The “on-again off-again” discussions of a big infrastructure bill have left people in the roadway safety industry highly frustrated. The sad state of our roadway infrastructure, which receives a D+ rating by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), results in longer travel times, wear and tear on vehicles, and roads that don’t benefit from […]
Can you do several things at once and do them well? The evidence from decades of study is a resounding NO. Driving while talking or texting is bad – we have the fatalities and serious injuries to prove it. More than 5,000 deaths and more than 500,000 injuries, many life-altering, were caused by distracted drivers […]
Women are still depressingly underrepresented in the media. Each year, the Women’s Media Center surveys newsrooms on their representation and in 2018, it found that women make up 41.7 percent of the total workforce in the outlets that responded. Even worse, people of color comprised just 22.6 percent. I’m proud that HuffPost has a majority-female […]
Ahead of the busy summer travel season, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, which I have chaired since the Democrats took the majority, had an early hearing on road safety. Increases in traffic-related fatalities and injuries have made passenger and traffic safety a top priority for me for the upcoming reauthorization of the surface transportation […]
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Preparing Americans for the Jobs of the Future
/in News from D.C., Workforce /by Edward AldenThe world of work is changing, and changing fast. Driverless trucks, robot hamburger flippers and cashier-less checkout counters are the visible signs of workplace automation. But the real danger is not a jobless future; rather, we must prepare Americans for the many jobs of the future where they will need to work smarter alongside machines. […]