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)
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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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