Congestion and delay not only waste our time as individuals, they also burden our businesses and our entire economy with inefficiency and higher costs. The bottom line is that transportation is key in generating and enabling economic growth, in determining the patterns of that growth, and in determining the competitiveness of our businesses in the world economy.
Transportation is, thus, key to both our economic success and to our quality of life.
The web site is no one's page, but rather everyone's home where information can be readily available and shared by Federal, state and local governments, universities, associations, and the private sector. Our vision is toward a safer, more productive and more efficient transportation system. It is a vision of a sustainable and seamless intermodal transportation system that effectively ties America together and links it to the world. This system will help citizens and businesses satisfy their needs by providing efficient, safe, secure, and environmentally friendly transportation of people and goods. Hopefully this initial site is structured to fit the needs of all of the transportation and research and development communities.