August 31, 2016 – This crossword puzzle is primarily based around federal transportation policy acronyms – acronyms for bills and laws, for programs and agencies, for measurements, and for the occasional IATA airport codes and ICAO airline codes. But there are also a few surnames and a place name scattered in there.
August 30, 2016 – Fifty years ago today, the U.S. House of Representatives amended and passed landmark legislation creating a new Cabinet-level Department of Transportation.
As we careen toward the November election, there does not seem to be much upon which Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree. One of those very few things, however, is the opportunity to create good paying jobs by rebuilding our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. And for good reason.
The proliferation of mobile technology and the rapid acceleration of computer processing power have driven a renaissance of innovation across fields that have long remained static. This has led tech firms to set their sights on “moonshot” projects that propose grandiose solutions to our most pressing problems.
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On August 11, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing a public transportation safety program.
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DOT should put away the rule book and take out its check book to address MPO governance reform. We may need fewer than 400+ MPOs across the land. But we need stronger regional planning and policy engagement if the federal transportation program is going to get the best bang for its limited buck.
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released a smartphone app version of its annual Pocket Guide to Transportation which, while a bit clunky, provides valuable information for fairly easy reference.