TRB’s Executive Committee periodically identifies a set of critical issues in transportation to focus attention on the most significant transportation issue facing the country and on the areas most in need of innovation. Meeting the challenges posed by these issues—congestion, emergencies, energy and environment, equity, finance, human and intellectual capital, infrastructure, institutions, and safety—will require new ideas and creativity in the years ahead.
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Critical Issues press release
Critical Issues PowerPoint presentation with talking points
TR News November-December 2006 presents a primer on transportation finance
Podcast on Critical Issues produced by the National Academies