The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on “flyways,” hover-boards and hover-conversion kits — innovations featured in “Back to the Future II” — if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.
October 21, 2015BusinessGovernment
AAR Appeals DOT Tank Car Safety Rules
The Association of American Railroads has challenged the Department of Transportation’s tank car safety rules at the U.S. Court of Appeals after the agency rejected the trade group’s bid to have the agency revise its standards.
November 25, 2015Government
US Highway Deaths Up 8.1% This Year, DOT Says
The death toll on U.S. highways rose 8.1% 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 Department.
November 24, 2015Government
DOT Releases Draft National Freight Strategic Plan
The Department of Transportation on Oct. 19 released a draft copy of its detailed National Freight Strategic Plan that calls for funding dedicated to freight projects, identifies major corridors and gateways, offers ways to improve data collection and analysis to measure freight movement and suggests programs to train future freight transportation workers skills for fast-changing technologies.
October 19, 2015Government
DOT Unveils Transportation Investment Unit
The U.S. Department of Transportation has unveiled a centralized unit tasked with working with states, cities and investors looking for help with navigating the federal transportation apparatus.
September 30, 2015Government
DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 2.3%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 2.3% in June from the same month in 2014, DOT said Aug 12.
August 12, 2015Government
Federal Government Sets Listening Session for New VIUS
The Department of Transportation and other parts of the federal government are considering bringing back the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, or VIUS, that was a major source of transportation data through 2002.
July 23, 2015Government
Lack of Full-Time DOT Modal Administrators Hurts Safety, Efficiency, House Leaders Say
WASHINGTON — House transportation leaders criticized the Obama administration for letting five Department of Transportation agencies, including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, be managed by acting administrators.
April 20, 2015Government
Rep. Jeff Denham Calls on White House to Name Nominees for Top DOT Posts
WASHINGTON — When Department of Transportation agencies are managed by full-time administrators, there’s greater oversight to ensure the efficient movement of freight and safety across modes of transportation, the top rail authorizer in the House said April 14.
April 14, 2015Government
DOT Sends 6-year, $478 Billion Grow America Act to Congress
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent a six-year, $478 billion transportation reauthorization legislative proposal to Congress March 30.
March 30, 2015