Pete Buttigieg faced a mostly friendly Senate in his confirmation hearing for secretary of transportation Jan. 21, emphasizing a commitment to both safety and infrastructure improvement.
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao is resigning, effective Monday, Jan. 11, the first member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to leave in the wake of the Jan. 6 mob of his supporters breaching the U.S. Capitol.
The Department of Transportation has released the first National Freight Strategic Plan, first called for by Congress back in 2012, laying out a vision for long-term investments in infrastructure, the workforce, and other essential parts of the freight system.
The tracking tool provides data for on-road testing of automated driving systems in 17 cities and will allow participants to share testing activities related to automated driving systems and other safety-related information with the public.
In a historic first, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers transporting emergency relief in response to the nationwide coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has rolled out several new programs aimed at combatting human trafficking with the help of the nation's trucking and other transportation segments.
The American Transportation Research Institute has published a new report that looks at how government regulations are affecting the evolution of autonomous vehicle technology, as well as the role government plays in the testing and overseeing of these technologies in the real world.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's effort to improve its safety-compliance regime for commercial vehicles may be lacking in data needed to properly implement changes aimed at improving the way it assesses motor carrier safety performance.
According to the Trucking Alliance, results of a university study indicated “a major discrepancy between the number of drivers who failed a urinalysis drug screen and those who failed a hair test."