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    National Drunk Driving Standard

    President Bill Clinton announced his support for legislation setting a new blood alcohol content standard of 0.08 for drunk driving.

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    Federal Tire Safety Standards

    Members of two House Commerce Committee subcommittees heard testimony about proposed federal tire safety standards following a recent Firestone tire recall. At issue were the means by which …

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    Air Traffic Control Delays and Transportation Nominations

    In the first hearing, the committee examined issues relating to unacceptable airline delays and cancellations and the customer service problems they cause. Witnesses also talked about safety…

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    Firestone Tire Recall

    Witnesses testified about the recent recall of 6.5 million Firestone tires. The tires were recalled following numerous lawsuits alleging that they were the cause of fatal accidents. Ford and…

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    Tire Safety

    Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater spoke with reporters about the Firestone tire recall and school bus safety. Mr. Slater was followed by Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) who answered questions …

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    Challenges Facing the Automotive Industry

    Participants spoke about the economic, political and technical challenges facing the global automotive industry and the partnerships necessary to optimize safety, efficiency, and environment…

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    Highway Cost Overruns

    Committee members heard testimony about the Central Artery/ Third Harbor Tunnel project in Boston, popularly known as the “big dig.” Secretary Slater said the project is currently running $…

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    Traffic Congestion

    Vice President Gore and others talked about the problems caused by traffic congestion in American cities and issued a report which showed that traffic had direct economic and physical impact…

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    Automobile Air Bag Policy

    Transportation Department officials announced the approval of switches for disabling automobile air bags. Vehicle owners must seek government approval before installing such switches. Secret…

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    Surface Transportation Funding

    President Bill Clinton announced a new surface transportation initiative. The National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act, or NEXTEA, would spend $175 billion over six years, …

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    Surface Transportation Alternatives

    Members of Congress and the administration and state and local officials celebrated the fifth anniversary of signing of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. The bill shifte…

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    Interstate Highway Anniversary

    Federal Highway Administrator Rodney Slater spoke about the state of the Interstate highway system forty years after President Eisenhower signed the legislation which began its construction …

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    National Highway System

    House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Surface Transportation hearing on the National Highway System (NHS) with Transportation Secretary Federico Peña and Rodney Slater from…

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