Special Edition - Reimagining Reauthorization (Late August, 2025)

Connected Vehicles, Data, Governance, Safety & Security, Transportation Technology

From Floppy Disks to Analytics: A New Era for Roadway Safety

August 27, 2025

Andrew Rogers

August 27, 2025 - Congress should shift America’s outdated “crash-first, fix-later” approach to roadway safety toward a smarter, proactive strategy...

Highway Safety, Pedestrian safety, Safety & Security, Traffic Safety

Evidence-Based Decision Making

August 27, 2025

Dr. Ricardo Martinez, M.D.

August 27, 2025 - Like medicine two decades ago, transportation must modernize its safety practices with evidence, collaboration, and proactive...

Connected Vehicles, Data, Governance, Infrastructure, Local governance, Micromobility, Safety & Security, Transportation Technology

We Need Urban Transportation That is Innovative, User-Friendly, and Robust All at Once

August 27, 2025

Dr. Clinton J. Andrews, Ph.D.

August 27, 2025 - Urban transportation is a messy but vital arena of experimentation, where cities juggle congestion, safety, funding,...

Automated Vehicles, Governance, Transportation Technology

Advancing Autonomous Systems

August 27, 2025

Nicole Nason

August 27, 2025 - The U.S. lags behind other countries in adopting autonomous technologies not because of capability, but because...

Electric Vehicles, Transportation Technology

Electrifying Reauthorization

August 27, 2025

Jeff Allen

August 27, 2025 - As Congress prepares for the next surface transportation reauthorization, electrification must move from the margins to...

Federal Funding, Funding & Finance, Highway Trust Fund

Reducing HTF Transaction Costs

August 27, 2025

DJ Gribbin

August 27, 2025 - Federal highway funding overlooks three truths – it’s not additive, it raises costs and delays, and...

Funding & Finance, Highway Trust Fund

Transportation at a Crossroad: User Fees, Emerging Technology, and the Value of Transportation

August 27, 2025

Dr. Patricia Hendren, Ph.D.

August 27, 2025 - With gas tax revenues in steep decline, America stands at a crossroads in how we fund...

Funding & Finance, Infrastructure, Public/Private Partnerships

Transurban’s Express Lanes Deliver Transit Choices

August 27, 2025

Beau Memory

August 27, 2025 - Managed lanes delivered through public-private partnerships provide faster, more reliable travel for carpools and transit, reinvest...