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.
June 15, 2016 - Every passing day makes it more likely that Congress will pass another short-term FAA extension by...
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The Department of Transportation has given U.S. airlines permission for up to 90 new nonstop flights a day to and...
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June 15, 2016 - This week's scheduled House markup of a Homeland Security funding bill for FY 2017 was abruptly...
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Roadside billboards have been a part of the American landscape for as long as there have been American roads. Yet...
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Tuesday, June 14 - House Transportation and Infrastructure - Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation - subcommittee hearing on U.S....
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Tuesday, June 7 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - full committee hearing on TSA aviation screening (witness list...
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Letter dated May 24, 2016 from Senate Commerce Committee chairman and ranking member John Thune (R-SD) and Bill Nelson (D-FL)...
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Series of internal White House memos from March-April 1994 evaluating the options for air traffic control reform legislation to be...
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On May 25 House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing, “Long Lines, Short Patience: the TSA Airport Screening Experience”, on...
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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.