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State governments play an important role in facilitating HAVs, ensuring they are safely deployed and promoting their life-saving benefits. The Model State Policy confirms that States retain their traditional responsibilities for vehicle licensing and registration, traffic laws and enforcement,...
This fact sheet provides an overview of the The Vehicle Performance Policy for Automated Vehicles (“Guidance”), which outlines best practices for the safe design, development and testing of automated vehicles prior to commercial sale or operation on public roads.
The Federal Automated Vehicles Policy sets out a proactive safety approach that will bring lifesaving technologies to the roads safely while providing innovators the space they need to develop new solutions. This fact sheet provides a general overview of the Guidance.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, published September 2016.
Child Passenger Safety Week – Sept. 18-24 – highlights the importance of buckling kids up, and National Seat Check Saturday helps parents make sure they are used correctly
WASHINGTON – As Child Passenger Safety Week (Sept. 18-24) kicks off, the U.S. Department of...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is committed to facilitating a new era of transportation innovation and safety and ensuring that our country remains a leader in automation. USDOT is acting as a convener and facilitator, partnering with a broad coalition of industry, academic,...
Nadeau to highlight national impact of the bi-state metro region as a major freight hub
ST. LOUIS – Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau was in the Gateway City today for the last in a year-long, nationwide series of 24 roundtables to discuss the freight...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration is warning all motorists traveling during the Labor Day holiday to ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’. Through September 5th, advertisements will appear nationwide and law enforcement...
WASHINGTON – The nation lost 35,092 people in traffic crashes in 2015, ending a 5-decade trend of declining fatalities with a 7.2 percent increase in deaths from 2014. The final data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety...
FHWA’s ‘Traffic Volume Trends’ Report Shows Gains In Nearly Every State
WASHINGTON – New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving reached 1.58 trillion miles in the first six months...