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• Site offers transportation safety discussion.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Internet Forum .
• "Transportation steering toward e-government" FCW. ...
• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is following the lead of other Transportation Department agencies by launching an Internet-based effort to encourage public involvement in improving transportation safety. ...
• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will create an Internet discussion site at ssp. ... gov to allow the public to participate in a discussion of the agency's long-term strategy to improve truck and bus safety, the 2010 Strategy and Performance Plan. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater announced the new site Tuesday. ...
• The site is being created just weeks after the completion of a month-long, Internet-based workshop on driver distraction from new technologies sponsored by the DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ...
• "President Clinton and Vice President Gore believe that information technology is increasingly important for full participation in America's economic, political and social life, and this process takes full advantage of the Internet to support safety, our highest priority," Slater said in a DOT statement. ...
• The Internet discussion site will allow the public to view and comment on research papers in progress, review draft safety action plans, and submit to FMCSA suggestions and alternate motor carrier safety strategies about how to improve truck and bus safety over the next 10 years, the DOT statement said. ...
• FMCSA, with help from NHTSA and the Federal Highway Administration, will prepare a 10-year truck and bus safety strategy that will be completed and sent to Congress by the end of the year. ...

• Transportation Safeguards Programs .
• Transportation Technology .
• Improved Air Transportation Surety.
• The Challenges Toward Improved Aviation System Safety.
• Aviation Safety Critical Elements and Necessary Tasks (ASCENT) Program.
• The Challenges Toward Improved Aviation System Safety.
• The United States has the world's largest, busiest, most diverse, most complex, and safest air transportation system. ...
• Understanding the safety issues of operating and repairing older aircraft and finding more effective and efficient methods to assess the continuing airworthiness of all aircraft are an integral part of achieving the safety and reliability objectives established for the U. ... air transportation system.
• Toward Improved Aviation System Safety.
• The challenges are diverse and complex, and the stakes are high: the public's long-term confidence in safe, affordable, reliable air transportation. Several reports: The White House Commision on Aviation Safety and Security Final Report, Challenge 2000, and the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) 90 Day Safety Review pointed out the need for changes to the existing system. ... Providing desired safety margins for advanced aircraft with highly coupled, software-intensive systems operating in the high-volume aviation environment of the future is a difficult challenge. ... Sandia is actively involved in partnerships with the Departments of Defense and Transportation, industry, and academia to address these varied issues. Sandia's long experience as a systems laboratory tasked with engineering and ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of very high consequence systems (nuclear weapons and power systems) coupled with our broad expertise in engineering and science, human factors, information systems, and aviation safety provide a unique capability to assist the FAA in preparing for the future. ...
• Beginning with the 1988 Aviation Safety Act, airworthiness assurance has been a key effort at Sandia. ... The Center promotes aviation safety through.

• Congress Moves on Safety Agency.
• In what some observers are calling the most significant development in federal trucking oversight since the industry was deregulated nearly 20 years ago, Congress is poised this week to move ahead on establishing a separate motor carrier safety agency within the Department of Transportation.
• But as the process moves along, with the House of Representatives expected to vote on the initiative this week, lawmakers scurried Tuesday to fix a major glitch in the transportation funding bill, which makes it impossible now for federal authorities to fine trucking companies that violate safety regulations.
• The $50 billion transportation spending bill, which President Clinton signed Saturday, bars funding for the Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety so long as the agency stays within the Federal Highway Administration – the result of a rider attached by Rep. ...

