Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood In the car? Off the phone! Saw this in this morning's NY Times--please share it with your friends, your families, AND your EMPLOYERS!

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Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?
Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood I was wondering when somebody would step up and say "This is working"

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A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping the economy to grow again.
Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood THANKS, Washington Post, for this piece. Look, I'm not in the habit of seeking more government, but passengers deserve adequate protection. Safety should not be optional.

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IT'S A SHAME that it has taken accidents, deaths and injuries for the federal government to wake up to the danger posed by inadequate, and in some cases nonexistent, oversight of many or most subway and light-rail systems around the nation. By the same token, it is to the Obama administration's c...
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Ray LaHood We need streets designed for everyone who uses them--whether they are driving, walking, riding in a wheelchair, or pedaling a bicycle--EVERYONE

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Last week, our friends at Transportation For America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership released a valuable report called Dangerous By Design. Yesterday I met with Jim Corless of t4America and a few of his colleagues from other interest groups...
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Ray LaHood FAA: "Moving America safely and efficiently; it's what we do"

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The Federal Aviation Administration is responsible for the safety of civil aviation.
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Ray LaHood Something I wanted to ask the American Chamber of Commerce Executives last week: Will you please encourage your member businesses to adopt distracted driving policies? Employees will continue to respond to calls and texts unless employers assure them it's okay to ignore until safety permits. PLEASE, let's step up to the plate on safety!

Kaynak: acce.org
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Ray LaHood Read about the winners of the National Roadway Safety Awards! They're reducing fatalities on our roads in innovative and effective ways we can all learn from--

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National Roadway Safety Awards Official Program Site
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Ray LaHood A big welcome to DOT's new partners in our fight to make roads, rails safer!

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Thanks, Andy; FCC has, indeed, been a good partner to DOT
05 Kasım, 10:55
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Ray LaHood FCC Chair Genachowski and I announce DOT-FCC partnership on distracted driving. Watch video of House Energy & Commerce, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection hearing "Driven To Distraction: Technological Devices and Vehicle Safety." (hearing starts about 9 1/2 mins. in).

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Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood Here's the replay of the distracted driving talk on Washington Journal. Thank you for CSPAN!

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C-SPAN2 offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. Senate. C-SPAN2 also offers a balanced variety of public affairs programming when the Senate is in adjournment, including congressional committee hearings, press briefings, newsmaker speeches & public policy discussions.
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Great to hear that! Hope we can get out there to see that work. Keep us posted on sustainability items, yes?
05 Kasım, 10:54
Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood Talked to House Transport Committee on Distracted Driving today. No, the Senate was yesterday.

29 Ekim, 11:16
Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood Talking with CSPAN's Washington Journal this morning about Distracted Driving. Tune in at 7:30 or catch a replay on the web!

Kaynak: cspan.org
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Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood Back to the Senate to talk about Distracted Driving. You can see it as it streams now on CSPAN3.

Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood Loving the Twitter activity on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. A fascinating avenue of stuff as it happens.

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Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now.
Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood Went to the Senate yesterday to help open the conversation on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. You can catch up with video coverage from CSPAN.

Kaynak: cspan.org
C-SPAN2 offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. Senate. C-SPAN2 also offers a balanced variety of public affairs programming when the Senate is in adjournment, including congressional committee hearings, press briefings, newsmaker speeches & public policy discussions.