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Transportation reporter on Trump administration's efforts against 'DEI bike lanes'

NPR | By Rob Schmitz,

Joel Rose, Vincent Acovino

Published August 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM CDT

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with transportation correspondent Joel Rose about quiet changes the Department of Transportation made to road safety recommendations on its website - and why they matter.

Rob Schmitz

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin.

Joel Rose

Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. As the network’s transportation correspondent since 2023, Rose’s reporting focuses on roadway and pedestrian safety, an air travel system under stress and how emerging technologies are changing the ways we get around.

Vincent Acovino