The first goal of any transportation agency is safety. Yet almost 40,000 Americans die on the transportation system every year. New proposals for safer streets, better vehicle design, and crash avoidance technology are reshaping the narrative around safety in an effort to reverse the downward trend of transportation safety. Governments are also concerned about the security of the system. Terrorism, hacking, and international affairs can threaten the transportation systems that support the national economy.
November 30, 2023 - Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) convened the House Aviation Subcommittee to hear invited testimony related to the...
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August 31, 2023 - Amidst a sobering backdrop, the article "Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths Among Children" delves into the distressing...
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August 18, 2023 - Road traffic fatalities in the United States increased at the rate of 3 percent annually between...
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July 28, 2023 - The United States has a notoriously high traffic death rate per capita among the OECD countries....
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June 2, 2023 - Even though mass transit aid provided as a COVID-related emergency has around $3 billion in funding...
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May 12, 2023 - On Wednesday, May 10, the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security under the House Committee on...
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May 12, 2023 - The House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on May 11 to...
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March 23, 2023 - A recent Senate hearing heard everyone from embarkers to employees on how to better protect consumers...
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Federal Ban on Chinese Railcars
The Implications of the Federal Ban on Chinese Railcars (September 2018) concludes that until the federal government better understands the potential national security risks of using Chinese railcars in American transit systems, a one-year appropriations ban is more appropriate than a permanent policy change.