Transportation Infrastructure
New USDOT safety strategy highlights enforcement, embraces autonomous cars
The new National Roadway Safety Strategy emphasizes safety technology and enforcement and promises to further crack down on immigrant truck drivers with illicitly obtained licenses.
Analysis: What does America want from surface transportation reauthorization?
Over 13,000 comments were submitted in the federal Request for Information on surface transportation reauthorization. We analyzed all of them.
Five reasons infrastructure costs are spiking
State DOTs face a $86 billion shortfall over the next 10 years.
Commentary: In the Age of Mass Deportation, Mobility is a Civil Rights Issue
How transportation networks support — or impede — immigration enforcement systems.
Sunbelt Cities Rank Lowest in Nation for Street Safety
Cities with low road safety rankings are overwhelmingly newer and located in the South and Southwest.
Judge Delays Restoration of Gateway Tunnel Funding
The judge that ordered the administration to release federal funds for the New York-New Jersey tunnel project approved a temporary stay, delaying the release by at least a few more days.
Reclaiming Transportation as a Place of Resistance
The systems that move us are not neutral — and we don’t have to pretend like they are.
New DOT Beautification Council Will Guide the Aesthetics of Transportation Infrastructure
The council is tasked with creating a design guidebook to align with Trump’s preference for neoclassical architecture.
The Future of EV Charging Stations and Urban Planning
Explore the future of EV charging in cities and discover urban planning strategies for integrating electric vehicle infrastructure and promoting sustainable transportation.
‘Innovative DOT’ Guide Offers Path to Resilience for State DOTs
A new resource offers concrete recommendations for thriving in a changing transportation landscape, prioritizing a ‘fix it first’ approach to infrastructure maintenance.
From Grants to Growth: The Critical Role of Funding in Urban Transportation Projects
How cities are taking innovative approaches and adopting technology to develop sustainable, long-term funding sources for transportation infrastructure.
USDOT Announces First Round of 2025 RAISE Grants
The agency awarded $1.32 billion in funds to transportation infrastructure projects aimed at road safety and mobility.
Rebuilding America's Backbone: A Call for Resilient Infrastructure
How sustainable investments in infrastructure made today can secure the future.
New Jersey to Cash in $2.4 Billion of Transportation Bonds
The $2.4 billion in New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority bonds will fund infrastructure upgrades, including potential improvements for NJ Transit, which has had a summer of service disruptions, fare and tax hikes, and budget woes.
Pennsylvania Adopts State Transportation Plan
The plan addresses roads, transit, and other transportation infrastructure over the next 12 years.
Mobility as a Social Determinant of Health
A public health expert calls on transportation planners to ensure all residents have access to reliable transportation.
Louisville Creates its First Municipal DOT
The new department will be tasked with speeding up transportation and infrastructure projects.
Mountain Road Collapses Force Isolation, Long Commutes
Threats to aging transportation infrastructure are putting remote communities at risk of being cut off from essential services.
When Small Projects Make a Big Impact
Small, mundane infrastructure projects can make meaningful changes for pedestrian and bike safety.
USDOT Issues Grants for Resilient Transportation Infrastructure
The department issued $830 million in grants for improving roads, bridges, and other infrastructure vulnerable to extreme weather and other climate impacts.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
