Challenge FAQs

How do I follow the Challenge and get updates?

We have several methods to keep you informed so you can focus on Solving for Safety. Check the website regularly for announcements and sign up to receive updates using your...

Innovation Agents

Challenge Innovation Agents are companies and organizations interested in providing real-world knowledge, guidance, insight, issues, and data to Solvers, especially those new to the transportation safety space.  USDOT will provide a public listing of all...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program Selectees

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. First announced last October, this White House initiative partners the...

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao released the following statement regarding today’s incident on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380:

"The Department extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the airline passenger who was fatally injured today....

Tiger V Concurrence in Award Letter

Eight Change Orders and One Supplemental Agreement

Florida International University PoDI Plan

Florida Stewardship and Oversight Agreement

National Bike Summit

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoNational Bike SummitWashington, D.C.March 5, 2018

Thank you, Bill [Nesper – Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists].   Before I begin let me acknowledge our DOT...

District of Columbia Meets Important Rail Transit Safety Program Deadline

States must receive FTA certification by April 15, 2019 or new federal transit funds cannot be awarded

WASHINGTON– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that the District of Columbia has obtained federal...