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Complementary PNT and GPS Backup Technologies Demonstration Report
Message from the Acting Secretary to All DOT Personnel
Dear DOT Colleagues: In accordance with the Department’s established order of succession, I assumed the duties of Acting Secretary of Transportation this morning. Our focus in the final days of the current Administration is to keep the Department under steady leadership and...
U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department) today released the Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan (AVCP). The AVCP lays out the Department’s robust multimodal strategy to promote collaboration and transparency, modernize the regulatory environment, and prepare the...
AVCP Federal Register Notice
USDOT's Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan
USDOT's Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan.
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Over $41 Million in Awards for Innovative Technologies to Improve Transportation Mobility and Access for Persons with Disabilities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $41 million to 15 teams in 15 states through two Department of Transportation design challenges to improve transportation access to persons with disabilities and...
TTI Researchers Develop Curriculum for Transportation Emissions and Health
Researchers in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH) have developed a cross-disciplinary course titled Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Emissions, Human Exposures, and Health. A Tier-1...
Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence
Highly automated transportation systems hold extraordinary promise—and new kinds of risk. Assessing safety implications is complex, especially when systems intersect across air, land, and water. Rapidly evolving technology requires nimble evaluation and validation.
Established by Congress, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence (HASS COE) provides deep expertise and far-reaching insight as a central resource on automation for USDOT and its partners in academia and industry.
U.S. Department of Transportation Leadership Hosts Online Seminar on Combating Human Trafficking
Secretary Chao’s remarks can be viewed HERE
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation hosted a virtual seminar today, a collaboration with Department leadership and industry...