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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who earned praise for focusing on distracted driving and criticism from trucking for appearing to promote biking and high-speed rail over freight issues, announced last week he was stepping down.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last week he would “be sticking around for a while” in President Obama’s Cabinet as the administration’s top transportation official.

A spate of pre-inaugural Cabinet announcements and a story in a Capitol Hill insider publication last week fed the Washington rumor mill’s speculation surrounding the future of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood won’t discuss his plans with President Obama about staying in his position in the new administration until after the new year, the Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star reported.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood seems to be keeping the door open to a second Cabinet term after insisting last year he would not stay on if President Obama were re-elected.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced $30 million for the replacement or repair of rural roads as part of the agency’s most recent “TIGER” grants.

A recent blog from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has provoked truckers and other highway users to complain anew about an old issue — highway trust fund money paying for things other than highways.