In his four years as U.S. transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx has pressed public officials and industry leaders to rethink many of their long-held assumptions about transportation. Lately, he’s been trying to make sure they continue to mull over his ideas even after he’s out of office.

WASHINGTON — Outgoing Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx emphasized the importance of freight movement during a final address to the transportation community Jan. 9.

Universities, and nonprofits looking to help the U.S. Department of Transportation tackle the country’s mobility concerns in the years to come may apply to become a “Beyond Traffic” innovation center.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Oct. 20 that he will establish an Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation.

In the coming decades, consumer demand for goods and services will lead to a sharp increase of trucks on the country's roadways, prompting a need for greater capacity, the nation's top transportation official told an audience in downtown Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Australia the first week of August to check out how officials Down Under utilize public-private partnerships, the secretary announced on the department’s blog Aug. 2.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx sees “a tsunami of change” coming in transportation over the next 30 years. That was the theme of his speech at Volpe, the National Transportation Systems Center on June 27 in Boston.

WASHINGTON — It likely will take up to two years to post safety performance scores for trucks on a federal website, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told senators June 8. The scores were removed from public view upon enactment of a five-year highway law.

The Senate Commerce Committee on June 8 is scheduled to hear directly from Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx about the implementation of the five-year FAST Act highway law. Watch live at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

WASHINGTON — Speaking in a packed ballroom at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting Jan. 13, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx touted “the real possibility that we can go from bottlenecks to relief” through his department’s National Freight Strategic Plan, which was released in October.