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Press Releases 2007

Speeches 2007

JANUARY

BTS Releases May 2007 Airline Traffic Data; Five-Month 2007 System Traffic Up 1.8 Percent From 2006 (08/16/07)

New Manual Helps Airports Respond to International Passengers with Communicable Diseases  (01/25/07)

News Digest (01/19/07)

New Air Traffic Control Tower to Lead to Continued Expansion of Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airport, According to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters (01/12/07)

News Digest (01/12/07)

DOT Proposes To Award New Daily U.S.-China Flight to United (01/09/07)

 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Announces Plans to Improve Vehicle Crash Tests and Five Star Rating Program (01/08/07)
DOT Provides Model Legislation for Private-Sector Involvement in Transportation Projects (01/08/07)

News Digest (01/05/07)

Growing Economy Making it Easier for Roanoke Railroad Industry to Add Jobs, Federal Railroad Administrator Says on Day Government Announced More Than 167,000 Jobs Were Created in December (01/05/07)

November’s Airline On-Time Performance Improves from Previous Month But Down from Last Year (01/03/07)

 



TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
WASHINGTON, DC (01/24/07)

AERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D.C.  (01/23/07)

NCAP REPORT RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT
DETROIT, MI (01/08/07)
 

FEBRUARY


DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Asks Department’s Inspector General to Review Why Passengers Were Left Stranded on Airliners for Hours (02/27/07)

FRA Administrator Denies DM&E Powder River Basin Loan Application (2/26/07)

New Program to Allow U.S. Trucks into Mexico for the First Time Ever, Change Way Some Mexican Trucks Operate Within the United States (02/23/07)

News Digest (02/23/07)

U.S. Officials Will Travel to Mexico to Conduct On-Site Safety Audits of Trucking Companies As Part of New Program Announced Today by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters (02/22/07)

Nation's Top Transportation Official Urges Manufacturers to Provide Free or Discounted DOT Certified Helmets or Driver Safety Training with the Purchase of Every New Motorcycle (02/16/07)

Federal Government Will Regulate Railroad Hours of Service and Increase Focus on Safety Risk Reduction, Under the Administration’s Proposed Rail Safety Legislation (02/14/07)

DOT Awards New Daily U.S.-China Flight to United Airlines  (02/08/07)

Flight Delays and Mishandled Bags Up, Consumer Complaints Down in 2006 From Previous Year   (02/07/07)

Bush Administration’s U.S. Department of Transportation Budget Request of $67 Billion to Finance Vital Construction, Congestion and Safety Programs, Provide Framework for Reforming Aviation System for Fiscal Year 2008 (02/05/07

Growing Economy Making it Easier for Fort Worth Industries to Add Jobs, U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Says on Day Government Announced More Than 111,000 Payroll Jobs Were Created in January (02/02/07)

News Digest (02/02/07)

 Secretary Peters Advances Plans to Reduce Congestion on the Nation’s Busiest Highways, Announces Semi-Finalists in Corridors of the Future Program (02/01/07)


FASTER FREIGHT – CLEANER AIR 2007
LONG BEACH, CA (02/27/07)

NATIONAL SAND, STONE AND GRAVEL ASSOCIATION MEETING (02/27/07)
MEXICAN TRUCKS NEWS CONFERENCE
EL PASO, TX (02/23/07)

WOMEN’S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR, LA
LOS ANGELES, CA (02/20/07)

MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INDIANAPOLIS, IN (02/16/07)

MISSOURI CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORTATION JEFFERSON CITY, MO (02/15/06)

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRANSPORTATION & THE GLOBAL ECONOMY CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, DC (02/13/07)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 (WEBCAST)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (02/05/07)
 

MARCH
DOT LogoNews Digest (03/30/07)

DOT LogoU.S., Argentina Add Flights Between the Two Countries (03/29/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (03/23/07)

DOT LogoDepartment of Transportation Offers Advice on the Safe Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices by Airline Passengers and Crew  (03/22/07)

DOT LogoVirgin America Can Meet U.S. Citizenship Test, DOT Tentatively Concludes Based on Substantially Revised Application  (03/20/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (03/16/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Maritime Administration, Vietnam Sign New Bilateral Maritime Agreement (03/15/07)

DOT LogoTS Releases Annual North American Surface Trade Numbers: 2006 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 8.9 Percent from 2005 (03/13/07)

