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Opinion: Transportation Safety -- Are We There Yet?

(Oct. 4) -- As the grandfather of nine, I take safety personally. Every time my grandkids get in a car, bus, train or plane, I need to know that they are safe. At the U.S. Department of Transportation, our fundamental mission is to help Americans move safely from one place to another. Accidents can happen in the blink of...

Hold the Phone! Distracted Driving Meeting Begins

(Sept. 21) -- Americans are addicted to talking and texting behind the wheel, despite warnings and laws against driving while distracted. "It's an epidemic because everyone has a cell phone and everyone thinks they can use it while driving," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a webcast monitored by AOL News...

Highway Deaths at Lowest Level in 60 Years

(Sept. 9) -- Fewer people died on U.S. highways last year than in any year since 1950 -- a huge drop in fatalities that the government credits to greater use of seat belts, safer cars and tougher drunken driving laws. In 2009, 33,808 people died in U.S. car crashes -- a 9.7 percent drop from the previous year, according...

Congress Ready to Pass Aviation Safety Measures

WASHINGTON (July 28) -- Congress is getting ready to pass tough new aviation safety measures that were developed in response to a deadly commuter plane crash in western New York in early 2009, a key lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure...