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.

1992 Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act

1990 Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act

1987 Airport and Airway Capacity and Safety Expansion Act

1958 Federal Aviation Act

2014 Transportation Weekly Archive Index

1987 STURAA – Enrolled Bill Memo

1982 STAA White House Enrolled Bill Memo

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reform Reference Page

1987 Inouye and Stevens statements on Their ATC Corporation Bill

1987 Inouye-Stevens Air Traffic Control Corporation Bill

1998 TEA21 Conference Agreement – Corrected Statement of Managers
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.
