President Bush has named Mary E. Peters, former head of the Federal Highway Administration, as his choice to lead the Dept. of Transportation. In announcing Peters as his nominee to be DOT secretary Sept. 5 at the White House, Bush called Peters "the right person for this job."

Bush said, "She brings a lifetime of experience on transportation issues for both the private and public sectors." Since November, Peters has been a senior vice president with engineering firm HDR and also has been serving on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, a congressionally mandated panel that is studying possible changes in how highway and transit programs are financed.