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.
In his previous assignment on the immigration beat, Rose was part of an NPR team that was a finalist for the duPont-Columbia Award for reporting on the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy. He traveled to Arizona to investigate how fentanyl is smuggled through legal ports of entry at the southern border, and to Honduras to report on how climate change is reshaping migration.
Rose joined NPR in 2011 as a general assignment reporter in New York City. He's interviewed grieving parents after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, asylum-seekers fleeing from violence and poverty in Central and South America and a long list of musicians including Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Sixto Rodriguez, Mary Halvorson and Arcade Fire.
Breaking news coverage has taken him across the country: from the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, to major hurricanes in Florida, Louisiana, New York and North Carolina, and protests after the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner.
Rose has collaborated with NPR's Planet Money, Consider This and Up First podcasts, and contributed to NPR's Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
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The FAA's ambitious overhaul of the air traffic control system comes amid rising public anxiety about AI. The CEO of the company that's building the software explains how it works. -
Regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration are preparing to roll out AI-enhanced software in an $875 million overhaul to manage the nation's airspace.
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The cargo plane crash in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at 21 Air, one of the carriers that fly for Amazon. The company has since paused its operations with 21 Air. -
Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Many don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.
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When Alaska Airlines wanted to optimize its operations, it turned to a small startup called Air Space Intelligence. Now the FAA has hired the company for a major reboot of the entire U.S. airspace. -
Transportation officials have removed a growing list of safety materials that mention bike lanes from federal websites. Safety advocates warn that's undermining proven measures for reducing crashes. -
The four biggest U.S. airlines control an unprecedented 75% of the market. The industry's critics say consolidation is bad for passengers, but the airlines insist there's still healthy competition.
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In a surprise switch, President Trump left Turkey in an older Air Force One plane instead of the Boeing 747 luxury jet donated by Qatar last year, raising questions about security and retrofits.
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President Trump took his first flight on the new Air Force One yesterday. The Boeing 747 luxury jet was given to the U.S. by the government of Qatar, raising concerns about ethics and security.
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The average price of jet fuel has fallen to its lowest level since the beginning of the war with Iran. But aviation experts say the cost of airfare is likely to stay high, at least for now.