• Hazardous Materials Safety & Security.
• Chief Safety Officer.
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
• On behalf of President Bush, Transportation Secretary Mineta, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Sandberg, I thank you for the opportunity to speak here today and provide you the first look at a demonstration project we hope will encourage expanded use of technologies to improve the secure transportation of hazardous materials in our country. ...
• The President has continued to stress that safety and security are his number one transportation priorities. ...
• President Bush and this Administration are committed to fostering the safest, most secure national transportation system possible, even as we seek to enhance mobility, reduce congestion, and expand our economy. ...
• Indeed it is essential that the Nation's transportation system be both safe and secure while we are making our economy more efficient and productive. Although we are here to discuss a test of security technology, as you will see, these technologies also have benefits for safety and efficiency and our goal is to measure these benefits as well as the improved security. ...
• In pursuing these goals, we are Pioneers in Transportation. ...
• We are also working to be Architects of the Future, visionary in our view of what is possible in transportation to achieve results in improving commercial motor vehicle safety and security. ...
• We do this through projects such as this one, working with the Transportation Security Administration to issue regulations to secure the transport of dangerous goods, including explosives, by issuing an interim final rule requiring background checks on commercial drivers certified to transport hazardous materials, and working with the Research and Special Programs Administration to issue a final rule requiring carriers and shippers of hazardous materials to have security plans and security training for employees. ...
• As I said before, President Bush and this Administration are committed to fostering the safest, most secure national transportation system possible. ...
• Over $220 million for development of technologies including $76 million for Border States, $25 million for Commercial Vehicle Information Systems Networks (CVISN), and $121 million for Intelligent Transportation Systems, that can be used for more work such as that we are here to highlight, and .
• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is a safety agency dedicated to reducing commercial vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. One of our missions is to reduce the number of serious hazardous materials incidents, highway incidents and fatalities that involve hazardous materials, and, following the attacks of September 11, 2001, to develop programs that will enhance the security of hazardous materials transportation by highway. ...
• The USDOT identified hazardous materials transportation as an area within the transportation system that is vulnerable to attack. We are concerned with the safety and security of the transportation of hazardous materials by highway. ...

• A discussion of spent nuclear fuel transportation safety.
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct a meeting to seek public input into its proposed update of a 1987 study that examined the robustness of spent nuclear fuel transportation casks in accidents. The agency would like the public to comment on those aspects of transportation safety they believe are most important.

• Transportation .
• A&I (Analysis and Information) Online from the Department of Transportation "is a web-based tool designed to provide quick and efficient access to descriptive statistics and analyses on commercial vehicle operator safety information. ...
• Access a list of interstate carriers ranked according to their safety status .
• Access a specific carrier's safety fitness history .
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics includes: .
• Government Transportation Financial Statistics a searchable database of transportation revenues and expenditures for federal (FY 1977-2001), and state and local governmnet (FY 1977-1999). ...
• National Transportation Library an extensive full-text resource. The library includes over 5,300 full text documents and a search engine that index 110,000 documents from 14 transportation agencies. ...
• TRIS (Transportation Research Information Services) Online a bibliographic database covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and other media from the 1960's to the present. ...
• TranStats Intermodal Transportation Database a new website aiming at providing “one stop shopping” for transportation data. Provides access to more than 100 transportation-related databases. ...
• Census of Transportation includes Vehicle Inventory and Use, Annual Transportation Survey, Commodity Flow surveys, and other publications and data. ...
• Department of Transportation (DOT) includes links to all DOT agencies. ...
• Historical Railroad Investigation Reports (1911-1966), National Conferences on Street and Highway Safety, Historical Aircraft Accident Reports (1934-1965), FAA and CAA Research Reports,Current DOT Orders, and Historic CAB/DOT Orders. ...
• Online Publications from the Digital Documents Center provides electronic copies of publications from DOT agencies, including the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Maritime Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Coast Guard, the St. ...
• Office of System Safety provides a search interface for: Aviation Safety Data: this valuable site allows one to search in any or all of the major sources of aviation safety information, such as: .

• Vermont Agency of Transportation.
• Occupational Safety Coordinator.
• The Vermont Agency of Transportation Safety Office will coordinate the Accident Review Committee.   The committee consists of the Safety Officer, the Superintendent of Central Garage, a General Supervisor, a representative from AOT Human Resources Section,  and the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Director of Enforcement & Safety. ...

