Tag: U.S. Department of Transportation: Page 11

Roadbuilding

Acceptance of connected vehicles depends on cost, LaHood says

Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said at a connected-vehicle conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that Americans’ acceptance of vehicle-to-vehicle communication will depend on the cost of the technology, Reuters reported. U.S. regulators believe the technology could help avoid or reduce the severity of about 80 percent of crashes that do not involve an impaired […]

May 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

DOT spokeswoman moves to FAA chief of staff

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Public Affairs Director Sasha Johnson is set to become chief of staff for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the end May, The Hill reported. Johnson has worked with the DOT since 2009, and Friday will be her last day at the DOT. The Hill reported that Meghan Keck will […]

May 7, 2013

Business

Obama taps Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as Transportation Secretary

According to a report from our sister site Better Roads, President Barack Obama has tapped Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx as the next Transportation Secretary. Should the Senate approve of the nomination, Foxx will replace Ray LaHood, who decided to step down from his position near the end of January. LaHood decided to stay […]

April 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

LaHood addresses Tampa bike safety summit attendees

At a national bike safety summit in Tampa, Florida, today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he thinks the Tampa area can become bike-friendly, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Today’s bike safety summit, one of two scheduled this month, focused on ways Tampa can do just that. LaHood addressed ways the community could become more […]

April 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

U.S. experiences 3.6-percent increase in commercial trucks crossing borders in 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released figures reporting 3.6 percent more commercial trucks crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico in 2012 than in 2011. The figures, from BTS’s 2012 Border Crossing/Entry Data, show that 10.7 million commercial […]

April 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

LaHood applauds repurposed Macomb Transit Center

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told Better Roads in May 2011 that he’d like to see American jobs created by “taking some shuttered industrial plants and opening them with American workers.” Nearly a year later, LaHood’s dream is finally coming true. LaHood took to his blog today to discuss the opening of the Macomb Transit […]

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Variable pricing: A case study

Using different tolls for different times of days and different vehicles is an increasingly common consideration for agencies facing gridlock or suffocating congestion on a regular basis.

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

U.S. DOT introduces bike safety summits

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced yesterday on his Fast Lane blog that the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) will host two bike safety summits this year as part of the department’s effort to help protect bicyclists on roadways. The first summit will be held in Tampa, Florida, on April 11; the second […]

April 2, 2013

Business

Transportation Sec. LaHood: “America is one big pothole”

During an interview on National Public Radio’s “The Diane Rehm Show,” outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asked lawmakers and whoever replaces him to think outside of the box in order to find more transporation funding. LaHood voiced his disappointment with infrastructure spending in the U.S. and the MAP-21 transportation bill Congress passed last summer, […]

February 8, 2013

Roadbuilding

September 2012 surface trade with Canada, Mexico fell 0.1% from September 2011

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 0.1 percent lower in September 2012 than in September 2011, totaling $77.7 billion, unadjusted for inflation, according to a Nov. 27, 2012, bulletin from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department […]

November 27, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

The U.S. Department of Transportation quietly announced that more than $470 million in unobligated earmarks was being released to the states for investment in infrastructure.

October 9, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

The U.S. Department of Transportation quietly announced that more than $470 million in unobligated earmarks was being released to the states for investment in infrastructure.

October 9, 2012