All Entries Tagged With: "Ray LaHood"
National Distracted Driving Summit Set for September
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the second National Distracted Driving Summit will be held on September 21, 2010, in Washington, DC. To build on the growing momentum sparked by the first summit last fall, Secretary LaHood will convene leading transportation officials, safety advocates, law enforcement, industry [...]
Women Urged to Earn Techology Degrees for Transportation Careers
- / N2N / – To help counter an anticipated shortage of skilled transportation workers, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today signed an agreement with the Women’s Transportation Seminar International to encourage women to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math – while pursuing careers in transportation. “There’s tremendous opportunity out [...]
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 [...]
$ 14.7 Million in Grants to Help Small Business Shipyards
- / N2N / – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $14.7 million in grant awards to help improve 17 small shipyards in 16 states. The funds will help these shipyards become more competitive by purchasing modern equipment and training workers. “These grants will help modernize small shipyards and strengthen our [...]
Cross-Border Trucking Tops High-Level Mexico-U.S. Talks
- / N2N / – Secretary of Communications and Transportation Juan Molinar Horcasitas and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood met Monday, April 12 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to discuss the broad range of transportation issues of fundamental economic interest to both countries. During the meeting, both officials agreed on the importance of cooperating [...]
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 [...]
Cargo to be Moved on Rivers to Reduce Highway Traffic
- / N2N / – Federal Officials Announce Program to Expand Use of America’s Marine Highways – Government to Promote Waterways to Cut Emissions and Reduce Highway Traffic. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today unveiled a new initiative to move more cargo on the water rather than on crowded U.S. highways. Under the “America’s Marine [...]
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 [...]
Distracted Truck Drivers Talking, Texting, & Typing
- / N2N / – On January first, Illinois joined the substantial minority of states who currently ban text messaging while driving. The new state law also bans checking email, updating social networking sites and general web-surfing while driving as well. The fact that the Illinois state legislature felt the need to specify a ban [...]
DOT Announces Federal Ban on Texting for Commercial Truck Drivers
– / N2N / – U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The prohibition is effective immediately and is the latest in a series of actions taken by the Department to combat distracted driving since the Secretary convened [...]
FHWA Revises Rules to Make Highways Safer
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – As part of his continuing effort to improve safety on the nation’s roads and bridges, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released a comprehensive update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The manual, which has been administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) since 1971, sets [...]
DOT Asks For More Rail Safety Oversight
- / N2N / – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today called on Congress to pass the Obama Administration’s Public Transportation Safety Program Act of 2009, a new transit safety bill to ensure a high and standard level of safety across all rail transit systems. The measure would effectively eliminate the statutory prohibition against imposing [...]
Mariners Reminded to Take Pirate Precautions
Washington, DC – / N2N / – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today reminded mariners about the importance of taking necessary precautions and implementing best practices in the wake of recent attacks on the M/V Harriett and Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia. “These ships’ successful defense against pirates should serve as a reminder [...]
