US Department of Transportation Company Profile

March 14, 2019 The Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council will work to identify and resolve jurisdictional and regulatory gaps which will help bring the technology to commercialization.

March 13, 2019 Under Secretary Chao’s guidance, DOT is leading the development and deployment of innovative practices and technologies that improve the safety and performance of the Nation’s transportation system, this paper highlights of efforts supported by the President’s FY 2019 Budget request.

November 17, 2017 An investment firm run by Bill Gates has put down $80 million to develop a planned community in Arizona, the community will integrate technology and high-speed data into its "smart city" infrastructure.

November 5, 2017 The response to the challenge was unprecedented - we received 78 applications. Cities from Albuquerque to Anchorage and Providence to Portland took the Challenge as an opportunity to create blueprints of their cities’ transportation futures.

May 4, 2017 At the Milken Institute Conference, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and real estate developer Richard LeFrak, discuss the Trump administration's infrastructure agenda including the possibility of raising the gas tax to help pay for rebuilding America's infrastructure.

May 1, 2017 The Senate Democrats’ “Blueprint to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure” would make a historic $1 trillion federal investment to modernize our crumbling infrastructure and create more than 15 million jobs that our economy desperately needs.

April 14, 2017 By challenging American cities to use emerging transportation technologies to address their most pressing problems, the Smart City Challenge aimed to spread innovation through a mixture of competition, collaboration, and experimentation.

April 14, 2017 The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Friday added Apple to the list of companies with permission to test self-driving vehicles in the state, suggesting that the company is pushing through with work on "Project Titan."

April 13, 2017 Technology in transportation is not new, in fact, the airplane, the automobile, the train and the horse-drawn carriage all introduced new opportunities and new complications to the safe movement of people and goods.

April 12, 2017 Over 10 years, President Trump has promised to generate $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, and with two of his other top campaign pledges in trouble, infrastructure appeared to be an area ripe for bipartisan compromise, so we thought!

April 7, 2017 This report provides a high-level evaluation of hyperloop in terms of its commercial potential, environmental impact, costs, safety issues, and regulatory issues and to identify hurdles to its commercial and/or operational feasibility.

April 7, 2017 Executives from Hyperloop One joined leading policymakers and transportation experts to reveal details of select Hyperloop routes in the United States and to initiate a nationwide conversation about the future of American transportation.

February 20, 2017 Truckload carriers typically use 53-foot single trailers, have no operational need for the twin 33s and view FedEx CEO Smith’s efforts to allow twin 33s as a waste of valuable political capital in the lobbying arena.

February 15, 2017 The presentation provides estimates of the magnitude of the potential impacts if changes were made to current federal Truck Size & Weight (TS&W) limits.

January 26, 2017 Senate Democrats say their plan is expected to create 15 million jobs, with $210 billion allocated towards repairing aging roads and bridges and $200 billion for “a vital infrastructure plan” to finance transportation projects of national significance.”