• Transportation Safety Bibliography.
• Air Bag Safety Campaign. ... National Safety Council, n. ... Contact: Air Bag Safety Campaign National Safety Council 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036-5405 Telephone: (202) 625-2570 Fax: (202) 822-1399 E-mail: airbag@nsc. ...
• Children's Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center. MCH Agencies: Traffic Safety Partners Fact Sheet Packet. ...      This packet of traffic safety fact sheets and resource listings emphasizes maternal and child health agencies' role as traffic safety partners. The material examines the scope of the traffic safety issue, causes of traffic injuries and preventative measures. Contact: Children's Safety Network 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458 Telephone: (617) 969-7100 Fax: (617) 244-3436 E-mail: csn@edc. ...
• Guideline for the Safe Transportation of Preschool-Age Children in School Buses. ... Department of Transportation, 1999. ... htm      This document sets forth recommendations for the safe transportation of preschool children. There are also child safety restraint system guidelines and bus evacuation recommendations.
• cfm?content_item_id=1133&folder_id=540      The National Safe Kids Campaign developed this fact sheet presents comprehensive statistics on death and injuries, high-risk groups, child safety seats, and health care costs and savings related to motor vehicle occupant safety. ...
• National Highway Transportation Safety Board. Highway Special Investigation Report: Pupil Transportation In Vehicles Not Meeting Federal Schoolbus Standards. ... Department of Transportation, 1999. ... pdf      This report describes the findings of a National Transportation Safety Board special investigation conducted in response to four fatal crashes involving nonconforming buses used to transport children.

• 600  State and Community Highway Safety.
• FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION .
• AUTHORIZATION: Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended, 23 U. ...
• OBJECTIVES: To provide a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic accidents, deaths, injuries, and property damage. ...
• USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Formula grant funds may be used for problems identified within the nine national priority program areas of Alcohol and other Drug Countermeasures, Police Traffic Services, Occupant Protection, Traffic Records, Emergency Medical Services, Motorcycle Safety, Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety, Speed Control and Roadway Safety. Other program areas identified by a State as constituting a highway safety problem in that State, e. ... , pupil transportation safety programs, may be eligible for Federal funding, as encompassing a major highway safety problem in the State and for which effective countermeasures have been identified. ...
• Beneficiary Eligibility:   Political subdivisions, through the State Highway Safety Agencies.
• Credentials/Documentation:   Performance plan approved by the agency is required and Highway Safety plan, certification statement, and Program Cost Summary. ...
• APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination:   NHTSA Regional Administrators and FHWA Division Administrators review each State's Performance Plan and Highway Safety Plan. ...
• Application Procedure:   Submission of Highway Safety Plan covering State and community highway safety activities for the year to NHTSA regional offices and FHWA division offices.
• Deadlines:   Highway Safety Plans must be submitted by September 1 each year.
• Renewals:   Each year, States submit Performance Plans and Highway Safety Plans as part of continuing formula grant program.
• POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports:   States are required to submit annual program reports to the Federal Highway Administration and to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• PROGAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The federally assisted State and Community Highway Safety programs have contributed to reducing and, subsequently, leveling out the sharp rise in traffic deaths in the period from 1966 to 1998. ...
• REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 23 CFR, Chapter II, State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program; Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; Handbook of Highway Safety Design and Operating Practice, available from Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. ...

• Department of Transportation: A Reference History. ...
• Whitnah's views on transportation policy in the United States, building from his previously published study of the development of air transportation from 1926 to 1976 and his edited reference volume on government agencies (1983). It is held together by the author's strongly negative opinions about policy decisions that have deregulated transportation in the United States over the past two decades.
•      The book opens with a short chapter on events leading to the formation of the Department of Transportation (DOT) from the 1930s to the 1960s. ... Succeeding chapters examine components of the Transportation Department, including the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Coast Guard, and elements of the Interstate Commerce Commission. ... The closing chapters focus on aviation safety, which Whitnah believes was compromised by tensions between the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA; he also argues that deregulation did nothing to resolve those difficulties. ...

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• High quality public transportation that ensures mobility and livable communities.
• The National Transportation Safety Board    .
• The NTSB is an independent Federal agency that investigates every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation, conducts special investigations and safety studies, and issues safety recommendations to prevent future accidents.

