I would like to ask #PeteButtigieg and the #USDOT, have you guys been sleeping since the last incident? If you can’t even do the basics of railroad safety, what else do you need to do?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/derailment-whitemarsh-township-north-of-philadelpia-homes-evacuated/

#USDOT announcing some of the receipients of this year's #RAISEgrants

RT @SecretaryPete@twitter.com

In Mississippi, we’re awarding $24.8M to rebuild downtown Laurel – improving road safety, better connecting the community, and preventing closures due to flooding that occur an average of 19 times a year.

https://www.wdam.com/2023/06/27/dept-transportation-awards-284m-raise-grants-two-mississippi-cities/

#infrastructure #SecretaryPete #mississippi

The comment period on the updated #USDOT #PublicAccess policy is open. If you have opinions to share, do it!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/28/2023-06373/increasing-public-access-to-the-results-of-usdot-funded-transportation-research

Please help me get this circulated. #USDOT established rules in 2015 that may have reduced the severity of the #EastPalestineOH #derailment. These were rescinded in 2017 by the next admin. MSM isn’t highlighting this and pols aren’t either. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/05/08/2015-10670/hazardous-materials-enhanced-tank-car-standards-and-operational-controls-for-high-hazard-flammable

#SecretaryPete's twitter AMA pulled together in one piece in this transcript.

https://post.news/article/2LWt3KEez7aNEYLRJ2tU3LRdeOO

#USDOT #infrastructure #transportation #AMA

US Transportation #SecretaryPete has been answering questions on twitter for an hour. Worth a look.

RT @SecretaryPete@twitter.com

That’s a wrap on a great trip to the LA/TX Gulf Coast today! Happy to take up a few questions….
https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1623844625109897216?s=20&t=iMzIagn8vFpY0FKPxWktNA

#USDOT #infrastructure #transportation #AMA

U.S. Southwest flight cancellation probe looks at scheduling practices /sp/

https://reut.rs/402f6Z5

Reuters alt:
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-southwest-flight-cancellation-probe-looks-at-scheduling-practices

#southwestairlines #usdot #airlines #flightdelays #flight

@adamjcook Saw on Tucson news this morning that a highway (would destroy protected natural sites in Arizona) to connect Mexico and Canada
is in the planning. Hey Secretary Pete, sounds Climate Unfriendly to me. #USDOT

Government investigation finds Tesla FSD was engaged during the Bay Bridge pileup

The US Department of Transportation has released the NHTSA investigation findings of the Model S-caused pileup in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day. The accident in the Bay Bridge tunnel occurred with Tesla's Full Self-Driving Beta mode active

#tesla #FSD #autonomousvehicles #autonomous #selfdriving #USDOT #NHTSA #automotive #auto #cars #transportation

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Government-investigation-finds-Tesla-FSD-was-indeed-engaged-during-the-Bay-Bridge-pileup.682641.0.html

I really wish we would have anywhere close to this amount of this media attention on aspects of the #USDOT that are actually urgent.

In the US, right now, we are at a near 20-year high in US roadway fatalities.

40-year high in pedestrian fatalities.

And the primary automotive/roadway safety regulator, the #NHTSA, has only had a permanent administrator for three (3) MONTHS of the #Biden Administration!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-southwest-faa.html

After #AerLingus cancelled our flight last minute last July, and then (after multiple phone calls in the following weeks where they promised to expedite our refund but then didn't) eventually inexplicably denied our request for a refund at all (claiming our flight wasn't cancelled after all), I finally filed a complaint w/ the #USDOT in December.

I am pleased to announce we received our refund today!

I see former Secretary of Transportation #ElaineChao is back in the news given the #FAA troubles this morning.

Let me say this much... I do not think that Secretary #Buttigeig has done wonders for FAA reform and the #NHTSA (for automotive safety) is as ineffective as ever.

(And there is a hostile Congress to consider also.)

But, Secretary Chao was *by far* the worst Secretary of Transportation recent memory.

Secretary Chao set the #USDOT back years... maybe even a decade.

Major announcements of fundings for #bridges today. This one in #Conneticut.

RT @SecretaryPete@twitter.com

Back on the road for our first trip of 2023! I'm in Connecticut today to announce major funding to modernize several major bridges that are key to our nation’s economy - creating years of good-paying construction jobs & decades of good infrastructure.

Video: https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1610749369824714752?s=20&t=OeG7vIJWZVs_jD-bd7n8tQ

#USDOT #infrastructure #SecretaryPete

Short clip describing some of what #USDOT has done in 2022

RT @SecretaryPete@twitter.com

We've covered a lot of ground in 2022 - funding thousands of new projects that will improve the lives of millions of Americans.

Here's a snapshot of our year in 60 seconds.

Video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1609317295670628354

#infrastructure #SecretaryPete

A slow contracts news day as 2022 gasps across the finish line. A couple little pieces of news about airlines paying damages for canceled flights during the pandemic. Southwest, the next bell tolls for thee (but I still ❤️ you!) #law #contracts #airlines #COVID #USDoT #settlement #ClassAction #regulation
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2022/12/airlines-required-to-pay-refunds-to-stranded-passengers.html

@osyen @tprophet @headmold

Also important that SWA didn't object against that assessment and have at least promised to follow up with customer service. Whatever they get done in the end, it will be difficult for their lawyers to later try to weasel out of those commitments.

#PeteButtigieg #USDOT #SouthwestAirlines

Also, could the Hours Of Service (HOS) regs be modified without legislation so that a reset period is required weekly like truck drivers have with their mandated 34?

Even unpaid days off would be better than none at all, would be 52 per year.

Keep in mind that train crews can make 6 figs and have fantastic retirement and health bennies, the real issue is autonomy in their lives.

#railroad #strike #buttigieg #USDOT #berniesanders

We're super excited to have Casey Canfield present The Future of the Grid: Policy, Technology, and Market Changes at #pwlconf 2018!

https://pwlconf.org/2018/casey-canfield/

#usdot #energy #blockchain #smartgrid