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WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Martin Klepper will join the USDOT Build America Bureau (Bureau) as the initial executive director. The Bureau is a newly created entity within the USDOT that streamlines access to federal credit and grant opportunities while...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) invests approximately $1 billion per year, as authorized by Congress, to continually advance our nation’s critical and complex transportation system through a rich array of research-related activities, including the awarding of contracts, grants and...
The talking points below offer a general background on human trafficking, and the role that the transportation industry can play in eradicating the scourge:
Human trafficking is something we don’t always think about in the context of transportation issues. However, human...This document explains DOT’s approaches to reviewing its existing categorical exclusions (CEs) and ensuring that the retained CEs continue to be appropriate and useful. It further provides the rationale and supporting information for the proposed new categorical exclusions (CEs) and...
WASHINGTON – After a year-long investigation, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has reached an agreement with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to ensure that driver licensing services in the state will be...
In support of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Transportation Safety Institute’s (TSI) Multi-Modal Safety Division provides training for federal, state and local enforcement agencies, emergency response personnel and industry (shippers, carriers,...
December 2016 Significant Rulemaking Report