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.
Letter from Secretary Mineta to House and Senate conferees on the SAFETEA surface transportation reauthorization bill defining the parameters of...
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Text of Public Law 706 of the 75th Congress, the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938.
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Text of Public Law 254 of the 79th Congress, the Air Commerce Act of 1926.
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Text of Public Law 112-141, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, or MAP-21.
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Text of Public Law 109-58, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), enacted...
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Text of Public Law 106+159, the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, which established the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
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Text of Public Law 105-206. Title IX of this unrelated IRS reform bill contained the TEA21 Restoration Act, making many...
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Text of Public Law 104-59, the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995.
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Text of Public Law 102-240, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991.
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Text of Public Law 100-17, the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, enacted on April 2, 1987...
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Text of Public Law 97-424, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, which increased federal motor fuels taxes from 4...
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Text of Public Law 95-599, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978.
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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.