News Digest

News Digest

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks as Prepared Press Conference with Jet Blue Reagan Washington National Airport

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks as Prepared Press Conference with Jet Blue

Reagan Washington National Airport

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks as Prepared American Association of Airport Executives & Airports Council North America Legislative Conference

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks as Prepared American Association of Airport Executives & Airports Council North America Legislative Conference

Significant Rulemaking Report February 2011

This report provides a summary and the status for all significant rulemakings that DOT currently has pending or has issued recently. We update the Report at the beginning of each month.  The information in the Report is not intended to commit DOT to specific conclusions or actions. For...

U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Latest Video in “Faces of Distracted Driving” Series

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released the latest video in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) “Faces of Distracted Driving” series.  The new video features the Brown family, whose 17-year-old daughter, Alex, was killed in a 2009 crash because she was texting...

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks as Prepared “Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety” QinetiQ Labs, Waltham, Massachusetts

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks as Prepared “Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety” QinetiQ Labs, Waltham, Massachusetts

News Digest

News Digest

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Views Demonstration of New In-Vehicle Technology Targeted Toward Habitual Drunk Drivers

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland today took a first look at new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) technology being developed to prevent alcohol-impaired drivers from operating their vehicles while under...

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks at Proterra Assembly Plant Greenville, South Carolina

Secretary Ray LaHood Remarks at Proterra Assembly Plant Greenville, South Carolina

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Expands Program to Help Small Businesses Participate in Transportation Programs

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final rulemaking that will help economically and socially disadvantaged businesses take advantage of opportunities to participate in federally funded highway, transit and airport projects. The final rule, issued by the U.S. Department of...