September 18, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on September 17.) Anticipating the threat from Hurricane Isabel and storm damage to transportation infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Transportation today activated special plans to support...
August 20, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on August 19.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced the release of two grants totaling $40.7 million to the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC) to...
August 12, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on August 11.) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced requirements that will improve the safe operation of...
July 8, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on July 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Deputy Transportation Secretary Michael P. Jackson, who has been mentioned prominently as the eventual successor to Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, said...
May 16, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 15.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta today announced a grant of $69 million to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon for the...
May 15, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 14.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Transportation Acting Research and Special Programs Administrator Samuel G. Bonasso today announced a grant of $916,300 to the University of Wisconsin...
May 14, 2003 | DOT, Headlines, STB
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, May 14, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta will unveil the Bush Administration’s surface transportation reauthorization proposal, the “Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of...
May 13, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following press release on May 12.) WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta launches National Transportation Week this year at two events in Washington. At a May 12 news conference announcing the...
May 9, 2003 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportatin issued the following news release on May 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta today announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is providing more than $51 million in funding to...
May 5, 2003 | DOT, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation today moved to secure the transport of dangerous goods, including...
