The line will connect two communities south of Salt Lake City.
The rule will streamline approval of new technology, according to the agency.
No one was hurt on the flight, which made an emergency landing in Arkansas.
Winter weather this week across the Midwest and New England is causing agencies to remind motorists to drive carefully and safely, now and throughout the holiday season.
The agency is urging the driving public to "drive sober or get pulled over."
The proposed rulemaking would allow for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.
Data Comm helps reduce delays by making pilot-controller communications shorter and more accurate, FAA announced.
The agency says the school failed to maintain approved grade, attendance, and make-up reports for students.
Because a medical certificate was not on file, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration notified the school bus driver about two months before the Nov. 1 crash that he was no longer authorized to operate a commercial motor vehicle, NTSB reported.
Safety requirements that pertain to the testing of autonomous vehicles will apply to autonomous vehicle operation, and the law allows for automated vehicle platoons, where vehicles travel together at electronically coordinated speeds, and authorizes on-demand autonomous vehicle networks.
Airlines would have to disclose in advance if they allow voice calls on flights.
The July 30, 2016, crash in Lockhart, Texas, killed the pilot and 15 passengers. The board's Dec. 9 hearing will examine the circumstances of the accident and the larger issues involving the safety of hot-air ballooning, including commercial balloon operations, training and decision-making, regulation and oversight, and medical factors.
Hajime Yoshimura will serve a one-year term as president of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission beginning on Jan. 1, 2017. It is the UN civil aviation organization's main technical body.
Gains were shown in nearly every state, according to a FHWA report.
The August 2014 collision of two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains in Hoxie, Ark., prompted the safety board to issue urgent safety recommendations to help ensure that electronic alertness devices ("alerters") work as intended on trains.
The database will service as a repository for records of violations.
The U.S.-flagged cargo ship sank in October 2015 during Hurricane Joaquin, with the loss of all 33 crew members on board.
Third quarter 2016 data showed freight railroads now have PTC active on 12 percent of tracks, an increase from 9 percent last quarter. Passenger railroads increased by one percentage point to 23 percent, with progress seen mostly on the West Coast.
The agency said one grant assists a work zone notification system that will use emerging vehicle communication technologies to alert commercial drivers that they are approaching construction or incidents on freeways and about variable speed limits, traffic congestion, and lane closures.
An early report indicates authorities say the plane crashed as a result of an electrical failure.