• The Center for the Advancement of Transportation Safety (CATS) focuses on the interactions, behaviors, and outcomes of Indiana highway users to provide a safer transportation system utilizing data analysis to identify trends and emerging issues.
• CATS continues to identify traffic safety issues through the extensive research, analysis, and interpretation of data. The Center is utilized by state agencies such as the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute - Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving (Office of Traffic Safety), Indiana Department of Education, Indiana State Police, and the Indiana Department of Transportation. In addition, data analyses are conducted for counties, municipalities, traffic safety coalitions, and other external organizations nationwide.
• The Center has provided technical expertise to the Indiana Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving, Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) since 1986. ...
• CATS, in conjunction with Purdue University Department of Civil Engineering, Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) completed the draft report in September 2002 on the magnitude of red light running (RLR) as a traffic safety issue, using Tippecanoe County as the model. ...
• A collaborative study also was conducted early in 2002 with the Purdue University Sociology Department for the Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership to assess the aggressive driving in Marion County.
• In July 2002, funding was provided to CATS by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through the Governor’s Council and Indiana State Police to evaluate commercial crashes that occur in Indiana. ...
•   Funding for the purchase of car seats and the initial training of the technicians was provided by the Automotive Transportation Safety at Riley Hospital. ...
• (1) Transportation Safety Studies.
• The Center continues to conduct the State's annual safety belt surveys. ...
• The common thread through these assignments and research is the advancement of transportation safety.
• Annual county statistics sheets also are prepared for each of the 92 Indiana counties, highlighting recent years’ highway safety performance.
• CATS in this endeavor works closely with the Indiana Department of Transportation, Indiana State Police, and the Governor's Council to provide results, which maximize the value to the State.
• Within Purdue University, CATS has become the data manager and repository for data acquired from the State of Indiana as it relates to highway safety and crashes. The School of Civil Engineering continues to use that data in support of their research programs funded by the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.

• Top : Government Agencies : TSB: Transportation Safety Board of Canada .
• TSB: Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
• The TSB is an independent agency created by an Act of Parliament. Its role is to advance transportation safety through the investigation of transportation occurrences in the marine, pipeline, rail and aviation modes. ...

• Study Finds Federal Safety Agency Needs Improvement .
• 23, 2002 — In a recent internal study of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) safety defects notification department, conducted by the U. ... Department of Transportation inspector general's office, the highway safety agency did not fair well. ...
• , ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. ...
• The report found that the agency “faces challenges in its ability to identify potential safety defects. ...
• Runge, “We believe the process currently used by the ODI to identify safety defects has worked well. ...

• Governor's Traffic Safety Committee.
• The New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) coordinates traffic safety activities in the state. It consists of the heads of thirteen state agencies with traffic safety concerns. Chaired by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Committee's mission is to promote and support the state's highway safety program to provide for the safe transportation of people and goods on New York's roadways. The Committee acts as the state's official liaison with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and works closely with a network of state and local agencies, non-profit organizations and private-sector partners to deliver quality traffic safety information, projects and services across the state.
• GTSC was formed by a combination of law and executive orders in 1967 to act as the liaison with the federal Department of Transportation on traffic safety issues. The Committee was established to meet the federal requirements for a highway safety office so that the state may receive highway construction funds and traffic safety grant funds. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are the primary sources of funding for traffic safety programs.
• GTSC maintains a web site (the Traffic Safety Place) to share timely, accurate and useful news and information about traffic safety and the state's Highway Safety Program with its professional partners and the citizens of New York State.
• The Committee membership is established by executive order to include agencies with programs that are highway safety related. ... The head of each agency acts as the agency's official representative to the Committee, with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles serving as the Chair.
• Commissioner, Department of Transportation (DOT).
• The Committee maintains a staff which carries out the day to day functions of the highway safety office including planning, the grants program and safety program activities. ...
• The Highway Safety Program.
• Highway Safety Planning and Coordination.
• Statewide highway safety planning and coordination are important functions of the Committee and its staff. This is accomplished through development of a statewide Highway Safety Strategic Plan (HSSP), policy making by the executive level of the Committee and networking with GTSC's many traffic safety partners.

• TRANSPORTATION LINKS.
• The Central Region Council of Mayors is a subregional transportation planning and programming body in west Cook County, Illinois, in the greater Chicago metropolitan area.   Fifteen municipalities form the council, which functions in cooperation with the Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS).
• Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
• The official web site of the Illinois Department of Transportation includes traffic and construction information, safety tips, and a collection of links to related information. ...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
• A user-financed administrative agency whose purpose is to operate, maintain, and service a system of tollways in the northern portion of the state. ...
• The FAA is responsible for the safety and certification of aircraft and pilots, for the security of airports, and for the around the clock operation of our nation's air traffic control system. ...
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
• An independent agency of the federal government. ...
• The FRA promotes safe, environmentally sound, successful railroad transportation to meet current and future needs of all customers, encouraging policies and investment in infrastructure and technology to enable rail to realize its full potential. ...
• Subcommittee on Census Data for Transportation Planning .
• Interested in census data matters as they relate to transportation planning.   This site was designed to help provide a forum for those with an interest in transportation planning and census data. ...
• Transportation Research Board (TRB).
• The TRB promotes innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results. ...

