DOT Press Releases
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03/12/2008—Department of Transportation Releases Study of Potential Environmental Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure in U.S. Central Gulf Coast
03/10/2008—U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Announces Agreement To Limit Flights at Newark, Efforts to Accelerate NextGen
03/10/2008—U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Announces Agreement To Limit Flights at Newark, Efforts to Accelerate NextGen
03/05/2008—TSA Announces Expansion of 'Diamond' Self-Select Lanes
03/04/2008—Train Accidents Decline for Third Consecutive Year, Other Rail Safety Data Improves
02/13/2008—U.S. DOT Takes Action to Reduce Train Accidents Caused by Human Error, Greater Accountability Placed on Railroad Management and Employees for Safety
02/12/2008—Dangerous Goods Advisory Bulletin: Ethyl Chloride in Aluminum Cylinders
01/15/2008—New 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook Coming
01/15/2008—DOT to Address Cargo Tank Rollovers
01/31/2008—Important Change in International Land and Sea Travel Document Procedures
01/07/2008—Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Reached a Monthly Record High in October 2007
12/28/2007—US DOT Hazmat Safety Rule to Place Limits on Lithium Batteries Carried by Passengers Aboard Aircraft Effective January 1, 2008
12/27/2007—Highway Signs to Get Brighter, Safer Under New Federal Requirements
New Rules on Highway Sign Retroreflectivity Issued This Week
12/26/2007—FMCSA Proposes Rule with Mandatory Training Requirements for Commercial Driver’s License Applicants
12/14/2007—FAA Statement on Pilot Retirement Age
12/11/2007—FMCSA Announces Retention of Limits on Truck Driver Hours of Service
11/23/2007—Federal Highway Administration Announces $1.59 Million in Grants for Innovative Highway Technologies
11/07/2007—New FAA Rule Boosts Aircraft Wiring Safety
11/05/2007—Safety Rules Reinforced with Satellite Technology for Mexican, U.S. Trucks Participating in the Cross-Border Trucking Demonstration Project
10/31/2007—BTS Releases North American Surface Trade Numbers for August: August Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.2 Percent from August
10/01/2007—$250,000 Grant Boosts Hazardous Materials Response Training Around the Nation
10/01/2007—DOT Grants $372,000 to American Indian Tribes to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training
10/01/2007—DOT Grants $12.8 Million to First Responders and Emergency Workers to
Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training
09/28/2007—Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Opens Comment Period For Revised Edition of “How to Use the Hazardous Materials Regulations”
09/06/2007—Issues Pertaining To The Proposed NAFTA Cross-Border Trucking Demonstration Project
09/06/2007— U.S. & Mexican Trucking Companies Cleared to Operate Beyond the Border; DOT Provides Details on Steps Taken to Ensure Safety of Year-Long Demonstration Project in Response to Latest Inspector General Report
09/05/2007—FAA Issues Final Decision on Airspace Redesign
09/04/2007—FRA Proposed Rule Promotes Adoption of Advanced Train Braking Technology To Improve Rail Safety and Efficiency
08/22/2007—Canada Gazette: Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations
08/09/2007—New US DOT Rule to Ban Non-Rechargeable Lithium Battery Shipments on Passenger Aircraft Finalized
08/03/2007—Despite TSA's Lift on the Cigarette Lighter Ban, DOT's Hazmat Rules Still Hold Restrictions
07/09/2007—U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Signs Aviation Agreement to Streamline U.S.-China Travel and Shipping from Seattle
06/29/2007—U.S. Department of Transportation Responds to Congressional Request Related to Fuel Economy Regulation
06/28/2007—New Electronic Guidebook to Help First Responders Quickly and Safely Respond to HazMat Incidents
06/06/2007—New Federal Grant for Arizona, Georgia, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia will Help Cut Construction Times, Reduce Gridlock for Projects
05/31/2007—Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Reached a Monthly Record High in March 2007
04/30/3007—U.S. and the European Union Sign Historic Air Transport Agreement
04/30/2007—U.S., Mexican Trucks Will Begin Cross-Border Demonstration Program at Same Time
04/23/2007—U.S. Ranks Second in World Maritime Container Traffic
04/05/2007—U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces a Substantial Life-Saving Technology for All New Passenger Vehicles
04/04/2007—Federal Loan Jump Starts Louisiana's Highway 1 in Port Fourchon
04/03/2007—FAA Implements Technology for Final Oceanic Routes
03/29/2007—FRA Approves Waiver for New Braking Technology to Improve Train Control and Safety
03/22/2007—Department of Transportation Offers Advice on the Safe Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices by Airline Passengers and Crew
03/14/2007—FMCSA Announces Public Listening Sessions
03/07/2007—Train Accidents Decline for Second Year in a Row, Preliminary 2006 Safety Data Show
