Tag: Ray LaHood

Business
Ray Lahood: Raise the fuel tax to return nation to ‘envy of the world’ on infrastructure
Speaking to attendees of the ALK Transportation Technology Summit in Princeton, N.J., former United States Department of Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood made a case for raising the federal fuel tax by 10 cents a gallon and indexing the level to inflation going forward.
May 21, 2014
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Channel 19
Driver dispatches to DOT: New priorities for a new secretary
What should the new DOT Secretary focus make a priority as he takes office? We asked, and drivers responded.
July 2, 2013
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Business
Transportation secretary nominee Anthony Foxx clears Senate committee
Anthony Foxx, nominee to replace Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation, has been approved by the Senate commerce committee, moving his nomination to the full Senate for confirmation.
June 11, 2013
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Business
Nominee for DOT head set for Senate committee hearing
The Senate’s Committee on Commerce will be questioning Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Wednesday, May 22, as part of the preliminary stages of the required Senate confirmation
May 17, 2013
Regulations
Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking
The FMCSA’s quick-strike sweep through “high-risk” passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency’s definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.
May 3, 2013
In FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System, this symbol indicates a carrier’s ranking in a certain BASIC has exceeded the intervention or “alert” threshold, marking the carrier for investigative action.
Channel 19
Owner-operator walk-and-talk with Anne Ferro
Several operators took the opportunity the Trucking Solutions Group’s health walk at MATS represented to walk-and-talk issues with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
March 23, 2013
Owner-operator Scott Grenerth was one of several operators who took the opportunity the Trucking Solutions Group’s health walk at MATS represented to walk-and-talk issues with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
Business
Agency orders shutdown of two carriers, one driver
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based Highway Star Inc., one of its drivers, and Atlanta-based General Trucking Inc. to immediately cease operations.
March 22, 2013
Business
Leading candidate emerges for DOT secretary spot
Deborah Hersman — the director of the National Transportation Safety Board — is the leading candidate to replace LaHood, say sources close to the situation.
February 4, 2013
Deborah Hersman
Business
Voie named Champion of Change
Ellen Voie is being honored as a Champion of Change for her effort to develop an innovative way to grow and expand the transportation industry to women.
August 11, 2012
Channel 19
Truckers to DOT: ‘Smartphones are winning’
Smartphones are whipping the Department of Transportation in the battle for the attention of the motoring public, wrote Whitesboro, Texas-based Pennco Transportation driver Martin Groseclose on Overdrive’s Facebook page, in response to last week’s news of the DOT’s strategy for dealing with the epidemic of four-wheeler distracted driving. If you missed said news, check it […]
June 12, 2012
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Business
DOT eliminates traffic sign replacement deadlines
The U.S. DOT said it’s doing away with 46 regulations on traffic signs to provide local governments with more flexibility.
May 11, 2012
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Business
DOT gives states $20M for natural disaster repair
The DOT is giving Alabama, Oregon and South Carolina money to help cover costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by disasters.
May 7, 2012
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