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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-comment rulemaking, and defects and enforcement authority.
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 traditional responsibilities for vehicle licensing and registration, traffic laws and enforcement,...
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 automated vehicles prior to commercial sale or operation on public roads.
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 solutions. This fact sheet provides a general overview of the Guidance.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, published September 2016.
2nd Quarter 2016 Airline Financial Data
Child Passenger Safety Week – Sept. 18-24 – highlights the importance of buckling kids up, and National Seat Check Saturday helps parents make sure they are used correctly
WASHINGTON – As Child Passenger Safety Week (Sept. 18-24) kicks off, the U.S. Department of...
PHMSA and OSHA Clarify Requirements for Labeling Hazardous Chemicals for Bulk Shipments. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today...
FHWA Unveils Strategic Bike Ped Guidance. This week, at the “Pro Walk, Pro Bike, Pro Place” meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Administrator Gregory Nadeau unveiled the FHWA “Strategic Agenda for Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation." FHWA intends to use the Agenda to help...
June 2016 U.S. Airline Traffic Data