Travel Weekly

Direct Air demise prompts new DOT rules for charter operators

The Transportation Department (DOT) is imposing new requirements on public charter operators following the demise of Southern Sky Air & Tours, an operator in Myrtle Beach, S.C., that offered public ...
GovCon Wire

DOT Designates Mitre Operator of Safety Testing Platform for Automated Vehicles

Mitre has been selected by the Department of Transportation to operate a prototype virtual application built to help developers test cooperative driving automation systems. The Federal Highway ...
Times Union

Operator in Orange County bus crash has ‘unacceptable’ rating from DOT

NESCONSET — The Long Island-based operator of the charter bus in Thursday’s fatal crash in Orange County is on the state Department of Transportation’s list of “unacceptable operators” for failing ...
Transport Topics

DOT Bans Truck, Bus Operators from Texting While Driving

This story appears in the Feb. 1 print edition of Transport Topics. WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood last week issued an order immediately forbidding commercial drivers from texting on ...
CCJ

DOT calls for rail companies to screen operators for sleep apnea; FMCSA wants rule, not rec’s

Despite the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Railroad Administration jointly issuing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on obstructive sleep apnea screening, the FRA ...