Transportation Sec. LaHood announces anti-texting rules for bus, truck drivers in Washington
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro announce federal rules prohibiting truck and bus driving from texting while driving as part of the Transportation Department's anti-distracted driving campaign at the National Press Club in Washington on January 26, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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President Obama nominated Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his secretary of transportation Monday, succeeding Ray LaHood.
Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released voluntary guidelines to discourage automakers from installing electronic devices that could create distractions for drivers.
A U.S. airline industry trade group has joined two pilot unions in a legal challenge to air-traffic controller furloughs prompted by federal spending cuts.
U.S. regulators said Friday they have approved a Boeing Co. plan to modify the battery on the Dreamliner 787, and the planes could return to service next week.
Thousands of flights a day could be delayed or canceled at 13 major U.S. airports starting this weekend because of federal spending cuts, U.S. officials said.
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The closure of 149 air traffic control towers, caused by the U.S. budget sequester, will be delayed until June, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.
A $100 million federal loan for an extension of an urban park along the Chicago River has been approved, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says.
Across-the-board spending cuts will make the United States more vulnerable to a terror attack, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Monday.
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