October 28, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation circulated the following on October 28.) WASHINGTON — Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday, Oct. 30, For Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, when clocks will be set back one...
October 4, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on October 4.) WASHINGTON — Forty-seven million dollars in federal emergency funds are now available to help restore transit service to New Orleans and to expand service to address the...
September 23, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on September 22.) WASHINGTON — Mobile air traffic control equipment, technical personnel, trucks, buses, airplanes and ocean-going vessels are now in place to support the massive federal,...
July 27, 2005 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Robert Cohen was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on July 27.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak could save millions of dollars a year by eliminating sleeper-car service and dining facilities on its money- losing long-distance trains,...
July 27, 2005 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 26.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak should explore eliminating its first-class sleeper and dining-car services on some or all of its long-distance trains to save money, a Transportation Department watchdog recommended on...
July 21, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on July 20.) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) today launched a new project to make seats and tables on commuter...
June 24, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 23.) BOISE, Idaho — U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is scheduled to visit Boise Friday to tour a locomotive factory. He’s also expected to publicly argue for passage of a highway...
May 17, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jacob Jordan on May 16.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — More federal oversight and regulation are needed to prevent railroad wrecks such as the one that caused a deadly spill in Graniteville more than four months ago,...
May 17, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 16.) WASHINGTON — A new plan to improve safety along the nation’s railroads was unveiled today by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta during a visit to Columbia,...
May 16, 2005 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Sammy Fretwell was posted on the State website on May 14.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Four months after a disastrous train wreck in Graniteville, the federal government’s top transportation official will visit Columbia to announce plans for...
