ROUTES Webinar - BCA

ROUTES Webinar - BCA

December 16, 2020

Benefit Cost Analyses (BCAs) are required for most discretionary grants at USDOT, and can be one of the most challenging parts of the application. BCA is a systematic process for identifying...

Supporting Truckers Today and Helping America Recover from COVID-19 More Quickly

Truckers received  well-deserved public recognition at the White House this week.   I joined President Trump to thank them for working long hours to deliver the medical supplies, food and other goods needed by Americans during the COVID-19 public health emergency. 

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A Special Tribute to Women Leaders

Each year at the Department of Transportation, we make a special effort to recognize and celebrate the important contributions that women are making to transportation, and to our country. During the current national emergency, it is especially appropriate to recognize and celebrate the...

How DOT is Helping Truckers Expedite Delivery of Groceries and Medical Supplies

As we’ve seen when regional natural disasters strike, it’s America’s truck drivers who rush to bring in groceries to restock store shelves and lifesaving medical supplies to hospitals.  80 percent of American communities rely solely on trucks for the delivery of...

Making Public Transit Safer During COVID-19 Outbreak

Transportation systems are always important for communities and our country, and never more so than during a crisis.  That’s why so many at the U.S. Department of Transportation are working overtime to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation affecting the U.S. and the world...

The Future of Rural Mobility

Posted by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao I just attended the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, and had the opportunity to highlight the need to pay attention to the transportation needs of rural, as well as urban, communities.  In many countries, including the...