Beyond Traffic 2045

2017Final Report; earlier draft published in February 2015.PDFPolicy StatementTransportation planningInnovationLeadershipDecision makingFutureSafetyMobilitySustainable developmentTrend (Statistics)Intelligent transportation systemsTransportation policyLong range planningfuel efficiencyfuel economyfuel economy standardsBeyond Traffic 2045Ladders of Opportunityconnected vehiclespopulation increaseolder driverscongestiontraffic congestionmegaregionsunmanned aircraft systemsfreight planningUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary of TransportationFoxx, Anthony R.United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Under Secretary for PolicyJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYUS Transportation CollectionWhen the United States Department of Transportation was created, the Secretary of Transportation was charged by law to report on both the current and the anticipated future conditions of our nation\u2019s transportation system. Beyond Traffic 2045 is U.S. DOT\u2019s most comprehensive assessment of current and future conditions in decades\u2014it is a call to action. After years of chronic underinvestment and policy choices that, in some cases, have actually worked at cross purposes with the broader economic and social goals held by most Americans, now is the time for a report like this one to be read, understood, considered\u2014and used, to breathe new life into funding and policy discussions at all levels. Beyond Traffic presents and analyzes the long-term and emerging trends that will shape our transportation system. By doing this, it provides a framework for the factual, rooted-in-reality discussions we will need to have about coming to grips with what our needs really are, and what our priorities will have to be