DOT LogoAirlines Post Fewer Flight Delays, Mishandled Bags in January Than Previous Month But More Than January 2006 (03/05/07)

DOT LogoStatement from Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Regarding Tentative US-EU Open Skies Agreement (03/02/07)

DOT LogoDaylight Saving Time to Begin March 11, Expand by Four Weeks in 2007 (03/01/07)

EAST TENNESSEE CONFERENCE ON QUALITY GROWTH KNOXVILLE, TN (03/30/07)

AAAE/ACI-NA SPRING LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (03/26/07)

ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (03/23/07)

Statement by Secretary Peters on the U.S. – EU Open Skies Agreement (03/22/07)

FAA FORECAST CONFERENCE - WASHINGTON, D.C. (03/15/07)

RAILROAD DAY - WASHINGTON, D.C.  (03/14/07

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C. (03/14/07)

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, DC (03/12/07)

CANADIAN OPEN SKIES SIGNING, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT WASHINGTON, DC (03/12/07)

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES (03/08/07)

NCAP PUBLIC MEETING
WASHINGTON, DC (03/07/07)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. (03/05/07)

BORDER TRADE ALLIANCE WASHINGTON, DC (03/01/07)

 
APRIL
DOT LogoU.S., Mexican Trucks Will Begin Cross-Border Demonstration Program at Same Time (04/30/07)

DOT LogoU.S. and the European Union sign historic air transport agreement (04/30/07)

DOT LogoStatement by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Regarding New York Mayor Bloomberg’s Congestion Pricing Announcement (04/22/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (04/06/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces A Substantial Life-Saving Technology For All New Passenger Vehicles (04/05/07)

DOT LogoFlight Delays Rise in February (04/02/07)
 

 NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION TRILATERAL OPENING STATEMENT TUCSON, AZ (04/27/07)

NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION TRILATERAL CLOSING STATEMENT TUCSON, AZ (04/27/07)

NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL DECLARATION SIGNING TUCSON, AZ

UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA TRILATERAL TRANSPORTATION MEETING Tucson, AZ (04/27/07)

TUCSON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LUNCHEON
TUCSON, AZ (04/26/07)

UPS HUB ANNOUNCEMENT
SHANGHAI, CHINA (04/12/07)

MEDIA EVENT AT SAMSUNG AUSTIN, TX (04/03/07)

 

 
MAY

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Says Traffic Deaths on America’s Highways Down Slightly, but Far Too Many Lives Lost Every Year (05/25/07)

DOT LogoU.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS AND CHINESE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION YANG REACH NEW AGREEMENT TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF PASSENGER FLIGHTS, EASE MOST RESTRICTIONS ON CARGO FLIGHTS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES (05/23/07)

DOT LogoAirTran to Begin New Daily Atlanta-Washington Flight (05/18/07)

DOT LogoU.S. DOT Clears Virgin America to Begin Flying (05/18/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (05/18/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Airports Must Continue to Expand to Meet Continued Air Travel Demand, Study Shows (05/15/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (05/11/07)

DOT LogoAirlines On-Time Performance in March Better Than February But Slips From Previous Year (05/07/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Visits Damaged MacArthur Maze and Announces $2 Million in First Round of Emergency Relief (05/04/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (05/04/07)

U.S. – CHINA AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT (05/23/07)

FACT 2 NEWS CONFERENCE
ATLANTA, GA (05/15/07)

THOMAS BARRETT:  AIADA CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, DC (05/08/07)

EXPOTRANS 2007 CONFERENCE
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (05/07/07)

I-580 BRIDGE ER FUNDS ANNOUNCEMENT
OAKLAND, CA (05/04/07)

THE LATINO COALITION - SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC SUMMIT WASHINGTON, D.C. (05/02/07)

CALL BEFORE YOU DIG WASHINGTON, DC (05/01/07)

 
JUNE

DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Responds to Congressional Request Related to Fuel Economy Regulation (07/29/08)

DOT LogoStatement from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters (06/28/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Invites Applications
For New U.S.-China Aviation Rights (06/21/07)

DOT LogoUnited States, Georgia Sign Open-Skies Aviation Agreement (06/21/07)


DOT LogoNews Digest (06/15/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (06/08/07)

DOT LogoNINE CITIES NAMED SEMI-FINALISTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP FIGHT TRAFFIC JAMS, U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS ANNOUNCES (6/7/07)

DOT LogoAirlines On-Time Performance in April Better Than March But Slips From Previous Year (06/04/2007)