• Home > Electronic Reading Room > Document Collections > Fact Sheets > Fact Sheet on Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Materials Fact Sheet on Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Materials.
• The transportation of radioactive materials is regulated jointly by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department of Transportation (DOT). ...
• It is responsible for such items as vehicle safety, routing, shipping papers, and emergency response information and shipper/carrier training requirements.
• The NRC requires radioactive materials to be shipped in accordance with the hazardous materials transportation safety regulations of DOT. ...
• Spent Fuel Shipping Container Safety Standards.
• Safety standards for spent fuel casks are set forth in NRC regulations (10 CFR Part 71). Casks must be designed to withstand a series of impact, puncture, fire environments, and a deep water immersion test, thereby providing reasonable assurance that packages will withstand serious transportation accidents. ...
• The standards established in NRC regulations require that shipping containers, or casks, prevent the loss or dispersion of radioactive contents, provide adequate shielding and heat dissipation, and prevent nuclear criticality (a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction) under both normal and accident conditions of transportation. ...
• The normal conditions of transportation which must be considered are specified in the regulations in terms of hot and cold environments, pressure differential, vibration, water spray, impact, puncture, and compression tests. ...
• Adequacy of Safety Standards.
• In 1981, the NRC reevaluated its regulations concerning transportation of radioactive materials, and concluded no immediate changes were needed to improve safety Ref. ...
• An assessment of the probability and severity of transportation accidents;.
• The extent of potential consequences that could result if a radioactive material shipment were involved in a transportation accident; and.
• The excellent safety record developed over more than 30 years during which millions of radioactive material shipments have been made without identifiable injury or death attributable to radiological causes.
• This belief is based on the NRC’s confidence in the shipping containers that it certifies and its ongoing research in transportation safety. ...
• Analyzing spent fuel transportation records to understand safety issues better;.

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• Key Transportation Indicators: Summary of a Workshop (2002) .
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• NCHRP Report 500: Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan Transportation Research .
• and the Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Safety Management. ... org Newsletter Blurbs Full-Text Publications Research in Progress Online Directory Annual Meeting Program or - Browse Publications by Topic - General Administration and Management Aviation Construction Data and Information Technology Design Education Energy and Environment Finance and Economics Freight Highway Intermodal Legal Issues Maintenance Marine Materials Motor Carrier Operations Pavement Pedestrians and Bicyclists Pipelines Planning Public Transportation Railroads Research Safety and Human Factors Security Societal Soils and Geology Structures Vehicles.
• Aviation Safety and Pilot Control: Understanding and Preventing Unfavorable Pilot-Vehicle Interactions (1997) .
• A-1 APPENDIX A GLOSSARY Acronym ATA AusTA BAC BBS BSM CDL CMV CTBSSP CVO FHWA FMCSA FMCSRs Term American Trucking Associations Australian Trucking Association Blood alcohol content Behavior-based safety Behavioral safety management Commercial drivers license Commercial motor vehicle Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program Commercial vehicle operations Federal Highway Administration Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations GPS HOS LTCCS LTL NHTSA NPTC NTSB OBSM OMC TRB UM VTTI Global Positioning System Hours-of-service Large Truck Crash Causation Study Less-than truckload National Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Private Truck Council National Transportation Safety Board On-board safety monitoring Office of Motor Carriers predecessor agency to FMCSA Transportation Research Board University of Maryland Virginia Tech Transportation Institute B-1 APPENDIX B PROJECT STATEMENT OF WORK Effective Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Management Techniques A rich literature exists regarding military and industrial safety management practices. ...