02/23/2007—New Program to Allow U.S. Trucks into Mexico for the First Time Ever, Changing the Way Some Mexican Trucks Operate Within the United States
02/15/2007—America’s Marine Highway Initiative
02/14/2007—Federal Government Will Regulate Railroad Hours of Service and Increase Focus on Safety Risk Reduction, Under the Administration’s Proposed Rail Safety Legislation
02/02/2007—Rail Employees at Nation’s Largest Rail Yard to Confidentially Report ‘Close Calls’ Under New Federal Rail Safety Pilot Project
01/26/2007—FRA Issues Safety Advisory on Maintenance Equipment
01/08/2007—FRA Inaugurates ‘New Era of Rail Safety’ with Approval of First Positive Train Control System Developed Under New Regulations
01/08/2007—DOT Provides Model Legislation for Private-Sector Involvement in Transportation Projects
01/05/2007—Growing Economy Making it Easier for Roanoke Railroad Industry to Add Jobs, FRA Says on Day Government Announced More Than 167,000 Jobs Were Created in December
01/05/2007—Rose A. McMurray Named as Chief Safety Officer for FMCSA
12/11/2006—Highway Traffic Up in 2005: New Data Reveal America's Traffic Congestion Getting Worse
11/29/2006—New Fatigue Study Findings Focus on Train Crew Work Schedules to Reduce Human Errors that Cause Train Accidents
10/19/2006—New Federal Grant to Help Train California First Responders to Deal with Hazardous Materials Incidents
10/04/2006—New Federal Grant to Help Train Pennsylvania First Responders to Deal with Hazardous Materials Incident
07/05/2006—DOT Proposes Revoking IATA’s Antitrust Exemption for Transatlantic and U.S.-Australia Fare and Rate Coordination
International Transportation Agency News
12/05/2007—Weaker Economic Outlook Puts Drag on Cargo Growth
11/15/2007—DGAC/PHMSA Hazmat Transportation Instructor Best Practices Partnership
11/06/2007—Fifty Years of Safe Dangerous Goods
11/05/2007—Paper-Free Air Freight Era Begins - IATA Launches Six E-Freight Pilot Programs
10/30/2007—APL Taking Delivery of the World's First 'Ocean-Capable' 53-Foot Containers
08/31/2007—Industry Registers Record Traffic Volumes, Load Factors in July
08/02/2007— High–Level Meeting on Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa, September 17, 2007, ICAO Headquarters, Montreal
08/02/2007— IATA Publishes an Addendum to the 48th Edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations
07/27/2007— Amendments to MARPOL Annex I enter into force on 1 August 2007
07/11/2007—UN Secretary-General Confirms Support for IMO Initiative on Piracy in Somalia
07/06/2007—No More Excuses: IATA Report Delivers Roadmap for Single European Sky
07/02/2007—Indonesia Commits to Improving Aviation Safety
06/08/2007—The UNECE Publishes Consolidated Versions of the Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic and of the European Agreement Supplementing It
06/07/2007—Commit to a Single European Sky - IATA Urges Chancellor Merkel to Bring Real Environmental Results to the G-8 Table
06/07/2007—Pioneering UN Atlas of Oceans Turns Five: Expert-run Website the Definitive Source for Information on World Oceans
05/03/2007—Moldova joins the European Agreement on Road Traffic
04/30/2007—IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos and European Commissioner for Environment Dimas Converge on Response to Current Environmental Challenges
04/26/2007—Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases Progresses Work on Reducing Air Pollution from Ships
04/16/2007—Making a Safe Industry Even Safer: IATA Releases 2006 Safety Report
04/04/2007—IATA: Leadership Challenges for Asian Aviation
04/03/2007—UNECE Releases Recommendations on Radioactive Scrap
03/29/2007—IATA Urges Asia to Participate in Environment Debate
03/06/2007—Challenges for Change: IATA World Cargo Symposium Held in Mexico City
03/02/2007—US-EU Agreement: Step In the Right Direction - Good Start But Both Sides Must Think Bigger
02/16/2007—Participants of ICAO Environmental Meeting Agree on Guidance for Aviation Emissions Trading
02/13/2007—IATA: Every Minute Counts; Air Traffic Management Efficiency = Environmental Responsibility
02/09/2007—New International Rules to Allow Storage of Carbon Dioxide Under the Seabed
01/05/2007—IATA: Passenger Traffic Recovers to Reach Six Month High
01/01/2007—MARPOL Amendments Take Effect: Stricter Rules for Carriage of Chemicals and Vegetable Oils in Bulk
12/11/2006—ICAO Issues Recommendations for the Screening of Liquids Taken on Board Aircraft
11/30/2006—Freight Growth Dips to One-Year Low as Passenger Demand Rises
07/26/2006—IMO on the Move
Enforcement Actions
12/05/2006—FRA Proposes Higher Fines for Violations of Federal Rail Safety Regulations
10/30/2006—U.S. DOT Fines Fung Wah for Violating Federal Safety Regulations
08/31/2006—Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration August 2006 Notice of Hazardous Materials Regulations Enforcement
08/07/2006—Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration July 2006 Notice of Hazardous Materials Regulations Enforcement
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Legislation
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