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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) this week published a draft of its first Strategic Plan on Accessible Transportation (Accessibility Strategic Plan), a noteworthy step in making America’s transportation system more accessible for all travelers. The draft Accessibility...
Dear DOT Colleagues: In accordance with the Department’s established order of succession, I assumed the duties of Acting Secretary of Transportation this morning. Our focus in the final days of the current Administration is to keep the Department under steady leadership and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department) today released the Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan (AVCP). The AVCP lays out the Department’s robust multimodal strategy to promote collaboration and transparency, modernize the regulatory environment, and prepare the...
USDOT's Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $41 million to 15 teams in 15 states through two Department of Transportation design challenges to improve transportation access to persons with disabilities and...
Researchers in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH) have developed a cross-disciplinary course titled Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Emissions, Human Exposures, and Health. A Tier-1...
Highly automated transportation systems hold extraordinary promise—and new kinds of risk. Assessing safety implications is complex, especially when systems intersect across air, land, and water. Rapidly evolving technology requires nimble evaluation and validation.
Established by Congress, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence (HASS COE) provides deep expertise and far-reaching insight as a central resource on automation for USDOT and its partners in academia and industry.