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Jonathan Rose opened the closing plenary session of a day-long conference on developing strategies to improve the national infrastructure with remarks on “Infrastructure Investment as the Fr…

A roundtable discussion on transportation was held as part of The America 2050 Forum of the Regional Plan Association day-long conference, “Rebuilding and Renewing America: Toward a 21st Cen…

A discussion about improving the Presidential appointment process. A group of former presidential appointees from the Reagan and Clinton administrations talked about how to make the process …

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater and government transportation officials talked about the future of the transportation industry, safety and intermodal transportation. They also talked …

Secretary Slater and Mr. Downey talked with reporters, saying that there have been no serious disruptions of computers in transportation industries, particularly airlines. Mr. Belger and Adm…

Administration transportation officials talked with reporters about their preparations for avoiding computer problems at the year 2000 turnover. They talked about how they will monitor U.S. …

Participants talked to reporters about the increased number of traffic accidents caused by driver sleepiness and fatigue. They focused on shift workers and younger drivers that are most at r…

Witnesses testified about steps the transportation industries had taken to avoid computer failures on January 1, 2000. One of the areas of concern was air safety, particularly at foreign air…

After the president’s announcement of transportation legislation, Assistant Secretary Mortimer Downey briefed reporters on the details on the president’s proposal. The National Economic Cros…

Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena spoke at a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the Federal Transit Administration. He talked about the development of mass transit and future n…

White House News Briefing with White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and United States Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña that announced new rules for trains leaving stations afte…

The Senate Transportation Subcommittee heard testimony about legislation that would reduce federal funding for Amtrak, allow it to contract services to private companies, and base its route …

Witnesses testified concerning the president’s plan to encourage U.S. industry to limit harmful air emissions. They made opening statements and took questions from senators concerning the ad…