USDOT Announces Pedestrian Safety Plan After 2020 Spikes in Pedestrian Deaths

USDOT Announces Pedestrian Safety Plan After 2020 Spikes in Pedestrian Deaths

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a new pedestrian safety plan that will focus on safer roadway designs, stricter speed limits, and improved infrastructure like traffic lights, street lights, and crosswalks. The plan comes after years of rising pedestrian deaths, and a particularly unexpected spike during 2020 coronavirus stay-at-home orders.  Experts hope that safer […]

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Pete Buttigieg Faces Thursday Confirmation Hearing 

Pete Buttigieg Faces Thursday Confirmation Hearing 

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer Today, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor, Pete Buttigieg, will face a Senate confirmation hearing for his appointment as Secretary of Transportation. If confirmed, Buttigieg will be the first openly gay Cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the Senate.  Not only will Buttigieg be a member of one of the […]

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Pete Buttigieg Tapped as Biden’s Transportation Secretary Pick

Pete Buttigieg Tapped as Biden’s Transportation Secretary Pick

Yesterday President-elect Joe Biden announced former South Bend mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for Transportation Secretary. Buttigieg would be one of the youngest cabinet secretaries and the first openly gay person to lead a federal agency. According to the Biden transition, if confirmed, Buttigieg would help move the President’s agenda […]

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