For the first time in 25 years, the environmental review process for major transit projects has been adjusted to improve speed.
Employees achieved a 1.01 reportable injury rate, surpassing the previous lowest rate of 1.15 in 2011. From 2002 to 2012, the reportable injury rate fell by 58 percent.
He announced the decision Jan. 29 and said he'll leave the post in February rather than serve during President Obama's second term.
There is a risk that capacitors in the heat pump's converter box can fail and burn. The product is made in Sweden.
An interim final rule explains how separate grant programs, and some new ones Congress specified, will be awarded through a consolidated application process.
During the past three years, NHTSA's defect and compliance investigations and compliance testing have resulted in more than 430 recalls involving 22 million vehicles and products.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security announced it has won $13.6 million in contracts to upgrade USAF Combat Survivor Evader Locator handheld radios.
Overall transportation fatalities fell from 35,043 in 2010 to 34,434 in 2011, Deborah A.P. Hersman reported. There were no airline fatalities in 2011.
The agency's emergency airworthiness directive follows some incidents on Japanese airlines and requires operators to cease operations temporarily.
The FAA is examining the impact that mobile devices have on plane frequency, along with a pilot's attention to his or her job.
With the Safe Route to School program, the city saw a significant decrease in the number of student pedestrian injuries.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has given its 2013 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation to John Hillman, inventor of the Hybrid-Composite Beam, for use in highway and railroad bridges and other projects. It offers superior corrosion resistance and a projected 100-year life span.
Just ahead of the year's biggest U.S. auto show, Ford and GM announced they will hire more than 3,000 salaried workers this year, according to a Detroit News report. As of October, U.S. manufacturers' light vehicle output in 2012 was about 20 percent above that of the previous year.
It will allow the Austin Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team to attend the IAFC International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference, June 6-9 in Baltimore.
Among the findings being presented there are papers analyzing ways to reduce hazards encountered by highway emergency responders and those working inside highway work zones.
The ferry was transporting commuters from New Jersey to Manhattan during rush hour.
After a crash in Oregon, a tour bus company with a history of DOT citations has been ordered to cease operations.
NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said the proposed rule gives manufacturers flexibility to design different sounds for different makes and models.
Published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, the study concludes these colorful, rapidly changing billboards attract and hold drivers' gazes far longer than a threshold previous studies have shown to be dangerous.
Instead of revenue generation, traffic cameras should be used to enforce street safety, according to Iowa officials.