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.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 3:33 p.m. The U.S. Senate, by a margin of 72 to 26, has passed a bill...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2016 - A breakthrough in the House on addressing the Flint, Michigan drinking water issue in the...
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September 27, 2016 - With all the media attention focused on last night’s presidential debate, it seems like the time...
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September 22, 2016 - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today called up legislation in the Senate that would provide...
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September 22, 2016 - Two days after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told a Bloomberg News reporter that the...
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September 22, 2016 - The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration has released a policy agenda detailing how emerging industries...
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Monday, September 19, 2016 - 9:30 a.m. Here is a brief synopsis of what we expect on Capitol Hill this...
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September 14, 2016 - The House Homeland Security Committee approved two transportation-related bills by voice vote yesterday. One would restrict...
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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.