Each state must use at least $1 million of the funds awarded for behavioral highway safety activities, such as alcohol countermeasures, occupant protection, and pedestrian, bicycle and motorcycle safety.
"Employers must remain dedicated to keeping the workplace safe and healthful, or face close scrutiny by this agency," said Diane Turek, director of OSHA's Chicago North Area Office in Des Plaines, Ill.
"We support Chicago's leaders because their plan helps to ensure that 'The City that Works' doesn't become the city that idles," said DOT's Mary E. Peters.
This is a seven-month delay in the rule's final compliance date.
The department will use the blog to break news and make announcements, welcoming guest bloggers from government, industry, and the transportation community.
The technology is advancing swiftly. Last week, the Pentagon's DARPA agency chose three companies for the first phase of a program to develop an unmanned air system to fly a five-year uninterrupted mission.
Working conditions and the prevalence of sleep disorders in the truck driver population are among several important topics NIOSH hopes to address.