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DOT Releases New Online Tool to Help Promote Health through Transportation

Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation has joined with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch a new online tool that provides profiles of how transportation may be affecting human health in each State and region. The Transportation and Health Tool provides...

News Digest DOT 109-15

Daylight Saving Time to End Sunday, Nov. 1 for Most Americans.  Most of the nation will return to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, when clocks will be turned back one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the morning.  Under law, daylight saving time is...