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The UAS Integration Pilot Program will help tackle the most significant challenges to integrating drones into the national airspace and will reduce risks to public safety and security. The program is a coordinated effort to provide certainty and stability to communities, drone owners and the...
The Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET) is a collaborative partnership between nine majorinstitutions and two community colleges, led by Louisiana State University, whose mission is to support all phases of research, technology transfer, workforce...
Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoAV 3.0 Summit EventDepartment of Transportation, Washington, D.C.Thursday, March 1, 2018
Thank you, Michael [Kratsios - Deputy Assistant to the President and the Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer...
Hydraulic effects are responsible for about 60 percent of the more than 1,500 U.S. bridge collapses. Traditionally, divers are sent underwater to inspect bridge foundations and document any riverbed erosion or scour holes that may compromise a foundation’s integrity.
This...
This plan responds to the presidential memorandum of October 28, 2011, directing federal agencies to improve the results of their technology transfer and commercialization activities. It presents the U.S.Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) 5-year plan for accelerating technology transfer (T2...
Remarks As Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoDetroit Auto ShowSunday, January 14, 2018
Thank you, Congresswoman Dingell, for that introduction. Let me also acknowledge Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, and Michigan Secretary of State...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that the total number of drones now registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has eclipsed one million.
The 1,000,000 total registration...
Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoCES Panel on “Incorporating Drones and Self-Driving Vehicles into Communities”Las Vegas, NevadaJanuary 10, 2018
Thank you, Jamie [Boone], for that introduction. Good afternoon, everyone...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released a letter from Secretary Elaine L. Chao to all the nation’s Class I railroads, intercity passenger railroads and state and...