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.

Improving Transportation Performance: Time to Focus on Operations

Technology That Makes Airport Taxiing Safer Is Possible Today

Countdown to Mainstreaming of Self-Driving Vehicles

Improving Transportation = Better Quality of Life for City Dwellers

Transportation and Technological Change: The Case of Autonomous Vehicles

The Bell Tolls for User-based Funding

Three Ideas for Big City Departments of Transportation

2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index

Three Pragmatic Initiatives for the Incoming Secretary of Transportation

Why is Air Traffic Control a Government Function?

Introducing Policy Change: The Case of Knives on Planes
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.
