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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Washington,DC,USA - Today's Trucking -6 Nov 2009: -- America's largest carrier association says it's is "extremely perplexed" that the Department of Transportation would agree to reopen its hours-of-service rules after years of improving truck safety statistics... In a letter to Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood , this week, ATA President and CEO, Bill Graves, said DOT's decision "creates...
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Streetsblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Ray LaHood likes the Eastside Extension...but will we? Image: The Fastlane One week from today the Eastside Bike Club, Streetsblog and the Bus Bench will meet at the Union Station Entrance to bike the six-mile Gold Line Extension to document what we see concerning crossings and safety. I've been getting a lot of [...]
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Fuelishness! (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Washington DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Wednesday that they are launching a joint effort to evaluate technologies that may help curb the dangerous epidemic of distracted driving. The DOT-FCC partnership will also include outreach efforts to educate the public about the dangers of texting while [...]
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WisconsinReport.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/05/2009) - Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl are urging the Obama administration to support a Wisconsin proposal for high-speed passenger rail service from Milwaukee to Madison. In a letter sent to Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Feingold and Kohl stated their support for the state request for federal funding to develop a high-speed passenger rail line...
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Transportation are teaming up to develop what they called high-tech solutions to the growing problem of distracted or inattentive drivers. The DOT and FCC said they will set up a working group to evaluate technology-based answers to the distracted driving problem and will improve outreach efforts to educate the public about the dangers...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
How would you caption this photo of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifying at a Senate hearing about ways to combat distracted driving?
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It's Not a Lecture (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Those who know me best call me "concrete sequential," which is a nice way of saying I can't walk and chew gum at the same time. So when Emily McKhann at The Motherhood asked me to help spread the word about their new campaign to prevent texting while driving, I figured I was a natural fit. Emily and Cooper Munroe have started Mom Sends the Msg , an online campaign aimed at reducing distracted...
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Carfree USA Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE RAY LAHOOD SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS U.S. SENATE HEARING ON CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT OF 2009 OCTOBER 27, 2009 DOT, HUD, and EPA are working together to support the building of more livable neighborhoods with “complete” streets that increase safety and mobility for all users by giving Americans...
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BEDFORD, N.H. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday that the country still is a lo...
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Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BEDFORD, N.H. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday that the country still is a lo...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday that the country still is a long way from declaring victory over hard economic times, but that federal stimulus money has helped put hundreds of thousands of people back to work.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has addressed a job shortfall in New Hampshire following the release of economic stimulus money, saying every one of the 3,000 jobs created so far is important.
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Military Times - News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
WASHINGTON — The military would have launched fighter jets to track down an errant Northwest Airlines flight that overshot its destination if officials had been notified sooner, a top commander said Thursday as federal authorities defended the decision to revoke the licenses of the pilots involved.Gen. Gene Renuart, who heads U.S. Northern Command, said he learned of the incident just four or...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is visiting New Hampshire to address business and community leaders and tour an airport access road project.
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trymi | 08/24/2009
With funds nearing depletion, the Cash for Clunkers program will end on Monday at 8 p.m. EDT. In a conference call today, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said that he’s confident there would be enough money left to assure payments for all dealer applications submitted before the expiration.
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