FMCSA Issues Final Rule on Windshield-Mounted Technologies. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule to amend the Federal Motor...

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4.3 percent more workers in July 2016 than in July 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today...

Four-Part Policy Lays the Foundation for the Next Revolution in Roadway Safety

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation is issuing Federal policy for automated vehicles,...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, published September 2016.

The Federal Automated Vehicles Policy sets out a proactive safety approach that will bring lifesaving technologies to the roads safely while providing innovators the space they need to develop new...

This fact sheet provides an overview of the The Vehicle Performance Policy for Automated Vehicles (“Guidance”), which outlines best practices for the safe design, development and testing of...

State governments play an important role in facilitating HAVs, ensuring they are safely deployed and promoting their life-saving benefits. The Model State Policy confirms that States retain their...

This fact sheet summarizes how existing regulatory tools will be used to promote the safe development and deployment of automated vehicles, including interpretations, exemptions, notice-and-...

This fact sheet identifies potential new tools, authorities and resources that could aid the safe deployment of new automated technologies by enabling DOT to be more nimble and flexible. Some of...

Automotive technology is at a moment of rapid change and may evolve farther in the next decade than in the previous 45-plus year history of the Agency. As the automobile industry moves toward...