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.
Transportation and Technological Change: The Case of Autonomous Vehicles
Apr 24, 2014
There is tremendous excitement in the transportation world about the idea of self-driving vehicles, also known as autonomous vehicles (AVs)....The Bell Tolls for User-based Funding
Mar 24, 2014
Last month was the first time in a long time that anyone with the ability to act on it has...Three Ideas for Big City Departments of Transportation
Feb 24, 2014
The United States is increasingly a metropolitan nation, with more of the population concentrating in urban areas. The largest of...2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2013 | Jeff Davis
2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index  January 2013 January 16, 2013 issue January 21, 2013 update January 25, 2013...Three Pragmatic Initiatives for the Incoming Secretary of Transportation
Jun 26, 2013
The advice often given to incoming members of the President’s Cabinet is to pick three issues on which to focus...Why is Air Traffic Control a Government Function?
May 26, 2013
Last week the sequester finally began hitting Congress where it hurts – by snarling air traffic and delaying flights. The...Introducing Policy Change: The Case of Knives on Planes
Apr 26, 2013
Last month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) unveiled a plan to permit some items that had been previously banned back...Three New Visionary Ideas for the President
Mar 26, 2013
When President Obama gave his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, the transportation community reaction was mixed....2012 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2012 | Jeff Davis
2012 Transportation Weekly Archive Index  January 2012 January 18, 2012 issue January 27, 2012 update January 30, 2012...2011 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2011 | Jeff Davis
2011 Transportation Weekly Archive Index  January 2011 January 3, 2011 update January 19, 2011 issue January 31, 2011...2010 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2010 | Jeff Davis
2010 Transportation Weekly Archive Index  January 2010 January 5, 2010 issue January 21, 2010 issue January 26, 2010...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.