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

RECENT STATEMENTS & SPEECHES

President’s Budget Recommends $1.83 Billion for Transit Construction, Including 10 New Projects Across the Nation (05/08/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $258 Million in Economic Recovery Funds for Airports Across the United States (04/08/09) BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI); Freight Index Rose 2.0 Percent in February from January (04/08/09) DOT Proposes to Approve Star Alliance Plan to Add Continental, Establish Joint Venture (04/07/09) News Digest (04/03/09) January 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 27.2 Percent from January 2008 (03/31/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Signs a Cooperative Agreement with the Chinese on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods (03/30/09) NHTSA Presents 15 Awards for Safety Accomplishments (03/30/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $229 Million in Economic Recovery Funds for Aviation (03/27/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Brings $36 Million in Federal Recovery Act Funds to Pay for Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail (03/27/09) U.S. Department of Transportation Posts New Fuel Economy Standards for Model Year 2011 Cars and Light Trucks (03/27/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces More Than $28 Million for Arizona Airports Under Economic Recovery Act (03/26/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Recovery Act Funding for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (03/24/09) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Recovery Act Funding for Tribal Transit  (03/24/09) Hummer Appointed to Head Maritime Administration’s Northern California Gateway Office (03/23/09) DOT Proposes Continental, US Airways for New U.S.-Brazil Air Services (03/20/09) New Jersey’s I-295/I-76/Route 42 ‘Direct Connection’ Project Receives Green Light from Feds (03/20/09) Middle Class Task Force Holds Town Hall Meeting on the Recovery Act (03/19/09) Decline In American Driving Still Evident (03/19/09) HUD and DOT Partnership: Sustainable Communities (03/18/09) 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.1 Percent from 2007 (03/18/09) DOT Moving Quickly to Use Transportation Funding for Economic Recovery, Transportation Secretary LaHood Says (03/17/09) January 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.9 Percent from January 2008 (03/17/09) New Federal Report Highlights Improvement In Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System Ballast Water Inspection Process (03/13/09) U.S. Seaway Corporation Receives First Year of Infrastructure Renewal Funding (03/12/09) December 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 5.7 Percent in December from 2007 and Down 3.7 Percent in 2008 (03/12/09) First Economic Recovery Act Money Released; U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $12 Million for Pennsylvania Airports (03/12/09) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 2.3 Percent in January from December (03/11/09) Airline On-Time Performance Improves In January  (03/11/09) U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Signs $900 Million Agreement to Fund Wiehle Avenue Extension of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project (03/10/09) RECARO Recalls “Signo” Child Safety Seats (03/09/09) Vice President Biden, U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood, Miami Mayor Diaz Announce Availability of $8.4 Billion in Public Transportation Investments; Miami Intermodal Center Cited as Model for Investment (03/05/09) December 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 13.1 Percent from December 2007 (03/03/09) President Obama Marks Historic Transportation Investment Vice President Biden, Secretary LaHood Join in Ceremony at DOT (03/03/09)

FAA Forecast Conference (03/31/09) Amer. Association of Port Authorities (03/24/09) National League of Cities (03/17/09) APTA Legislative Conference (03/09/09)

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