Improved Data Collection and Analysis Is Key to Better Decisionmaking
November 14, 2025 – We still have serious gaps in transportation data collection, both at the national level (passengers) and the metropolitan area (freight).
November 14, 2025 – We still have serious gaps in transportation data collection, both at the national level (passengers) and the metropolitan area (freight).
November 14, 2025 – Transportation is entering a new era of technological possibility, yet progress remains fragmented. To fully realize these innovations, agencies must prioritize scalable deployments grounded in clear, credible performance evidence.
November 14, 2025 – The nation’s most important transportation institution is overdue for a serious, future-facing conversation about its mission and structure.
November 14, 2025 – Decades of proposals to reorganize USDOT consistently stall not for policy reasons, but because of fragmented and overlapping Senate committee jurisdictions. Meaningful USDOT reform will only be possible if Congress first modernizes its own committee structure.
November 14, 2025 – The article traces the FAA’s historical separation within USDOT and examines how physical, technological, and organizational divides complicate coordination, especially as emerging aviation technologies increasingly overlap with other transportation modes.
November 14, 2025 – Congress should once again give the Secretary the authority to devote senior staff to specific cross-cutting missions.
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