Investigate USDOT's Removal of Proven Road Safety Tools and Data

Investigate the Department of Transportation's systematic removal of science-backed safety resources and demand they be restored. The Federal Highway Administration quietly deleted five proven safety countermeasures from its website, including bike lanes, road diets, automated speed cameras, and variable speed limits. The Highway Safety Information System database was also taken offline, and key pedestrian and cyclist safety pages have disappeared entirely. These aren't fringe tools. Hoboken, New Jersey has gone more than nine years without a single traffic death after adding bike lanes and reducing car speeds. New York City recorded its lowest death toll since 1910 last year, crediting protected bike lanes and automated speed cameras. Pedestrian deaths jumped 72% between 2009 and 2024, and cyclist deaths rose 73% over a similar period. Removing the federal resources that help states and cities address those trends will cost lives. Bike lanes and safe walkways are not political symbols. They are infrastructure that older adults and people with disabilities rely on every day. Congress designated funding for these safety measures for good reason. Secretary Duffy's department has diverted $1.73 billion away from those priorities while 36,640 people died on American roads last year. That is not a safety record worth defending. Investigate what has been removed, why, and what it will take to put evidence-based safety policy back where it belongs.