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.

Focusing on Safer Roads and Safer Speeds

Mar 28, 2024 | Barbara McCann
March 28, 2024 - After a decade of stalling progress, traffic fatalities surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, culminating in 42,795...

Remarkable Hope

Mar 28, 2024 | Nicole Katsikides, Ph.D.
March 28, 2024 - This is a story about how one remarkable woman started a much-needed movement to improve the...

Transportation Innovation Requires More than Technology

Mar 28, 2024 | Katharine Day | Jocelyn Lewis
March 28, 2024 - The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provides more than $1.2 trillion dollars of investment and represents a...

Let’s Err on the Side of Safety

Mar 28, 2024 | Shanté Hastings
March 25, 2024 - Exploring the transformative impact of the Safe System Approach, this innovative strategy emphasizes a shift towards...

Final FY24 Homeland Funding Released, A Week After FY25 Request

Mar 22, 2024 | Jeff Davis
March 22, 2024 - The second fiscal 2024 "minibus" funding package, released early yesterday morning, contains the full-year appropriations bill...

Senate Reviews Ongoing NTSB Investigations

Mar 8, 2024 | Kirbie Ferrell
March 7, 2024 - Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) convened a hearing for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation...
Presidential Essay Series

From Lighthouses to Electric Chargers: A Presidential Series on Transportation Innovations

Feb 23, 2024 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION

Car Insurance Rates Drove Inflation in U.S. Economy

Feb 16, 2024 | Jeff Davis
February 16, 2024 - A 21 percent increase in auto insurance costs was one of two main drivers of economy-wide...

2024 Leaders Development Conference

Jan 30, 2024

Senate Panel Approves Inman’s NTSB Nomination

Dec 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis
December 8, 2023 - The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday approved the nomination of Todd Inman to be...

House T&I Uses Hearing to Urge Senate to Act on FAA Bill

Dec 1, 2023 | Kirbie Ferrell
November 30, 2023 - Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) convened the House Aviation Subcommittee to hear invited testimony related to the...

House Members File Floor Amendments for Homeland Security Funding

Sep 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis
September 8, 2023 - House members have filed 187 amendments to the FY24 Homeland Security appropriations bill, but almost none...

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.