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In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Tuesday, May 10, 2016, he seriously considered ordering a shutdown of the entire Washington Metro subway system last week and may still do that if local officials don't follow a Transportation Department safety directive. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Metro has spending problems

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, second from left, speaks as auto executives listen at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Foxx said Thursday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also will develop a model policy for states to follow if they decide to allow autonomous cars on public roads. That policy &#8212; which will be developed within six months &#8212; could help form the basis of a consistent national policy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Obama admin pledges $4B toward self-driving cars

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, center, stands on the deck of a Washington state ferry with Lynn Peterson, left, Washington state Secretary of Transportation, and Lynne Griffith, second from left, assistant secretary for the Washington State Ferries Division, as they ride between Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Wash., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Foxx was in town at the invitation of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to learn more about Washington's ferry system and the need for both state and federal funding. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Patty Murray presses for federal ferry support

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, right, along with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, left, address the media after speaking to to community leaders and students at Cass Technical High School on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Detroit. The city of Detroit will receive more than $32 million in federal and state grants to add up to 50 new hybrid and clean diesel buses to its aging public fleet, Foxx said Thursday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Max Ortiz) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Detroit to get $32 million for new public buses

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has taken Congress to task for its noncommittal approach to investing in the nation's aging infrastructure. Lawmakers have thus far rejected the Obama administration's efforts to pass a long-term improvement plan. (associated press)

Secretary Foxx questions NC airport dispute

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Transportation Department in Washington. Foxx is scheduled to visit Casselton, N.D., April 24, 2014, to meet with local leaders and update the community on efforts to improve rail safety. A Dec. 30 BNSF Railway oil train derailment on the outskirts of Casselton didn't hurt anyone, but it sparked explosions and a fire that sent a smoke plume over the city and prompted about 1,400 people to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Feds: $3.6B for post-Sandy transportation projects

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FILE - This March 13, 2014 file photo shows Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Transportation Department issued an emergency order on May 7 requiring that railroads inform state emergency management officials before moving large shipments of crude oil through their states, and urged railroads not to use older model tanks cars that are easily ruptured in accidents, even at slow speeds. &quot;All options are on the table when it comes to improving the safe transportation of crude oil, and today’s actions, the latest in a series that make up an expansive strategy, will ensure that communities are more informed and that companies are using the strongest possible tank cars,&quot; Foxx said in a statement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US transportation secretary to visit Rhode Island

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In this Nov. 15, 2012 photo, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 with tail number 9M-MRD _ the same aircraft that was shot down near the Ukraine Russia border on Thursday, July 17, 2014 _ takes off from Los Angeles International Airport. Ukraine said the passenger plane was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/JoePriesAviation.net)

MH17: Americans safe to fly after Malaysia Airlines shoot-down: DOT secretary

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Onlookers take photos of one of the first trucks to drive through the new PortMiami Tunnel, Monday, May 19, 2014 in Miami. The tunnel is the jewel of a $2 billion port makeover, which includes a major dredging project and skyscraper-size loading cranes for sending a lot more auto parts to Brazil and getting a lot more handbags from China. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Officials: Port of Miami Tunnel to open this month

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5 Things to Know in Florida for May 20

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Former Charlotte mayor supports same-sex marriage

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This April 1, 2014, file photo shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Government says no need to park recalled GM cars

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Firefighters and rescue personnel work along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River in Lynchburg, Va., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Nearby buildings were evacuated for a time, but officials said there were no injuries and the city on its website and Twitter said firefighters on the scene made the decision to let the fire burn out. (AP Photo/News &amp; Daily Advance, Autumn Parry)

Oil-train wreck brings demands for more regulation

By ALAN SUDERMAN and MICHAEL FELBERBAUM - Associated Press

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, second from right, is flanked by North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer, left, and North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, right, during a meeting on rail safety in Casselton, N.D., Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

Federal official discusses rail safety efforts

By DAVE KOLPACK - Associated Press

Transportation leader pushes for highway funding

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

US Transportation chief Foxx visits I-49 project

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, right, talks with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, left, during a tour of an Atlanta Streetcar, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Atlanta. The Department of Transportation said Foxx is traveling around the country to highlight the importance of transportation investment. The first phase of the Atlanta Streetcar is set to open later this year and will run between the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and Centennial Olympic Park. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

US transportation secretary visits Atlanta

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This photo taken April 14, 2014 shows Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaking to the media and local government officials about federal transportation funding at the Montgomery County Commissioner's office in Dayton, Ohio. On the road in a tour bus this week, Foxx is urging Congress to quickly approve legislation to pay for highway and transit programs amid warnings that the U.S. government’s Highway Trust Fund is nearly broke. If allowed to run dry, that could threaten to set back or shut down projects across the country, force widespread layoffs of construction workers and delay needed repairs and improvements. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson)

Congress is giving states the transportation blues

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

US Transportation head plans 2 Ohio stops

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Plains oil shipments disrupting Amtrak trains

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