#usdot — Public Fediverse posts

https://t4america.org/2026/05/05/usdots-historic-failure-to-advance-any-new-transit-projects-in-14-months-may-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/ “Since taking office in January 2025, USDOT has not signed a single full-funding grant agreement for a new metro, light rail, or bus rapid transit line” #transit #USDOT #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #WarOnCars #shortage

Houston reinstated the rainbow crosswalks in Montrose. Some conservative leaders are calling for its removal.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/07/532842/conservative-leaders-call-for-removal-of-montrose-rainbow-crosswalks-days-after-they-were-reinstated/

#LGBTQ #Local #News #GovGregAbbott #Metro #Montrose #RainbowCrosswalk #USDOT

At yesterday’s Vision Zero meeting for Monterey County, the challenges of Salinas Road were among topics discussed. In fact, on Wednesday, a Watsonville resident traveling by bike was going north on the shoulder of Salinas Road when he attempted to make a left turn and was hit by a GMC Yukon. The Yukon’s driver fled the scene. Good Samaritans assisted the injured bike commuter. Thank you to law enforcement; the driver has been arrested and faces felony #HitAndRun charges.

Report by Ricardo Tovar, #KSBW: https://www.ksbw.com/article/arrest-hit-run-bicyclist-monterey-county/64445594

Thanks also to Amelia Conlen of Transportation Agency for #Monterey County for organizing yesterday’s mtg, and to Congressman Jimmy #Panetta for securing #USDOT funding for TAMC to develop a Monterey County Regional Vision Zero Plan: https://www.tamcmonterey.org/tamc-to-receive-640-000-federal-grant-for-monterey-county-regional-vision-zero-plan

#VisionZero #MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #MontereyBay #California #USDepartmentOfTransportation #SS4A #SafeStreetsAndRoadsForAll

#AltText photo of a gold-colored #Cervelo bicycle with right tire badly damaged by a collision.

USDOT Equity Action Plan webinar 7/25, Request for Information open thru 8/14 to help them in their update to the DOT Equity Action Plan.   

Webinar July 25, 10-11am Pacific on Zoom https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ehFPM7MNSvOxClb5JUztGQ#/registration. Sign language interpreting, captioning (CART services), and Spanish translation services offered during the webinar. 
RFI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15456/department-of-transportation-equity-action-plan-update.
#MoveEquity #DEI #equity #USDOT #transportation #TransportEquity #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #EquityAction

USDOT Equity Action Plan webinar 7/25, Request for Information open thru 8/14 to help them in their update to the DOT Equity Action Plan.   

Webinar July 25, 10-11am Pacific on Zoom https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ehFPM7MNSvOxClb5JUztGQ#/registration. Sign language interpreting, captioning (CART services), and Spanish translation services offered during the webinar. 
RFI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15456/department-of-transportation-equity-action-plan-update.
#MoveEquity #DEI #equity #USDOT #transportation #TransportEquity #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #EquityAction

USDOT Equity Action Plan webinar 7/25, Request for Information open thru 8/14 to help them in their update to the DOT Equity Action Plan.   

Webinar July 25, 10-11am Pacific on Zoom https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ehFPM7MNSvOxClb5JUztGQ#/registration. Sign language interpreting, captioning (CART services), and Spanish translation services offered during the webinar. 
RFI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15456/department-of-transportation-equity-action-plan-update.
#MoveEquity #DEI #equity #USDOT #transportation #TransportEquity #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #EquityAction

USDOT Equity Action Plan webinar 7/25, Request for Information open thru 8/14 to help them in their update to the DOT Equity Action Plan.   

Webinar July 25, 10-11am Pacific on Zoom https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ehFPM7MNSvOxClb5JUztGQ#/registration. Sign language interpreting, captioning (CART services), and Spanish translation services offered during the webinar. 
RFI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15456/department-of-transportation-equity-action-plan-update.
#MoveEquity #DEI #equity #USDOT #transportation #TransportEquity #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #EquityAction

USDOT Equity Action Plan webinar 7/25, Request for Information open thru 8/14 to help them in their update to the DOT Equity Action Plan.   

Webinar July 25, 10-11am Pacific on Zoom https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ehFPM7MNSvOxClb5JUztGQ#/registration. Sign language interpreting, captioning (CART services), and Spanish translation services offered during the webinar. 
RFI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15456/department-of-transportation-equity-action-plan-update.
#MoveEquity #DEI #equity #USDOT #transportation #TransportEquity #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #EquityAction

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 in recent memory.

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

Portland is one of 4 large US cities without #police #traffic #enforcement https://katu.com/news/katu-investigates/portland-one-of-few-major-american-cities-without-proactive-speed-traffic-enforcement.

On the one hand, keeping police out of enforcement is good. It prevents #DrivingWhileBlack harassment + excessive policing.

On the other hand, #USDOT ranks #Oregon in top 10 #TrafficViolence

In 2021 Oregon had 1.54 traffic deaths for every 100M miles traveled vs nearby WA at 0.94 death/100Mvmt.

#Portland has lots of #EntitledDriver #StreetRacing, but few #speed cameras or safety engineering.