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.

Senate Finally Takes Up FY17 THUD Appropriations; House Markup Scheduled for May 18

Rail Safety Grants, Transit “Sandbox” Funding Now Available

THUD Bill to Senate Floor, WRDA Markup in Senate Committee This Week

Capitol Hill Events – Week of April 25, 2016

Senate Panel OKs $77.9 Billion For USDOT in FY 2017

House Hearing Examines Vehicle Safety

FHWA Releases Highway & Bridge Performance Metrics

Senate Passes FAA Reauthorization Bill, 95 to 3

Senate Pushes Final Vote on FAA Bill to Next Week

The Amending of the FAA Bill on the Senate Floor

House T&I Roundtable Discusses FAST Act Motor Carrier Safety Provisions
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.
