All Entries Tagged With: "Department Transportation"
DOT Teams With NETS to Reduce Distracted Driving
VIENNA, Va. – / N2N / – The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation to offer a free comprehensive tool kit to help companies address distracted driving and improve the driving safety of employees — whether they drive on the job or just to and from [...]
New Rules Proposed to Prevent Railroad Crew Distractions
- / N2N – / U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today continued his campaign to stop distracted driving by announcing a proposed rule to prohibit the improper use of distracting electronic devices by on-duty railroad operating employees. If adopted, the rules would explicitly restrict and in some cases prohibit the use of cell phones and [...]
February Canada – Mexico Surface Trade Up 24.1%
- / N2N / – Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 24.1 percent higher in February 2010 than in February 2009, reaching $59.5 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The 24.1 [...]
DOT Study Blames U.S. Freight Trucks & Others for Greenhouse Gas
- / N2N / – A number of strategies can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, such as using low-carbon fuels, increasing vehicle fuel economy, improving system efficiency and reducing travel that involves high levels of carbon emissions, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). “Reducing [...]
Freight Transportation Services Index for February Rises .3 Percent
- / N2N / – The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.3 percent in February from its January level, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the Freight TSI index has [...]
Trucker Texting Adds To Distracted Driving Epidemic
- / N2N / – As technological devices for communication and navigation become more portable and their use more widespread, there has been a marked increase in distracted driving. This rise has been so meteoric that U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently referred to distracted driving as an “epidemic.” The National Highway Traffic [...]
Feds Propose Texting Ban for all Interstate Truck Drivers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – / N2N / - U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a federal rule that proposes to specifically prohibit texting by interstate commercial truck and bus drivers. The proposed rule would make permanent an interim ban announced in January 2010 that applied existing safety rules to the specific issue of texting. The [...]
Recovery Act Touts 10,000 Transportation Projects, $ 29.8 Billion, Jobs
DURHAM, NC – / N2N / – Vice President Joe Biden today announced that 10,000 transportation projects are now under way in all 50 states and the District of Columbia thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Projects are considered under way when a contractor has been hired, the project has received official [...]
ATA sues DOT Over Driving Time Rules
- / N2N / – A trucking industry lobbying group is suing the Department of Transportation in an effort to force the agency to issue regulations related to limitations on truckers’ driving time. If the American Trucking Associations prevails, the federal department would be compelled to issue rules describing the documents trucking companies would need [...]
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent Resigns
U.S. – / N2N / – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Allen Worley, Superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, effective January 4, 2010. “The Merchant Marine Academy has gone through an important rebuilding year and is positioned for reaching the next level,” said [...]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Tours Manchester Airport Access Road Construction Site
? – N2N – / Manchester, NH – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, U.S. Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter and New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Commissioner George Campbell at a press conference to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is helping to get New Hampshire and the [...]
DOT Medical Marijuana Policy
/ – N2n – / Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for Federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of “medical marijuana.” http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/medical‐marijuana.pdf. We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation’s [...]
Newly Formed Safety Council to Take Safety Commitment to Next Level
Washington, D.C. – / – N2N – / Secretary Ray LaHood today convened the first meeting of a newly created U.S. Department of Transportation Safety Council formed to tackle critical transportation safety issues facing the department’s 10 operating administrations. “Now is the time to identify and address the top safety issues that cut across our [...]
