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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program Selectees
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. First announced last October, this White House initiative partners the...
Fact Sheets: UAS Integration Pilot Programs
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...
Cost-Effective ECC for Transportation Infrastructure
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...
From Transportation to Air Pollution and Public Health—Are We Doing the Right Thing, and Doing it Right?
Date: 4/11/2018, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC, (West Building) Conference Center Room 6
Speaker: H. Oliver Gao, Ph.D., Director, Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health (CTECH); Director,...
AV 3.0 Summit Event
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...
Smart Rock Positioning for Scour Hazard Assessment of Bridges
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...
Improving Bridge Assessment, Prognosis, and Interventions through Emerging Technology
Date: 5/2/2018, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC, (West Building) Conference Center Room 6
Speaker: Frank L. Moon, Ph.D., Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Organization: Center for Advanced...
AV 3.0 Summit 3.1.2018
USDOT Public Listening Summit on Automated Vehicle Policy
On March 1, 2018, U.S. DOT hosted a Public Listening Summit on Automated Vehicle Policy (Federal Register Notice). Stakeholders and the public were invited to attend a summit with senior leadership from USDOT, state and local partners, industry, academia, and safety advocates at the U....