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What Trump and Musk’s Deregulatory Blitz Could Mean for Auto Safety

Auto safety regulations are in the crosshairs — but Elon Musk may make out like, well, like an oligarch.

February 27, 2025

$1 Trillion Later, U.S. Roads Are Still Crumbling, Unsafe, and Congested. Does Congress Care?

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) expires in September 2026. As Congress starts to consider what comes next, they should consider this: Including the IIJA, the ~$1.5 trillion in surface transportation spending Congress has authorized since 1991 has utterly failed to improve safety, the state of repair, congestion or emissions. So why even consider putting more money into this broken program?

Commentary: Remember the Last Time Trump Tried to Stop the Train?

A reminder that we've seen Trump's anti-rail playbook before. The train won.

This week's headlines

Thursday’s Headlines Are Blue in the Face

The Trump administration is choking off funding for transportation projects that don't meet his priorities, according to The New York Times.

Wednesday’s Headlines Pay Now or Pay Later

The Trump administration is shifting the cost of climate catastrophes from the companies causing them to future generations who will suffer.

Tuesday’s Tragic Headlines

Car crashes kill 1.2 million people a year and cost the global economy five percent of GDP. Why isn't this crisis taken more seriously?

Can Monday’s Headlines Dodge DOGE?

Many cut. Very National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Much conflict of interest. So scare. Wow.

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What DOT Secretary Duffy has wrong about California High Speed Rail

The US spends 2-3 times more per project on highways than peer high income countries, and highway construction costs recently increased 50% in just two years. Is Secretary Duffy going to cancel all highway funding too until he figures out what's going on?

Does ‘Vision Zero’ Need a Reset — Or Just More Political Will to Achieve It?

Talking with Insurance Institute for Highway Safety President David Harkey about his organization's safety pivot.

Can CA Go It Alone on High Speed Rail?

New legislation is intended to explore that issue.

Meet The FHWA Director Trump Disrespected and Ignored … And Just Put Under A Huge Microscope

The executive director of the Federal Highway Administration must feel like she has whiplash.

‘Complete Streets’ Webpage Falls Prey To Trump Purge

Some of the most basic technical resources cities use to build bike lanes and sidewalks were housed on a single government website, which was scrubbed shortly after Trump's inauguration. Now, advocates are scrambling to replace them.

Trump Aide Pushing End of Congestion Toll is Married to (Wait for It!) a Parking Garage Magnate

Alina Habba, the counselor to the president, is married to Gregg Reuben, who owns 28 parking garages across the city. Oligarchy much?

Trump Policies and Interruptions Put Transit Infrastructure Projects at Risk

"This administration has been really clear that they don't want to fund projects that cut carbon emissions. What they want to do is to take out the green stuff."

Friday Video: The Best Super Bowl Ad You’ll Never See

Every February, Automakers spend millions to get Americans into expensive cars they can't afford. What if we could do the same to get them onto a bike seat?

Friday’s Headlines Fear for Amtrak

Amtrak may not survive the second Trump administration, let alone the slow progress on expansion made under President Biden.

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