NHTSA: New Test Data on Subset of Takata Air Bag Inflators Shows Substantially Higher Risk

NHTSA Calls on News Media and Public to Assist in Finding Unrepaired High-Risk Vehicles 

WASHINGTON – New test data on a particular subset of defective Takata air bag inflators in certain model-year 2001-2003 Honda and Acura vehicles show a far higher risk of ruptures...

US Department of Transportation adds AT&T to Smart City Challenge

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that AT&T has become the newest strategic partner in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)’s Smart City Challenge. The Smart City Challenge is a competition which will create a fully integrated, first-of-its-kind...

Draft Agenda of ACCESS Committee Plenary Meeting

DRAFT

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 17 – 18, 2016Omni Shoreham Hotel (Diplomat Room)2500 Calvert Street NWWashington, DC 20017Business Casual

09:00 – 09:30 AM    

NHTSA Kicks Off Click It or Ticket Campaign as Traffic Fatalities Rise

CHICAGO – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the Illinois State Police, the Chicago Police Department...

U.S. Department of Transportation expands and accelerates Takata air bag inflator recall to protect American drivers and passengers

NHTSA action phases in recall of additional 35-40 million inflators through 2019

WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding and accelerating the recall of Takata air bag inflators. The decision...

New U.S. DOT Proposed Safety Standard Establishes Additional Safety for Motorcoach and Large Bus Occupants

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today proposed a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard that will help reduce fatalities and injuries in motorcoach and large bus crashes by mitigating occupant ejection. 

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U.S. Department of Transportation Convenes Aviation and Automobile Industry Forum on Safety

WASHINGTON – Leaders from the aviation and automotive industries joined with top U.S. Department of Transportation officials today to discuss how safety lessons from aviation can be applied to the auto industry. The Enhancing Safety Culture in Transportation forum was co-hosted by the National...

SAFETY PARTNERS WORK TO END DISTRACTED DRIVING

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), California Highway Patrol (CHP), the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and Impact Teen Drivers (ITD) joined together for the...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Seven Finalist Cities for Smart City Challenge

AUSTIN, TX – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, joined by Barbara Bennett, President and COO of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. and Rick Clemmer CEO of NXP Semiconductors, today announced seven finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge.  The...

U.S. DOT to Host Public Meetings on Safe Operation of Automated Vehicles

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will hold a pair of public meetings this spring to gather input as it develops guidelines for the safe deployment of automated safety technology.  The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C...