DOT 99-10 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Media Contacts: Carolyn Vadino, US Mission to the UN, 212-415-4301 Olivia Alair, Department of Transportation, 202-366-4570 U.N. and International Officials Launch Global Effort to End Distracted Driving New York , NY – Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and senior representatives from the United States and Russia appeared at the United Nations headquarters in New York today to launch a global effort to address the growing and deadly epidemic of distracted driving.

President Obama will nominate FBI Deputy Director John Pistole to head the Transportation Security Administration, the White House said Monday.

FTA 12-10 Monday, May 3, 2010 Contact: Paul Griffo Tel: 202-366-4064 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces $775 Million In Federal Funds to Upgrade Nation’s Bus Systems Funds are for buses, facilities and equipment U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that $775 million in federal funds is being made available to the nation’s transit providers to upgrade their bus systems.

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President Obama plans to name former Maryland legislator and trucking industry critic Bill Bronrott to be deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.