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In partnership with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), the Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of...
HASS COE partners throughout USDOT, academia, and industry:
Our ability to save lives does not end when a crash occurs. Appropriate medical care for people injured in a crash to prevent their injuries from becoming fatal is critical. The timely arrival...
The Department believes it is important to prioritize safety and moving individuals at safe speeds. Both exceeding the posted speed limit and driving too fast for conditions are speeding-related...
Roadway design strongly influences how people use roadways. The environment around the roadway system—including land use and the intersections of highways, roads, and streets with other...
U.S. DOT adopts a Safe System Approach as the guiding paradigm to address roadway safety. The Safe System Approach has been embraced by the transportation community as an effective way to address and...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) oversees the Nation's time zones. The oversight of time zones was assigned to DOT because time standards were first instituted by the railroad...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration today announced $9.6 million in grants to 26 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native communities to improve their public...