Tag: U.S. Transportation Secretary

Roadbuilding

Trump taps former labor chief Elaine Chao as next transportation secretary

Several media outlets with sources inside President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team are reporting that Trump has selected Elaine Chao as the next head of the U.S Department of Transportation. The choice is expected to be formally announced later today, according to the New York Times, which says its report is “confirmed by someone with direct […]

November 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Crews complete Oregon’s Whilamut Passage Bridge four months early

[Correction: This article originally reported that the new bridges would “double highway capacity by accommodating three lanes of traffic with shoulders on each bridge.” However, the bridges will actually carry two lanes of traffic in each direction–the same as the old bridges. The incorrect statement has been removed.] Crews completed construction last week of the […]

July 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

The Mayor and the Secretary: Foxx watching

While Anthony Foxx has yet to light up the headlines, he has started work at a tough job with what appears to be a lukewarm and not-too-long honeymoon period. So we wait to see just what kind of Secretary of Transportation he will be. His background has been assessed and analysts have become predictors, but […]

July 25, 2013

Roadbuilding

Watch Foxx confirmation hearing live on webcast

We reported last week that the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Mayor Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation. The meeting–which will take place tomorrow, May 22, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time–will be broadcast live on the Senate Commerce Committee website. The committee’s website […]

May 21, 2013

Roadbuilding

Slow trains going faster

Anderson Cooper upsets people. I like that. It’s a big part of what he’s supposed to do. This time it’s the high speed rail folk (and it’s not their first time because Cooper has been here before). Their complaint is that Cooper and some of his CNN colleagues are on a mission to undermine high […]

April 12, 2013

Business

Transportation Sec. LaHood: “Sequester is dumb”

Our sister publication Overdrive reports that during an address to members of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called the looming sequestration cuts a “meat axe approach.” The sequester is a set of across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to hit today, should Congress not come to an agreement on […]

March 1, 2013

Home

LaHood to continue as Transportation Secretary

United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he plans to remain in his position for an indefinite period during President Barack Obama’s second term, Bloomberg reported. While the status of other cabinet members is definite, LaHood’s has remained uncertain. The White House has designated new leaders for the State, Defense and Treasury departments, identifying several […]

January 28, 2013