Secretary Buttigieg on Rail Safety
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg and others spoke about the Biden administration’s new rule establishing minimum safety requirements for the size of train crews.
328 viewsTransportation Secretary Buttigieg and others spoke about the Biden administration’s new rule establishing minimum safety requirements for the size of train crews.
328 views“Today we are most acutely focused on the emergency operations underway and on the families that have been impacted. I have no doubt that we will rebuild together, and that Baltimore will co…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg, and FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker held a news conference on President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. T…
180 viewsThis 1972 video from the Department of Transportation explained how economic development may be linked to community airports. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th cen…
152 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker held a news conference ahead of winter holiday travel. Mr. Buttigieg talked about h…
937 views“As always the skies will be extremely busy this Thanksgiving,” said newly confirmed FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker at a news conference on holiday travel, adding the administration expe…
515 views“A Republican shutdown would stop our work on safety rules all because some of the same people who rushed to get in front of a camera during the East Palestine derailment aftermath are now d…
317 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg held a news conference to discuss Memorial Day weekend travel across the nation. “This weekend will be a test of the system,” Secretary Buttigieg said…
316 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced new fuel economy standards and touted them as a win for the people and innovation. The new rules will require by 2026 that an average vehicl…
623 viewsWashington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton…
58 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy spoke with reporters about the Biden administration’s infrastructure proposal.
4,662 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D), and executives from Amtrak, CSX, and VRE announce a $3.7 billion investment to expand rail services in Virginia.
1,581 viewsIn one of his first public events as Transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg met with transit and railway workers in Washington, D.C., and outlined some of the Biden administration’s policy…
797 viewsU.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Canada’s Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt held a press conference to announce the next generation of stronger, safer rail tank cars for the tra…
75 viewsA conference call with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on a proposed framework of Federal Aviation Administration regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned air…
74 viewsFederal public safety officials held a telephone conference call with news media regarding federal, state, and local relief efforts from Hurricane Sandy. They gave updates on the weather for…
397 viewsU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood spoke to reporters and answered questions about a proposed national strategy for ending distracted driving and specific anti-distracted driving proje…
120 viewsSecretary LaHood and other officials spoke to reporters and answered questions about a study of reported unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. The study found no problems with the elec…
649 viewsPanelists talked about confronting distracted driving challenges. They focused on issues such as employer and carrier policies, technology, regulation, and research. They responded to audien…
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