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Mary Peters
Person
Born: 4 December 1948
The United States Secretary of Transportation from 2006 to 2009.
Biography
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Mary E. Peters page on 1 June 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Mary E. Peters served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009. She was the second woman to hold the position after Elizabeth Dole.
Peters was born in Peoria, Arizona. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix and went to the John F. Kennedy School of Government. When Peters was six, her parents divorced. Her father raised Mary and her three siblings in Phoenix, Arizona.
Peters joined the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2005, there was speculation that Peters would run for governor of Arizona in 2006. At the time, however, she said, while she believed she would have been a strong candidate, and was eligible to run despite having lived and registered to vote in Virginia, that questions about her eligibility would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, but instead served as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods). Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
On September 5, 2006, Bush nominated Peters to replace Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate. In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
Peters is an advocate of leasing U.S. roads and interstates to private companies and having user fees (i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.
Documents
| Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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20 September 2006
hearing date | Nomination of Mary E. Peters to be Secretary of Transportation
Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
U.S. Senate | 
PDF - 296KB - 59 pages |
Article Index
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 2 October 2001 | Mary Peters Sworn in as New FHWA Administrator | Federal Highway Administration |
| 21 May 2002 | FHWA Administrator Testifies That Growing Traffic Congestion Threatens Nation's Economy, Quality of Life | Federal Highway Administration |
| 29 July 2002 | Federal Highway Administrator Applauds Coordination Among Federal, State Governments and Private Sector For Reconstruction of I-40 Bridge in Half of Time Projected | Federal Highway Administration |
| 30 July 2002 | FHWA Administrator Tells Congress Transportation, Environment Are Compatible Goals | Federal Highway Administration |
| 25 April 2003 | FHWA Administrator Peters Delivers Check for Minnesota Scenic Byways, Recognizes State DOT's Environmental Programs | FHWA |
| 23 December 2003 | FHWA Administrator Peters recognized as Woman of the Year | FHWA |
| 7 May 2004 | Federal Highway Administrator Touts Administration Investment in King Coal Highway; Praises Jobs, Economic Opportunity It Will Bring to Appalachia | FHWA |
| 27 May 2004 | Transportation Organization Names Peters Woman of the Year | FHWA |
| 16 June 2004 | Nation's Top Highway Official Tours Hwy. 67/167 Construction Site To View Technologies Saving Money, Making Road Last Longer | FHWA |
| 12 July 2004 | Federal Highway Administrator and ARC Co-Chair Tour Blennerhassett Island Bridge Project, Highlight Plans to Speed Construction and Reduce Cost | FHWA |
| 6 August 2004 | Nation's Top Highway Official Tours Nevada's Reno Road and Rail Project; Views Time and Tax Saving Methods, Touts Traffic and Economic Benefits | FHWA |
| 25 August 2004 | Nation's Top Highway Official Helps Launch New North Carolina Road and Traffic Information Service | FHWA |
| 24 September 2004 | Nation's Top Highway Official Tours York's I-83 Construction Project; Praises Economic and Safety Benefits | FHWA |
| 30 September 2004 | Federal Highway Administrator and Nevada Governor Meet to Address Costly Delays to U.S. 95 Widening Work | FHWA |
| 1 October 2004 | Nation's Top Highway Official Says Arizona's East Valley Detour Idea Boon to Economy, Taxpayers and Commuters | FHWA |
| 19 October 2004 | Downtown St. Louis on Road to Revitalization Thanks to Ramp Project, Nation's Top Highway Official Says | FHWA |
| 25 October 2004 | Nation's Top Highway Official Dedicates Key Dayton, Ohio, Interstate Interchange to State's Military Personnel | FHWA |
| 9 November 2004 | Laura Bush and Nation's Top Highway Official Celebrate Completion of Pennsylvania Avenue Improvements | FHWA |
| 14 December 2004 | Nation's Highway Chief Launches Holiday Driving Tips Campaign | FHWA |
| 11 March 2005 | Nation's Top Highway Official Highlights Innovative Public-Private Partnership on Texas Corridor Project | FHWA |
| 9 May 2005 | Statement From Federal Highway Administrator Mary E. Peters Regarding Texas Transportation Institute Report On Traffic Congestion | FHWA |
| 26 May 2005 | Federal Highway Administrator Mary E. Peters Statement On Metro Road Condition Report | FHWA |
| 27 June 2005 | Federal Highway Administrator and Nevada Governor Announce U.S. 95 Settlement | FHWA |
| 13 July 2005 | Peters Announces Departure from Federal Highway Administration | FHWA |
| 5 September 2006 | Remarks on the Nomination of Mary E. Peters To Be Secretary of Transportation | President George W. Bush |
| 23 February 2007 | Secretary Peters Announces Nearly $113 Million in Emergency Relief To Repair Storm-Damaged Highways in 10 States | FHWA |
| 23 July 2007 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Releases More Than $871 Million In Emergency Funds To Repair Damaged Roads | FHWA |
| 2 August 2007 | U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges | FHWA |
| 20 August 2007 | Secretary Peters Launches National Drunk Driving Enforcement Campaign and Encourages Judicial Branch Help | NHTSA |
| 5 September 2007 | Secretary Peters Announces Tougher Vehicle Safety Standard To Protect Against Side-Impact Crashes | NHTSA |
| 5 September 2007 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announced Today More Than $128 Million In Emergency Funds To Repair Damaged Roads in Seven States and Various Federal Facilities | FHWA |
| 5 September 2007 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Releases Additional $20 Million to Mississippi to Repair Hurricane Katrina-Damaged Highways | FHWA |
| 29 October 2007 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces $1 Million Quick Release to California for Urgent Repair of Wildfire Damage to Roads and Bridges | FHWA |
| 1 November 2007 | U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Releases $123.5 Million in Funding for I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis | FHWA |
| 19 November 2007 | Secretary Peters Catches Bus to School, Proposes New Safety Rules for School Buses | NHTSA |
| 5 March 2008 | U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Releases an Additional $195 Million in Funding for I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis | FHWA |
| 24 March 2008 | U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Launches New Service to Automatically E-mail, Instant Message Safety Recall Information | NHTSA |
| 11 July 2008 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces $1 Million Quick Release to Wisconsin for Urgent Repair of Roads and Bridges Damaged by Floods | FHWA |
| 5 September 2008 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces the Quick Release of $4 Million to Louisiana and Mississippi for Repair of Roads and Bridges Damaged by Hurricane Gustav | FHWA |
| 29 September 2008 | U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Proposes New Safety Rules for Motorcycle Helmets | NHTSA |
