U.S. DOT
Basics
Will Any Infrastructure Bill Be Worth Supporting?
The day after the election a key Democrat promised a big spending package. But will it do more harm than good?
November 12, 2018
Experts: Feds Aren’t Fixing Pedestrian Safety Crisis
Federal officials are failing to protect pedestrians — and, in fact, err on the side of drivers and even blame walkers for a pedestrian death toll has increased 50 percent in just eight years, advocates say.
October 12, 2018
States are Losing Millions in Biking and Walking Funds
Hundreds of million of federal cash that could have built thousands of miles of sidewalks and bike lanes has been forfeited or used for highways.
September 5, 2018
Trump’s Federal Transit Administration Has Gone Rogue
More evidence from the GAO that under Trump, federal officials are obstructing programs intended to improve transit in American cities.
August 22, 2018
Trump Administration Withholding $1.4 Billion in Transit Funds Authorized by Congress
The money is ready and waiting. Yet only one transit project has received funding this fiscal year, putting more than a dozen others in jeopardy.
August 13, 2018
Slowly and Stealthily, Trump’s DOT Starves Transit Expansion Projects of Federal Funds
The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy.
July 18, 2018
Trump Admin Snuffs Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
The Trump administration has eliminated an Obama-era rule to encourage transportation policies that reduce the threat of catastrophic climate change.
May 31, 2018
How Big Data Can Help Prevent Deaths By Speeding
What if you could reliably pinpoint street segments all over the country where speeding traffic poses a constant threat to life and limb?
May 8, 2018
TIGER Is Trump’s Program Now: Most Grants Go to Highways
The full list of new TIGER grant awards looks a lot worse than the early announcements suggested.
March 14, 2018
U.S. DOT Gets Swept Up in Trump’s Climate Denial Binge
You have until November 6 to urge U.S. DOT to preserve climate accountability in transportation policy.
October 17, 2017