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.

1966 Highway Safety Act

1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

1965 Federal-Aid Highway Amendments

1958 Title 23 Codification Act

1950 Federal-Aid Highway Act

1944 Federal-Aid Highway Act

New Congress Convenes, Starts Considering Bills Immediately

House Highway Bill Markup Schedule Slipping; Still No Plan For Ways and Means Funding Provisions

House Panel Unveils FY16 Homeland Appropriations Bill

Senate Panel Moving Homeland Appropriations, THUD On Deck Next Week

Transportation-Related Amendments Offered to the FY16 THUD Bill in the House on June 3
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.
