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NHTSA Earth Day Event Highlights Benefits of Vehicle Fuel Economy

Points to Emissions Reductions, Fuel Savings Due to Efficiency, Alternative Fuel Vehicles

WASHINGTON – In advance of Earth Day, which takes place tomorrow, the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today highlighted the Obama...

News Digest DOT 35-15

FHWA Providing Funds for Freight Movement Pilot Programs.  The Federal Highway Administration announced the availability of up to $200,000 in research funds to pilot the implementation of off-hours goods movement and delivery programs in urban areas with emerging or growing congestion...