Transportation Department /tags/transportation-department Transportation Department en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:22:12 GMT Transportation Department tightens noncitizen truck driver rules after fatal crash in Florida /transportation/2025-09-26/transportation-department-tightens-noncitizen-truck-driver-rules-after-fatal-crash-in-florida The nationwide audit of these licenses began after a fatal U-turn crash in Florida that killed two people caused by a truck driver who officials said was in the country illegally. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said also threatened to revoke $160 million in federal funding for California because investigators found that one in four of the 145 commercial drivers licenses for non-citizens issued since June should have never been issued. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:22:12 GMT /transportation/2025-09-26/transportation-department-tightens-noncitizen-truck-driver-rules-after-fatal-crash-in-florida Josh Funk | AP Transportation Writer State initiative aims to reduce risk of speed-related crashes /government-politics/2025-07-14/state-initiative-aims-to-reduce-risk-of-speed-related-crashes The eighth annual Operation Southern Slow Down campaign was launched across Florida Monday, aiming to reduce the risk of speed-related crashes by leveraging the use of enhanced enforcement of speed limits and public safety messaging about the dangers of speeding. Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:30:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-07-14/state-initiative-aims-to-reduce-risk-of-speed-related-crashes WGCU Staff Moody's report says toll-road discounts could drive future ‘pressure’ from motorists /state/2022-12-22/moodys-report-says-toll-road-discounts-could-drive-future-pressure-from-motorists Transponder users will receive 50 percent credits each month they record 35 or more toll-road trips. The financial ratings agency wonders what will happen when the program ends, Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:00:00 GMT /state/2022-12-22/moodys-report-says-toll-road-discounts-could-drive-future-pressure-from-motorists Jim Turner - News Service of Florida U.S. fines airlines $7.5 million and they must refund customers for canceled flights /transportation/2022-11-14/u-s-fines-airlines-7-5-million-and-they-must-refund-customers-for-canceled-flights Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced action against six airlines, but only one is a U.S. carrier; the others are foreign. "It's too little and too late," one consumer advocate says. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:23:00 GMT /transportation/2022-11-14/u-s-fines-airlines-7-5-million-and-they-must-refund-customers-for-canceled-flights David Schaper Norman Mineta, first Asian American Cabinet secretary, dies at age 90 /news/2022-05-04/norman-mineta-first-asian-american-cabinet-secretary-dies-at-age-90 Mineta served during the Clinton and Bush administrations, leading the Department of Transportation through the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. Wed, 04 May 2022 11:54:35 GMT /news/2022-05-04/norman-mineta-first-asian-american-cabinet-secretary-dies-at-age-90 The Associated Press Elaine Chao Used DOT Resources For Personal Errands, Family Business, IG Report Says /news/2021-03-04/elaine-chao-used-dot-resources-for-personal-errands-family-business-ig-report-says The Transportation Department's inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. The DOJ declined to open its own investigation. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:16:24 GMT /news/2021-03-04/elaine-chao-used-dot-resources-for-personal-errands-family-business-ig-report-says Jaclyn Diaz