TEMPE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEMPE, AZ (06/28/07)

JEFF SHANE:  S P3 Infrastructure Finance Forum 2007, NY (06/22/07)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C. (06/13/07)

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
17th ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION & NATIONAL SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS CELEBRATION DINNER
WASHINGTON, DC  (06/12/07)

CONGESTION AND URBAN PARTNERSHIPS NEWS CONFERENCE
NEW YORK, NY (06/07/07)

SAFEWAY DISTRIBUTION CENTER NEWS CONFERENCE
DENVER, CO  (06/06/07)

SAFEWAY DISTRIBUTION CENTER NEWS CONFERENCE
DENVER, CO (06/06/07)
JULY

DOT LogoNews Digest (07/27/07)

DOT LogoDeclining Traffic Deaths Lead to Lowest Highway Fatality Rate Ever Recorded, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces (07/23/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (07/20/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (07/13/07)

DOT LogoPartnering to Make School Bus Safety Even Safer U.S. Department of Transportation Holds Public Forum on Seat Belts on School Buses (07/11/07)

DOT LogoU.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS SIGNS AVIATION AGREEMENT TO BENEFIT WASHINGTON’S AIR PASSENGERS AND BUSINESSES (07/09/07)

DOT LogoDOT Seeks Comments on Airline Bumping Rule (07/09/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (07/06/07)

DOT LogoAirlines On-Time Performance in May Better Than April But Slips From Previous Year (07/03/07)

JEFF SHANE: WEATHER AND TRANSPORTATION: TOWARD AN AGENDA Vienna, VA  (07/25/07)

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY SUMMIT WASHINGTON, D.C. (07/11/07)

U.S -CHINA AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT SIGNING REMARKS SEATTLE, WA (07/09/07)
 
AUGUST

DOT LogoStates Get More Than $109 Million For Increasing Seat Belt Use And Highway Safety (08/30/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (08/24/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (08/17/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Names Five Communities to Receive Funding to Help Fight Traffic Congestion (08/14/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest  (08/10/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces $50 Million in Immediate Emergency Relief for Minneapolis; $5 Million for Transit (08/10/07)

DOT LogoDeputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett Announces $35 Million for New Buses in New Orleans, Other Hurricane Katrina and Rita Transit Relief (08/10/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Cautions States to Carefully Consider Extra Weight Caused by Construction Projects on Bridges(8/8/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Deploys Team of Experts to Assist with Minneapolis Bridge Collapse (08/06/07)

DOT LogoAirline On-Time Performance Slips, Cancellations and Mishandled Bags Up in June (08/06/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (08/03/07)

DOT LogoSecretary Peters Asks Inspector General to Review the National Bridge Inspection Program (08/02/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces $5 Million in Immediate Funding During Visit To Downed I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis (08/02/07)

DOT LogoI-35 Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis, MN (FACT SHEET) 08/02/07)
 


CHINA ROUTE ANNOUNCEMENT
ATLANTA, GA (09/25/07)

TRANSIT AID ANNOUNCEMENT MINNEAPOLIS, MN (08/10/07)

EMERGENCY AID ANNOUNCEMENT MINNEAPOLIS, MN (08/10/07)

I-35 BRIDGE COLLAPSE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (08/02/07)
SEPTEMBER

DOT LogoNew Orleans Moving Beyond Recovery and Focusing on New Transportation Challenges, says U.S. DOT Secretary Peters (9/28/07)

DOT LogoDepartment of Transportation Announces New Steps to Tackle Aviation Congestion and Delays in New York Area, Across the Nation (09/27/07)

DOT LogoStatement of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Response to the Inspector General Report on Aviation Delays (09/25/07)

DOT LogoU.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS ANNOUNCES NEW U.S. – CHINA AVIATION ROUTES FROM ATLANTA, SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, NEWARK, DETROIT AND PHILADELPHIA (09/25/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (09/21/07)

DOT LogoDOT Moves Five Indiana Counties from Central to Eastern Time (09/20/07)

DOT LogoSan Diego to Receive $18 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Bus Service (09/17/07)

DOT LogoSecretary of Transportation Mary Peters Names Krakowski as FAA Chief Operating Officer (09/17/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (09/14/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Names Six Interstate Routes as “Corridors of the Future” to Help Fight Traffic Congestion (09/10/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (09/07/07)

DOT LogoFRA Proposed Rule Promotes Adoption of Advanced Train Braking Technology To Improve Rail Safety and Efficiency (09/04/07)

