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The State of California and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have entered into a strategic partnership designed to ease the flow of “innovative project and financing opportunities for multibillion infrastructure improvements” across the state.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is demanding that U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officials do what’s needed to curb a trend that has resulted in the largest six-month increase ever recorded in Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history.

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “Does Discrimination Exist in Federal Passenger Rail Contracting?":

With road deaths up 20% in 2021 over the year prior, the U.S. Department of Transportation is currently holding strategy sessions to curb the trend, which has seen such fatalities increase, particularly across the West and the South.

News Release: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND-At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will announce the U.S. Aviation Climate Action Plan, which, for the first time, sets out to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. aviation sector by 2050.

The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published an eight page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) during today’s hearing titled, “Does Discrimination Exist in Federal Passenger Rail Contracting?"

The US Transportation Department published an eight page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “Remembering Jean Rounds (Executive Session)” on Nov. 3.

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News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) are asking for details from the Biden administration about its plans for handling the disruptive impacts its overreaching COVID-19 vaccine mandate could have on the Nation’s aviation system in light of the upcoming busy holiday travel season.

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.