What’s worth understanding is how the BVLOS rule matters for our defense industrial base, battery manufacturing, and supply security of advanced weaponry—and the parallels to some of the other pain points in our national effort to reindustrialize.
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Breakthroughs in physical AI are fast-tracking the evolution of autonomous driving. As the nation builds upon private-sector momentum to advance the adoption of autonomous vehicles, DOT should ensure that data access does not compromise the security interests of the US and its allies.
Same as it ever was? Not this time. Foreign investment from a direct adversary won't end well.
The stakes are clear: Setting global standards will not only shape the future of AI but the principles embedded in its use. Chinese transportation AI exports bring governance models that emphasize centralized control and broad state access to data. For the United States, that raises concerns about privacy, transparency, and market openness in the global transportation system. The White House’s AI Action Plan outlines steps to address these risks, from accelerating deployment and streamlining regulatory approvals to expanding exports of trustworthy, safety-focused AI technologies.
AI’s impact on transportation extends beyond autonomous vehicles or drones. As AI is increasingly viewed through a geopolitical lens, its use in transportation will hinge on whether the United States builds the supporting infrastructure, sets standards and creates pathways to test and scale AI safely. The AI Action Plan is a first step, but the race is underway.
One of the most transformative roles freight data can play is to accelerate the sector’s energy transition. By bringing digital technologies to scale and leveraging digitalization, we can bridge the efficiency gaps in supply chains and optimize freight movement while achieving broader sustainability goals.
Germany is betting that making access to transit convenient and affordable will make it a more attractive mobility option and encourage people to shed their cars for most trips. And in doing so, is showing the way for the rest of Europe to transform their transit systems.
Less than 8% of eligible Parisian voters showed up at the polls, voting to ban the popular—especially with younger people—transportation option which some have come to see as a nuisance. The use of a referendum to determine the fate of this mode of transportation was controversial, and certainly seems a blunt way to navigate a complex and evolving ecosystem of new mobility options.
A promising trend is taking shape among policymakers around the future of mobility. It’s a shift in perspective to better understand how inextricably linked transportation policies are to people’s lives and to the vitality of society’s long-term economic, equity, and sustainability goals.
Two weeks ago, Canada announced a C$50 million ($37 million in U.S. dollars) investment in supply chain digitalization that promises to significantly improve efficiency in the movement of goods, a strategy that the U.S. should take note of.
Improving battery technology, innovative vehicle design, increased infrastructure connectivity, and changing attitudes toward transportation have all laid the groundwork for a potential revolution in how people get around the places they live and work. These five trends could transform how people get to jobs, shop, meet up with friends, and get their kids to school. But only if policymakers choose to support these trends and allow for greater innovation that increases the mobility choices people have when planning their trips.
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