The U.S. Department of Transportation recently released a study--phase one of a three part series--on the potential impacts of climate changes and land subsidence, the natural sinking of an area's land mass, on transportation infrastructure in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
The report recommends safer alternatives to intersection cameras, saying red-light running can be reduced by engineering improvements that address factors such as signal visibility and timings, wet roads and traffic flow.
FAA's final rule will require recorders to capture two hours of cockpit audio and the last 25 hours of data on new aircraft after March 7, 2010.
"It's time for motor vehicle crashes to be viewed as the public health threat they are," said AAA President and CEO Robert L. Darbelnet.
The airline says it will appeal, assuring customers that the inspections surrounding the penalty were "never a safety of flight issue."
AAR's president/CEO said partnering with SPAN USA may reduce trespassing fatalities on railroad tracks significantly.
A federal rule targets human factor causes, which were blamed for a 2005 collision of two CN freight trains in Anding, Miss. This photo from NTSB's report on the accident shows firefighters at the scene.
Drivers who already have FAST cards will not be subject to the duplicate background check, but are still required to obtain the TWIC card.
Three states--Arkansas, South Dakota, and Wyoming--received a Red rating, which AHAS says indicates a dangerous lack of key highway and auto safety laws.
Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters yesterday announced that, for the first time ever, states will be directly eligible for federal funding to support intercity passenger rail service under a new grant program.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced that the public comment period on the commercial motor vehicle drivers' hours-of-service Interim Final Rule has been extended until March 17, 2008, to provide interested parties an opportunity to provide further comment and supporting data.
The "Hold Short for Runway Safety" site is intended to raise awareness and suggest ways to avoid incursions, which ALPA says are a daily and growing hazard.
Today's final rule culminates three years of work and is particularly needed with many new hires entering the industry, the agency said.
Congress ordered DOT and then the Justice Department to create the database more than 15 years ago, their lawsuit says, but the database has not been created.
About 13,000 traffic deaths each year in the United States are attributed to speeding, the associaion said, and this total could be reduced if more jurisdictions used the cameras in their traffic enforcement.