DOT Announces $3B to Fund Resiliency of Transit Agencies Affected by...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the availability of approximately $3 billion to strengthen the resiliency of public transportation systems affected by Hurricane Sandy, which...
View ArticleMore Than 13 Years Since Day With No Texas Road Fatalities
The grim task where authorities notify people a loved one has died in a traffic wreck has reached unprecedented daily occurrences in Texas. State Department of Transportation figures show at least one...
View ArticleDOT Extends Research on Alcohol Detection Technology
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has extended for five years its agreement with automakers to continue researching advanced alcohol detection...
View ArticleWest Virginia Rock and Mud Slides Expensive to Clean Up
Recent rock and mud slides are straining the West Virginia Department of Transportation’s maintenance fund. The cleanup of a rock slide in Raleigh County that has closed a section of W.Va. Route 3...
View ArticleNew Mexico Awarded Federal Grant for Flood Damaged Highways
The New Mexico Department of Transportation is receiving a $1.6 million federal grant to repair and reconstruct highways damaged by flooding last September. The announcement by members of the state’s...
View ArticleSenator Says DOT Timetable on Rail Tanker Rules Taking too Long
Sen. John Hoeven says the Department of Transportation needs to speed up its timeline for finalizing new rules on the construction of rail tanker cars. Hoeven’s comments came after the DOT published an...
View ArticleGeorgia DOT Collects More Than $1M for Accident Damages
State transportation officials say an initiative to recover money to pay for damage to state property in traffic accidents has netted the agency more than $1 million. GDOT officials say annual damages...
View ArticleElectronic Logbook Proposal Could Help Prevent Fatigued Drivers
A proposal to require interstate commercial truck and bus companies to use electronic logging devices (ELDs) in their vehicles to improve compliance with the safety rules that govern the number of...
View ArticleCommentary: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Making Safer Cars
Can a federal regulation be worthwhile if its monetized costs exceed its monetized benefits? Consider the Department of Transportation’s decision last week to require rear-visibility cameras in...
View ArticleFed to Require Speed Limiters on Trucks
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is about to mandate the use of speed limiters – also known as Electronic Control Modules (ECM) – on certain trucks traveling U.S. highways. The department’s March...
View ArticleArizona Launches Safety Plan to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes
State transportation officials said Wednesday that construction has begun near several Phoenix freeways to get the attention of wrong-way drivers in the wake of several deadly crashes. The Arizona...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Transportation Department Reviews Highway After Crashes
The North Dakota Transportation Department is assessing safety at a highway intersection following a string of accidents near Alexander in the northwestern part of the state. McKenzie County emergency...
View ArticleTruck Didn’t Slow Down Before Crash That Killed 5
An 18-wheeler that slammed into a car that had stopped or nearly stopped in a Kansas City, Mo., highway traffic lane, killing the car’s five occupants, didn’t brake or try to avoid the crash, according...
View ArticleFeds Seek Drone Registry Amid Safety Concerns
The Obama administration is taking the first steps to require that buyers of drones register the unmanned aircraft with the government to combat a growing safety threat, according to a person familiar...
View ArticleHighway Fatalities Climb 8.1% in 2015 Likely Driven by Lower Fuel Prices
The death toll on U.S. highways rose 8.1 percent in the first half of 2015 as low fuel prices contributed to a jump in miles driven by Americans, according to new figures from the Transportation...
View ArticleU.S. Considers Overhauling Auto Safety Crash Test Ratings
The U.S. Transportation Department will today propose a remake of its influential crash-test ratings system to incorporate new technology designed to avoid collisions. Regulators will add a...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Official Blames Highway Elevation Change for Car Crashes
A county official says an elevation change on a Day County highway is partly responsible for the high accident rate along that stretch. Day County Emergency Management director Wes Williams calls the...
View ArticleAuto Industry, U.S. Reach Agreement to Improve Safety, Cybersecurity
The U.S. Transportation Department and 17 automakers have reached agreement on efforts to enhance safety, including sharing information to thwart cyberattacks on their increasingly wired vehicles....
View ArticleGovernment Proposes Vehicle to Vehicle Communication Requirement
All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department proposed Tuesday....
View ArticleCommentary: U.S. Highway Death Rate Can Be Cut to Zero
In the near future, the U.S. should be able to prevent thousands, and perhaps tens of thousands, of deaths on the roads and highways. The Department of Transportation has proposed a Road to Zero — the...
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