DOT Rule 49 CFR Part 40 Section 40.210

 Both urine and oral fluid specimens are authorized for collection and testing under this part. An employer can use one or the other, but not both at the beginning of the...

U.S. Department of Transportation Publishes Drug Testing Rule to Enhance Safety While Combating the Opioid Epidemic

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued a final rule that expands the Department’s current drug testing panel to include certain semi-synthetic opioids (i.e., hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone) to its drug testing panel for DOT-regulated...

New Safety UTC Envisions Safe Systems Approach for U.S. Roadways

The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS), the new University Transportation Center (UTC) at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) is taking a fresh approach to road safety. This national safety UTC is focused on implementing a ...

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2017 Annual Modal Research Plan

A Vision for Safety: DOT’s new automated vehicle policy guidance

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoA Vision for Safety 2.0Autonomous Vehicle SummitMCity, MichiganTuesday, September 12, 2017

Thank you.

I am so pleased to be here for the launch of the Department...

U.S. Department of Transportation to reexamine civil penalty rate for Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that it is reexamining a rule that adjusts civil penalties related to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for inflation.

U.S. Department of Transportation Statement on House FAA Reauthorization Bill 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation released the following statement on legislation reauthorizing the FAA and reforming Air Traffic Control introduced...

PNT and Spectrum Management Fact Sheet

The PNT Spectrum Management Fact Sheet provides an Overview of the Responsibilities and Duties for OST-R's Office of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing & Spectrum Management.

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Regulatory Reform Task Force and Officer

WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Deputy Secretary Jeffrey Rosen will serve as the Department’s Regulatory Reform Officer and Chairman of the Department’s Regulatory Reform Task Force (RRTF).  The RRTF was formed earlier this year in accordance with...

Serious Injury Reporting

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