Transportation Agencies Face Challenges Spending More for Safety

Transport Topics By Eric Miller

June 2, 2022 With billions of dollars in new congressional funding available for transportation regulatory agencies to spend on safety initiatives, several high-level federal officials said leaders must take a hard look at how that money is being spent, and whether there are opportunities to take new approaches to improve highway safety.

“Can you ever remember such an opportunity for growth?” asked Darrell Ruban, associate administrator of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Office of Safety, during a June 1 session at the Midwest Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit in Kansas City, Mo., stressing that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed by President Joe Biden in November provides FMCSA with $3.3 billion in resources over the next five years to spend on safety programs.

“My message here is we have an opportunity to save more lives and have greater impact overall,” Ruban said. “We certainly need to step up and do more. Now, the conversation turns to what’s working? What can we build upon? What are some new strategies, some new talking points? How do we move forward in a little bit different way?”

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