Buttigieg’s New Emissions Standards Fail to Close ‘Light Truck Loophole’
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U.S. DOT announced new emissions rules last week — but, once again, the strictest standards won't apply to the biggest, dirtiest cars.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about USDOT
Feds Restore Trump-Blocked Bullet Train Funds
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Almost $1 billion in funds from D.C. released to the project
U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists: Report
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support ‘Right-Sizing’ City Asphalt
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The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.
Memo to Buttigieg: Fix Our National Traffic Control Standards
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The feds will finally revise the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which sets standards for signs, markings and signals that help road users — and, eventually, autonomous vehicles — safely move through our communities.
Steven Cliff, from California Air Resources Board, Appointed Acting Head of National Highway and Traffic Safety
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It's a strategic move that sends the unequivocal message that the new President is committed to incorporating environmental concerns in every corner of federal policy making.