Transportation For America

TransportationCamp DC is coming back! Mark your calendar for Saturday, January 9, 2027, and get ready to join hundreds of transportation professionals and enthusiasts from across the country for another day of big ideas, new connections, and lively conversations about the future of transportation.

Last year, more than 400 attendees joined us for 50 ...

The Trump administration has made history…as the first to not approve or advance a single transit capital project in their first year and a half in office. Considering what we heard directly from USDOT Secretary Duffy last week, no one should believe that’s a coincidence.

For decades now, Congress has prov...

After we consistently predicted that Congress could not write and pass a new transportation law before the September 30 expiration of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Congress has finally thrown in the towel and is moving to extend the IIJA before that deadline. What is an extension, how long should it be, and what should it include?

Retiring Southern Rail Commission (SRC) member John Spain was instrumental in transforming the commission and focusing its efforts on restoring passenger rail in the Gulf Coast. Among many other things, his legacy is the year-old Mardi Gras line serving tens of thousands of people. T4America Senior Policy Advisor John Robert Smith reflects on John Spain’s tenure with ...

If there was any lingering confusion about the Trump administration’s willingness to faithfully and fully implement any current or future bipartisan deal on transportation reauthorization that Congress might consider, USDOT