DOT LogoAirline On-Time Performance in July Better Than June But Slips From Previous Year (09/04/07)

AVIATION CONGESTION RELIEF PLAN
MEDIA BRIEFING (09/27/07)

NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION
ATLANTA, GA (09/25/07)

36th ICAO ASSEMBLY MONTREAL, CANADA (09/18/07)

WESTMARC BREAKFAST
GLENDALE, AZ (09/14/07)
 
OCTOBER

DOT LogoSTATEMENT FROM DOT SPOKESMAN BRIAN TURMAIL REGARDING TODAY’S PORT AUTHORITY NEWS CONFERENCE (10/26/07)

DOT LogoDaylight Saving Time to End Nov. 4, One Week Later Than Last Year (10/26/07)

DOT LogoStatement of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on President Bush's Nomination of Bobby Sturgell as Federal Aviation Administrator (10/23/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Sets Flight Reduction Targets for JFK Scheduling Meeting (10/19/07)

DOT LogoSecretary Peters Calls on Congress to Let Cross Border Truck Demonstration Proceed (10/17/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Calls Scheduling Meeting To Reduce Airline Delays at JFK International Airport (10/12/07)

DOT LogoAirline On-Time Performance in August Better Than July, Slips From Previous Year (10/03/07)

 

 


JFK AIRLINE SCHEDULING MEETING
WASHINGTON, D.C. (10/23/07)

MEDIA EVENT WITH SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND MEXICAN SECRETARY TELLEZ
WASHINGTON, DC (10/07/07)

FIGHTING CONGESTION WITH 21ST CENTURY PARKING METERS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (10/16/07)

PORTLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE
PORTLAND, OR (10/15/07)

VISIT TO COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER
PORTLAND, OR (10/15/07)

AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL – NORTH AMERICA ANNUAL CONFERENCE (10/01/07)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
NOVEMBER

DOT LogoNews Digest (11/23/07)

DOT LogoDOT Fines Carriers for Failing to Disclose On-Time Performance (11/19/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and President Bush Announce New Proposals to Improve Air Travel – Detail New Consumer Protection and Holiday Travel Measures (11/15/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (11/09/07)

DOT LogoAirline On-Time Performance Improves in September with Fewer Cancellations, Mishandled Bags  (11/05/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (11/03/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Announces Broad New Effort to Reduce Motorcycle Fatalities – Releases a Public Service Announcement on Her Personal Crash Survival (11/02/07)
 

 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS FALL FORUM PHOENIX, AZ (11/29/07)

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY RULES
RALEIGH, N.C. (11/19/07)

HOLIDAY TRAVEL NEWS CONFERENCE DENVER, CO (11/18/07)

NEW STEPS TO REDUCE FLIGHT DELAYS AND IMPROVE HOLIDAY AIR TRAVEL
WASHINGTON, D.C. (11/15/07)
DECEMBER

DOT LogoDOT Announces Final Decision for 2009 China Flights (12/28/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Announces New Proposals to Reduce Air Travel Delays During Holidays & Summer of 08 (12/19/07)

DOT LogoTransportation Secretary Peters Certifies Santa As Safe to Operate “Holly Davidson” Motorcycle to Deliver Toys to Good Little Girls and Boys (12/18/07)

DOT LogoDaily Death Toll from Drunk Driving Crashes Highest During Holiday Season, New Data Shows (12/18/07)

DOT LogoNews Digest (12/14/07)

DOT LogoDepartment of Transportation’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee Completes Work Evaluating Range of Solutions for New York Area Congestion (12/13/07)

DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Provides $1 Million in Immediate Emergency Relief for Flood-Damaged Oregon Roads (12/09/07)


 DOT LogoU.S. Department of Transportation Provides $1 Million in Immediate Emergency Relief for Flood-Damaged Washington Roads (12/08/07)
 

DOT LogoDOT Action on Chronically Delayed Flights Leads Airlines to Improve Practices (12/03/07)

DOT LogoOctober’s Airline On-Time Performance Better Than Previous Year But Down From September (12/03/07)

 

GETTING CONTROL OF AVIATION DELAYS
HERNDON, VA (12/19/07)

DRUNK DRIVING: WHAT A MISERABLE WAY TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS WASHINGTON, D.C. (12/18/07)


NORTHSTAR FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNING CEREMONY
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (12/11/07)

 


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