Transportation Department

Southwest Airlines Calls New Airfare Advertising Rule Unfair

aviationblog.dallasnews.com | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Transportation Department, Southwest, Advertising, Travel News, DOT Rules, US Transportation Department, Airlines, Airline Advertising, Dot, Travel News

Southwest Airlines Co. and some other carriers are fighting the U.S. Department of Transportation over a new airfare advertising rule scheduled to tak...

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12 (More) Airline Regulations We Need Now

George Hobica | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Airlnes, Transportation Department, Best Business Practices, Airline Travel, Dot, Travel News, US DOT, Regulation, Consumerism, Consumer Protection, Travel News

Many of the airline shenanigans I hear about raise my blood pressure. And although the US DOT has recently come up with some new regulations, I think we need some other rules to protect passengers.

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New Protections Coming For Air Travelers

AOL Travel | David Jones | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Flight Delays, Air Travel Woes, Business Travel Coalition, Checked Baggage, Transportation Secretary, Bag Fees, Tarmac Delays, Air-Traveler-Rights, American Airlines, Air Travel Hassles, Oversold Flights, Stranded-Air-Travelers, Air Travel, Ray Lahood, Flight Cancellations, Air Travel Delays, Travel Agents, Transportation Department, Jetblue, Gerard Arpey, Tarmac, Airbus A380, Travel Agent, Airlines, The Air Transport Association, Delta Airlines, Travel News

The U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a series of new consumer protection measures that will force airlines to disclose hidden fees, ...

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Northwest Airlines Failed To Follow FAA Safety Orders, Government Watchdog Confirms

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faa Enforcement Failure, Northwest Safety, Transportation Department Office of Inspector General, Northwest Airlines, Transportation Department, Faa, Northwest Safety Violations, Federal Aviation Administration, Northwest Report, Northwest Faa, Northwest, Travel News

WASHINGTON — A government watchdog has verified complaints by a federal inspector that Northwest Airlines wasn't following Federal Aviation Admi...

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Toyota Fine: Record $16 Million Penalty Adds To Recall Woes

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Breaks, Toyota Fine, Corolla, Toyota, Transportation Department, Camry, Toyota Recall, Sec, Toyota Gas, Toyota Record Fine, Business News

WASHINGTON — Toyota hurriedly ordered recalls of nearly 10,000 Lexus SUVs for possible rollover dangers Monday and agreed to a record $16.4 mill...

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Obama Bicycle Policy Wins Love From Cyclists, Scorn From Trucking Industry

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transportation Secretary, Ray Lahood, Transportation Department, Bicycle, Transportation, LaHood Bicycle, LaHood Bike, Dot, Bike Culture, Green News

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a weekend bicyclist, might consider keeping his head down and his helmet on. A backlash is bre...

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LaHood: Toyota Fined $16M For Recalls

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Recall 2010, Toyota, General Motors, Transportation Department, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nhtsa, Toyota Recall, Ray Lahood, Toyota Brake Recall, Business News

WASHINGTON — The government accused Toyota of hiding a "dangerous defect" and proposed a record $16.4 million fine on Monday for failing to quic...

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Toyota Recall: Government Still Hearing Complaints About Fixed Toyotas

AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Motors Corp., Akio Toyoda, Transportation Department, Toyota Brake Problems, Toyota Repairs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Toyota Recall, Toyota-Acceleration-Problems, Business News

DETROIT — At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under...

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El Paso Corp. Fined $2.3 million For Wyoming Pipeline Explosion

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Subsidary, Natural Gas, Rockies Express Pipeline, El Paso Corp., Transportation Department, Wyoming, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Denver News

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department said Tuesday it has fined the El Paso Corp. and a Colorado subsidiary $2.3 million for safety violati...

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Flight Delayed: New Airline Fines For Tarmac Stranding

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airline Fine, Delay Fine, Transportation Department, Fine, Travel Delay, Rochester, Tarmac Delay, Continental, Expressjet, Tarmac, Mesaba, Home News

WASHINGTON — The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportat...

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Tarmac Delays Limited: Government Imposes 3-Hour Limit

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarmac Stranding, Tarmac Limit, Transportation Department, Holiday Travel, Obama Administration, Tarmac Delays, Airlines, Business News

WASHINGTON — Stinky toilets, crying babies, airless cabins – the Obama administration said Monday passengers don't have to take it any mor...

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690,000 Clunkers Sold

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Gm, Cars and Trucks, Car Dealerships, Ford, Congress, Clunkers, Toyota, Honda, Ray Lahood, GM and Cash for Clunkers, Cars, Chrysler, General Motors, Transportation Department, Nissan, Cars Sold Under Cash for Clunkers, Business News

WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...

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Cash For Clunkers: Deadline Extended For Dealers To Submit Deals

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, National Automobile Dealers Association, Auto Dealers, Transportation Department, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department is assuring auto dealers they will get time to submit their pending Cash for Clunkers deals, as conti...

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Sobering News: Drunk Driving Arrests Up 30% For Women

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drunk Driving, Women Driving Drunk, Diane Schuler, NY Wrong-Way Crash, Drunk Driving Study, Crime, Transportation Department, Taconic Parkway Crash, Dwi, Dui, Taconic Parkway, Drunk Drivers, New York News

WASHINGTON — The number of women arrested for drunken driving has jumped nearly 30 percent in the past decade, a dangerous trend that was all to...

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Is Stimulus Spending Fast or Slow?

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus, Transportation Department, Economy, Ray Lahood, Economic Stimulus Package, Politics News

To date, the department has obligated $15.7 billion, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's latest blog post last night. That is a third of the department's overall stimulus budget.

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Airline Quality Was Better In 2008: Study

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aviation Institute Study, Airline Quality Study, Airlines, Airline Quality, Airline Study, Transportation Department, Slideshow, 2008 Airline Quality Report, Business News

WASHINGTON — Airlines carried fewer people last year, but did a better job for those who did fly. The rates of lost bags, late arrivals, passen...

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Yes, We Can Regulate CO2!

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Oil and Gas, George Bush, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Yes We Can, Carbon Dioxide, Obama, Co2, Transportration Secretary Roy LaHood, Bush-Era, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil Industry, Transportation Department, Takepart, Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Environment, Green News

Environmentalists are heralding Obama's decision to review the request by California and 13 other states to establish strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.

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The Traffic of Pay-to-Play Politics

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, Money, National Infrastructure, Budget, Secretary of Transportation, Clintons, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Budget, Transportation, Infrastructure, Kennedys, Illinois Senate, Bush Administration, John Fritchey, Rod Blagojevich, Transportation Department, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Federal Highway Fund, Illinois, Blagojevich Corruption, Ray Lahood Obama, Transportration Secretary Ray LaHood, Ray Lahood, Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Politics News

The Bush Administration's DOT succeeded in knocking a sizeable hole in Illinois' ban on pay-to-play deals that the state Senate had attempted to pass in the wake of the Blagojevich scandal.

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Delta Fined For Lack Of Arrival Data

AP | Dan Caterinicchia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SkyWest Airlines, Delta Fines, Delta Air Lines, Comair, Transportation Department, Delta, Atlanti Southeast Airlines, Business News

Federal regulators Monday fined Delta Air Lines Inc. $115,000 for failing to respond to customer requests for on-time arrival data of its flights. Th...

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Bush Orders Transportation Sec'y To Curb Airline Delays

New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD and JEFF BAILEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Flight Delays, Transportation Department, Faa, Business News

After years of airline delays and a truly miserable summer at the airports, President Bush publicly directed his transportation secretary today to cor...

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