.) WASHINGTON — A federally funded test of new technology designed to prevent train accidents in dark, or non-signalled, rail territory by electronically monitoring the position of...
November 8, 2005 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on November 7.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta today announced the Department of Transportation would implement recommendations to strengthen its oversight...
