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WASHINGTON — Members of a committee advising Congress on how to reduce truck underride crashes with cars and the resulting deaths took regulators to task for not doing enough to protect against such crashes.
In a 410-page biennial report sent to Congress and to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday, members of the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection (ACUP) alleged whitewashing within the U.S. Department of Transportation of information that could have been used to inform the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nhtsa-committee-blasts-dot-in-truck-underride-report
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pushed back on assertions that federal regulators could lose the ability to test truck drivers for marijuana use if the drug is deregulated down to a Schedule III substance.
Responding to that concern from lawmakers at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Thursday — and to the concerns of the American Trucking Associations — Buttigieg testified that if the Biden administration’s marijuana rescheduling rulemaking...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buttigieg-rescheduling-pot-will-not-affect-trucker-drug-testing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has appointed Vinn White as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s deputy administrator, succeeding Robin Hutcheson, who resigned as FMCSA administrator in January.
Sue Lawless, FMCSA’s chief safety officer and a career federal employee, has been serving since then as acting administrator until a political appointee was designated to fill the role.
“It is an honor to take on this role, and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buttigieg-taps-vinn-white-to-head-fmcsa
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $316 million to support and modernize passenger ferry service in U.S. communities with approximately three million ferry riders each month.
“I have seen firsthand how, for many Americans in many different parts of the country, ferries are the best and sometimes only way to get where they need to go,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Through President Biden’s...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/fta-announces-316-million-to-modernize-ferry-service/
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the designation of 32 Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education. The designated COEs consist of 50 maritime training locations in 17 states and Guam. The designation recognizes and promotes support to post-secondary maritime training programs that prepare students for careers in the maritime industry.
“Our country depends on a highly-skilled mariner workforce to...
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WASHINGTON — A new federal watchdog report criticizes the U.S. Department of Transportation for not...
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has finalized a rule requiring each state to track and monitor...
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WASHINGTON — About $290 million of $653 million in new federal grants awarded by the Biden administration will be used to improve truck capacity at U.S. ports.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Friday the winners of the latest annual round of funding under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), administered by DOT’s Maritime Administration.
Of the 41 port projects receiving money through the program in 2023, 11 feature significant improvements aimed at speeding truck...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-pumping-more-truck-capacity-into-us-ports
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) says that its two key sealift programs, the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the new Tanker Security Program (TSP) are now fully enrolled.
The MSP and TSP sealift programs provide U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed ships for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) sustainment sealift requirements during times of conflict or in other national emergencies and both pay shipowners a retainer for each enrolled vessel.
“In peacetime, our...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/marads-msp-and-tsp-sealift-programs-are-now-fully-enrolled/