US Transportation Department wants to make its own rules harder to change

The US Department of Transportation wants to bring back rules that make it harder for the agency to change its own regulations, guidance, and enforcement actions. This means future administrations would face more procedural hurdles to undo or alter existing transportation policies.

This proposed rule aims to lock in a specific way of making and enforcing rules at the Department of Transportation. It makes it harder for new administrations to quickly reverse policies from previous ones. This could slow down shifts in areas like vehicle emissions, infrastructure project approvals, or airline consumer protections.