DOT launches summit to examine the effect of technology on transportation. Sept. 29, 2009— -- How do you keep drivers from texting or talking on cell phones while driving? Following a number of ...

NORMAL — Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday restoring transportation funding is key to new economic opportunity. LaHood, a former city planner and seven-term Peoria ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Toyota was slow to deal with safety problems with its gas pedals, asserting in an interview Tuesday that it took government pressure to force ...

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is co-sponsoring a bill with Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) that would ban DeepSeek from government devices. New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, one of the two House members ...

Four of the top five cars sold under the program are foreign cars. Aug. 4, 2009 -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood adamantly declared today that the Cash for Clunkers program will continue, ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressed concern today for the safety of urban bikers. In an interview with The Huffington Post's Sam Stein, the Illinois Republican explained that he was ...

Recently, while riding, I found myself thinking of the "Three-fifths Compromise." Representatives drafting the U.S. Constitution in 1787 fashioned a compromise between northern and southern delegates ...

A Senate panel Wednesday approved Ray LaHood to be Secretary of Transportation, passing his nomination by President Obama to the full Senate, the New York Times reported. LaHood, who just retired as a ...

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in President Barack Obama's first-term Cabinet, said Tuesday he plans to leave the administration. His move continues an exodus that will ...

Ray LaHood spoke to reporters today, saying that fears of Chevy Volts exploding were highly… overblown. Can Pay-Per-Mile Driving Programs Work? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood got a spanking when ...

“We have been strengthened by waves of immigrants throughout our history, and we must keep the door open and the melting pot working. However, in this era of terrorism, we must have far better control ...