Successful road, and we are very proud to stand here with the army corp of engineers. The question we had in 2018 when the leadership actually right behind me came together was, how do we protect this waterfront . We have big areas of the city that the sea wall protects from flood, big public systems, regional systems like bart that has serious risk of flood from Sea Level Rise and so the question came, how do we protect it . We put together a bond that went to the voters and in 2018 to say, we have risk, we have trouble, help us. The leadership behind me made that bond happen. With that bond, we began to work and advocate that same year, we amazingly got a new start from the army corp of engine and say said we will study this problem, well figure how to fix it and if we find federal interest well build with you to build the project and today we are celebrating the draft plan that has come out of that process. It involves 6 years of work, very deep analysis and investigation. This is n
And now i am delighted to introduce tonight speakers philip is the white burkett miller, professor of history at university of virginia, where he has also served dean of the graduate school and director of the miller center. His scholarly work has on critical episodes in american and world history. He has been a member of the defense policy board for defense Ashton Carter and a member of the board of the bill and Melinda Gates foundation and 2020 he was elected a member of the American Academy of diplomacy joining him on our digital stage this evening. Our coauthors kendall hoyt and dr. Richard j. Hatcher. Kendall hoyt, an assistant professor at gisela school of medicine at. And a senior lecturer at the third school of engineering at dartmouth college, where she teaches courses on biosecurity Health Systems and technical technological innovation. She serves on the us Covid Commission planning group. Has served as a consultant for the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations and
Air Defense Systems, additional ammunition for artillery, in particular himers systems, shells with depleted uranium for abrams tanks, as well as more than 3 million cartridges for small arms, this aid should reach ukraine in the near future, as white house spokeswoman karinjanpierre noted on the day when russia again attacked civilians in ukraine , killing 16 people and injuring dozens, it only emphasizes the importance of continued aid to ukrainians who are defending their territory from unprovoked russian aggression, and the next aid package should be sent just like this a message to assure ukrainians of the unbroken support of the United States to kyiv on wednesday us secretary of state Anthony Blinken arrived with an unannounced visit, he already met with the president of ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with whom, among other things, they discussed the situation on the front lines, as blinken noted before the meeting, the United States is making maximum efforts or to help and immediate
Accountability in the implementation of safe systems. As we adopt new technologies, we need better data related to ance and failures. To improve safety performance and public acceptance. We need a safe u. S. Where people can make mistakes and to be human and still make it home on our roads. A focus on addressing kinetic roadway fatalities offers tremendous promise for a Transportation System that is safe for all ages abilities. Researchers are positioned to support this work in collaboration with many partners dedicated to Community Safety and wellbeing. Thank you for your time and leadership and i did welcome discussion on this critical chief executive officer of the association. Representing more than 20 of the leading Companies Developing Autonomous Vehicle technologies. Good to have you at the committee here, you can proceed with opening remarks. Chaiis an honor to testify today. A written testimony provides talities and injuries on u. S. Roads. I want to spend my time talking abou
Buckeye broadband support cspan is a Public Service along these other Television Providers were giving a front row seat to democracy. Next, testimony on roadway safety before a Senate Commerce, science and transportation subcommittee. From transportation policy advocates and local officials. They discuss roadway fatalities, infrastructure needs, Pedestrian Safety and the integration of Autonomous Vehicles. This is an hour and 40 minutes. [background noises] the subcommittee will come to order. Today the subcommittee for surface transportation, maritime, freight imports will examine the roadway safety crisis. These solutions we must implement and responsive. Boots would like to thank my Ranking Member, senator young as well as chert cantwell and member crews for their help in convening this very important hearing. Every day unfortunately more than 100 americans lose their lives on our roads. If trends continue what we expect more than 40000 fatalities this year. Hundreds of thousands of