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Following are press releases and statements issued in the past few weeks. Anything issued before then can be accessed through the Department's public affairs archives web page. 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASES

U.S. Department of Transportation Awards New Mexico, Native American Tribes Over $202,000 in Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Grants; Distributes Emergency Response Guidebook (10/19/04)

US Department of Transportation Commits $82.2 Million for Cleveland Revitalization Project  (10/19/04)

NHTSA ILLEGAL LIGHTING CRACKDOWN CONTINUES (10/19/04)

Freight Boom Continues to Keep Auburn, Maine Railroad Busy; Local Railroad Helps Economy and Businesses Grow  (10/19/04)

FRA Announces First Ever Use of Locomotive Mounted Cameras to Study Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention (10/19/04)

$3.8 Million Transit Grant Will Help Revitalize Downtown Kalamazoo (10/19/04)

DOT Announces U.S.-China Air Cargo Rights in Final Order
(10/18/04)


Weekly News Digest (10/15/04)

Expanding Economy Leads to Come-Back Year for Stoughton Truck Factory as Jobs and Orders Surge  (10/14/04)

Federal Railroad Administration Awards $4.9 Million To Florida DOT for Self-Propelled Passenger Rail Car Demonstration  (10/14/04)

BTS Releases July Airline Traffic Data; Seven-Month Domestic Traffic Up 7.9 Percent From 2003 (10/14/04)

Ohio Receives Grant to Demonstrate New Safety Equipment at High-Risk Highway-Rail Grade Crossing (10/13/04)

Local railroad helps grow Wisconsin economy, U.S. Transportation Official says  (10/12/04)

U.S. Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on Great Lakes (10/12/04)

DOT Awards Grant to Marshall University for Transportation Research and Education (10/12/04)

Weekly News Digest (10/8/04)

U.S. Department of Transportation Invests in Pittsburgh Light Rail System  (10/8/04)

U.S. DOT Announces $73.8 Million For New York City East Side Access Project (10/7/04)

Skyrocketing Orders for New Railcars Keep Workers at Portland’s Gunderson, Inc. Railcar Manufacturing Plant Busy (10/7/04)

U.S. Deputy Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on Great Lakes  (10/7/4)

El Departamento de Transporte inaugura un sitio web en español sobre los derechos de los pasajeros aéreos (10/6/04)
     DOT Launches Website in Spanish About Rights of Air Travelers (10/6/04)

BTS Releases July Transportation Services Index (TSI) Combined Index and Passenger Index at New Highs (10/6/04)

Flight Delays in August Decrease From Previous Month (10/5/04)

Secretary Mineta Announces $13.6 Million For Expanded Rail Service In South Florida (10/4/04)

Weekly News Digest (10/1/04)

Federal Highway Administrator and Nevada Governor Meet to Address Costly Delays to U.S. 95 Widening Work  (9/30/04)

Springfield, Missouri Receives FRA Grant To Fund Rail Traffic Studies (9/30/04)

U.S. Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on Great Lakes (9/29/04)

Repair Roads Damaged by Hurricane Ivan in Pennsylvania (9/29/04)

U.S. Maritime Administrator Witnesses Firsthand Booming Business on Great Lakes (9/29/04)

2003 Freight Shipments with Canada and Mexico Approaching Pre-9/11 Levels, According to New Three-Country Database (9/28/04)

New U.S. DOT Grant to Fund More Stops and More Trains for Chicago’s Metra (9/27/04)

U.S. DOT Investing $38.8 Million in Upgrades to Chicago’s “L” Rail System (9/27/04)

US. Department of Transportation Awards Washington County $5.7 Million to Advance Congestion-Relieving Commuter Rail (9/23/04)

Secretary Mineta Honors FedEx Express Employees for Heroism (9/23/04)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Announces $13 Million in Border Safety Grants to Arizona and California (9/23/04)

Study Finds Electronic Stability Control Benefits  (9/23/04)

NHTSA Brings Focus to Child Safety Issue: Booster Seat Use Low Among Young Children  (9/23/04)

New Grant for Portland’s Yellow Line as it Generates New Retail, Residential Development (9/22/04)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Announces $31.2 Million in Border Safety Grants to Texas and New Mexico  (9/22/04)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Visits La Porte City to See How Local Railroad is Connecting Eastern Iowa to Expanding Economy   (9/22/04)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta Announces Funds to Repair Airport, I-10 Bridges damaged by Hurricane Ivan in Pensacola (9/21/04)

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta on the U.S. Commission on Oceans Policy Final Report, An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century (9/21/04)

Statement by the U.S. Department of Transportation On EPA Finding on Quality of Airline Drinking Water  (9/21/04)

BTS Releases Second Quarter 2004 Airline Financial Data; Regional Passenger Airlines Report Highest Rate of Domestic Profit (9/20/04)

U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $12.8 Million in Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Grants (9/20/04)

U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $250,000 To International Association of Fire Fighters for Hazmat Response Training
 (9/20/04)


U.S. Department of Transportation to Distribute 1.73 Million Hazmat Guidebooks to Police, Fire and Emergency Organizations  (9/20/04)

 

 

RECENT STATEMENTS & SPEECHES


EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW FREEDOM INITIATIVE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (10/13/04)


SHANE:  Port Industry Day
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (10/7/04)


ESCAMBIA BAY BRIDGE REOPENING (10/5/04)

Nation's Top Highway Official Says Arizona’s East Valley Detour Idea Boon to Economy, Taxpayers and Commuters  (10/01/04)

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION 35TH PLENARY
MONTREAL, CANADA (9/28/04)


CONFERENCE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (9/24/04)

 

INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY FORUM
CHANTILLY, VA (9/23/04)


IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY
LA PORTE CITY, IOWA
(9/22/04)


SHANE:  The Forum on Earth Observations
Washington, DC
(9/22/04)


SHANE:  Institute of Navigation – GNSS 2004 Conference
Long Beach, CA
(9/21/04)


EMERGENCY HURRICANE RELIEF
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

(9/21/04)


2004 SAFETY BELT USE SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT
(SEATTLE, WA)  (9/16/04)



 


 




 

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