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• Subject Economic Development -- Demographics -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- Transportation -- Massachusetts, West .
• Description "The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is the official area-wide planning agency in the Berkshire region, with comprehensive planning responsibilities which include assisting community and regional land use, transportation, economic development and environmental planning. ...
• Subject Government -- Construction -- Environment -- State -- Transportation -- Massachusetts, Boston Metro .
• Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Transportation Information for the Boston Area.
• Subject Government -- Transportation -- Massachusetts, Boston Metro .
• Description The Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is one of the 13 Massachusetts regions established to carry out federally funded transportation plans and programs. ...
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics .
• Creator US Department of Transportation.
• Resource Type Data -- Government Agency.
• Subject Industries -- Economic Development -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- Transportation .
• Description The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a subdivision of the United States Department of Transportation, is "a statistical agency, a mapping agency, and an organization for transportation analysis. " The site provides links to the Bureau's many programs, including a wealth of statistical information about airlines, motor carriers, transportation safety, international travel, and more, as well as a collection of geographic information services (GIS) data, a searchable database of transportation research with over 450,000 articles, and a catalog of free Bureau publications.
• Resource Type Government Agency.
• Subject Economic Development -- Demographics -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- Transportation -- Massachusetts, Central .

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• National Transportation Safety Board Publications, 2000.
• The NTSB is the world’s premier independent accident investigation agency. Their responsibility is to make transportation safer, to determine the probable cause of accidents, and to develop safety recommendations aimed at preventing similar accidents. The Publications from the National Transportation Safety Board CD-ROM contains NTSB reports and reviews published in 2000.
• Putting Children First: Child and Youth Initiative to Achieve One Level of Safety of All Children.

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• Take Action | Publications | About Auto Safety | Contact Us Auto and Truck Safety.
• While these crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for Americans under the age of 35, and cause over 95 percent of transportation-related deaths and injuries each year, our national highway safety agency receives only 1 percent of the Department of Transportation budget. The carnage on our highways can and must be stopped through stronger vehicle safety standards, improved driver awareness and other key measures.
• The Auto Safety Group has been a part of Public Citizen since 1971.  We work to improve highway safety by lobbying Congress to pass critical legislation, monitoring the Department of Transportation to be sure it carries out the will of Congress, conducting public awareness campaigns on critical issues, and participating in lawsuits to force government action when necessary.
• Congress must vote to improve highway safety! .
• On February 12, the Senate passed a highway funding bill that has safety provisions that, if included in the House bill and signed into law, would save thousands of lives by mandating new standards for automobile and truck safety. ...
• Has your vehicle been excluded from a safety recall because of where you live? Click here to find out and to help Public Citizen put an end to this dangerous practice. ...
• 23 - New auto safety legislation would make motorists safer .
• 22 - Federal agency's proposal on fuel economy likely to be a gift to auto, oil industries .

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• Online publication which provides free access and subscription access to information about sustainable transportation.
• " Also includes glossaries in the following subject areas: transportation, statistics, weather, sciences, biometrics, fire protection, the environment, and computers.
• Intermodal Transportation Database http://www. ...
• "A central access point to a broad collection of transportation data. ... Department of Transportation, and other federal agencies, such as the U. ...
• The latest news and information regarding military and transportation, including articles culled from the various Jane's serials and publications.
• National Transportation Data Archive http://www. ...
• "The National Transportation Data Archive provides updated data, graphs and charts on nationwide transportation statistics. " Searchable site that includes highway statistical information, boating accident report database, and aviation safety data.
• National Transportation Safety Board http://www. ...
• "The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency that investigates every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation, conducts special investigations and safety studies, and issues safety recommendations to prevent future accidents. " Archive of past accident and disaster reports in all modes of transportation.
• National Transportation Statistics http://www. ...
• "Compiled and published annually by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics (NTS) presents detailed national-level data on the U. ... transportation system, its economic performance, safety record, energy use, and environmental impacts. ...

• PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
• The purpose of this chapter is to provide safe transportation of students by setting safety requirements relating to school bus equipment, design, construction, and identification, driver training and qualifications operations, loading and unloading, and maintenance and inspection. ...
• "Chapter 19-141, motor carrier safety regulations" means parts 390-399, inclusive.
• "Department" means the department of transportation.
• "Director" means director of transportation.
• "FMVSS" means the federal motor vehicle safety standard, as found in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 571 as it existed on October 1, 1987.
• "Motor carrier safety officer" means enforcement officers of the motor vehicle safety office of the department of transportation.
• A motor vehicle used for transportation of pupils attending schools above the twelfth grade or pupils over eighteen years of age;.
• A privately owned passenger vehicle when that transportation is provided without compensation of any kind;.
• A motor vehicle used for transportation of pupils together with other passengers as a part of the regularly scheduled operation of a mass transit system; or.
• A privately owned passenger van when such transportation is provided by a community association duly incorporated with the department of commerce and consumer affairs which operates for the purpose of promoting recreation, health, safety, or social group functions.
• To meet department qualifications no person shall be permitted to operate a school bus unless such person holds a valid driver's license of appropriate class pursuant to section 286-102, HRS and a valid motor carrier medical examination certificate as required by chapter 19-141, motor carrier safety regulations. ...
• Has not been certified by a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy as meeting the requirements of chapter 19-141, motor carrier safety regulations. ...
• The employer shall provide the driver qualification file for review upon request by any state or county agency whose responsibilities include pupil transportation safety.
• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Title 101 Control Location, Identification and Illumination 102 Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect 103 Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems 104 Windshield Wiping and Washing Systems 105 Hydraulic Braking Systems 106 Brake Hoses 107 Reflecting Surfaces 108 Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment 111 Rearview Mirrors 113 Hood Latch Systems 116 Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids 119 New Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other than Passenger Cars 120 Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles other than Passenger Cars 121 Air Brake System 124 Accelerator Control Systems 125 Reflectors Used to indicate Vehicles Stalled on the Highways Occupant Protection 203 Impact Protection for the Drivers 204 Steering Control Rearward Displacement 205 Glazing Materials 206 Door Locks and Door Retention Components Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Title 207 Seating System 208 Occupant crash Protection 209 Seat Belt Assemblies 210 Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages 213 Child Seating Systems 217 Bus Window Retention and Release 219 Windshield Zone Intrusion 220 School Bus Rollover Protection 221 School Bus Body Joint Strength 222 School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection 301 Fuel System Integrity 302 Flammability of Interior Materials (Type III school bus shall not be required to meet FMVSS 220, 221, and 222. ...
• All school buses shall have the following parts and accessories for safe operation as described in chapter 19-141, motor carrier safety regulations, Sections 393. ...

• NTSB says seat belts have biggest impact on transportation safety.
• Agency adds 'truck and bus' category to safety 'wish list'.
• WASHINGTON -- While announcing he was adding a new category to his agency's annual review of needed transportation safety improvements, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said getting more people to wear seat belts would have the biggest impact on safety. ...
• Increasing the rate of seat belt use nationwide from 70 percent to 85 percent would prevent almost 4,200 fatalities and 104,000 injuries annually, the safety board said. The agency will focus on increased enforcement and strengthening of seat belt laws. ...
• Citing a rapid growth in commercial traffic on the nation's highways, the NTSB added a "truck and bus" category to its annual "wish list" of transportation safety improvements. ...
• Hall said the country needs to "get ahead of the curve" on truck safety issues as much as it has on aviation safety issues. ...
• The safety board voted unanimously to include the truck and bus category on its list -- a largely symbolic list that seeks to publicize the top safety improvements sought by the board. ...
• Hall said he is hopeful the recent creation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would improve truck safety. ...
• "Time will tell whether the creation of this new entity, which is charged and should be charged with the same type of safety responsibility and resources that the Federal Aviation Administration has, can make a real impact in this area," he said. ...
• Since its creation in 1967, the NTSB -- which does not have to consider the cost of its recommendations -- has sent 11,485 proposals to government regulators and transportation industries. ...
• The inclusion of a truck/bus category to the NTSB safety wish list was the only significant change to the list, which has been published and revised since 1990. ...
• Increasing recreational boating safety, such as with boat operator training, requiring life preservers and outlawing drinking and boating. ...
• Reducing human fatigue in operating all types of transportation. ...
• Installing automatic recording systems -- such as black boxes used in airliners -- for other means of transportation, such as trucks and locomotives. ...
• Improving child and youth travel safety by increasing the use of booster seats; implementing graduated driving license systems for young drivers; limiting youths driving at night; and imposing zero tolerance of alcohol use by youths. ...

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