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• Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 1.4 Percent in November from October (01/14/09)

• November Airline On-Time Performance Improves from Last Year (01/14/09)

• DOT Requires Stronger Railroad Hazmat Tank Cars to Improve Crashworthiness Final Rule Reduces Risk of Hazmat Spills from Train Accidents (01/12/09)

• U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $2 Million in Immediate Emergency Relief for Flood-Damaged Washington Roads (01/09/09)

• News Digest (01/09/09)

• North American Transborder Freight Data Press Releases (01/08/09)

• STATEMENT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (01/07/09)

• News Digest (12/31/08)

• USDOT Agrees to $516 Million Loan to Construct Inter-County Connector (12/23/08)

• U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces New Short-Term Effort to Address Congestion and Delays at LaGuardia Airport (12/22/08)

• FRA Begins Development of Positive Train Control Regulations New Rules will Support Implementation of Technology to Prevent Train Collisions (12/22/08)

• News Digest (12/19/08)

• Statement from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on President-Elect Barack Obama’s Selection of U.S. Congressman Ray LaHood to be the Next Secretary of Transportation (12/19/08)

• U.S. Department of Transportation Signs Agreement with Kansas City Southern Railway to Relieve Freight Congestion at Laredo Border (12/19/08)

• SANTA SKYLANES, ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD (12/18/08)
• NTERCITY HIGH-SPEED RAIL EVENT NEW YORK, NY (12/15/08)
• CANAL STREET LINE STREETCARS NEW ORLEANS, LA (12/12/08)
• TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  OVERLAND PARK, KS (12/11/08)

(More speeches)

• Cross Border Truck Safety Inspection Program (02/23/07)
• Report to Congress on Catastrophic Hurricane Evacuation Plan Evaluation (06/02/06)
• Letter from U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta to Senate and House Leadership on CAFE Reform (04/28/06)
• Rail Safety Technology Developments (USA Today Feature)
• Capacity Needs in the National Airspace System: An Analysis of Airport and Metropolitan Area Demand and Operational Capacity in the Future
• White House Proclamation on National Transportation Week 2006
• Surface Transportation Reauthorization
• Computer Reservations System (CRS) Regulations
• Air Carrier Payments
• Air Travel Consumer Report
• Transportation Statistics

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