The Washington District of Columbia’s representative in the U.S. Congress has asked the U.S. defense secretary to stop nonessential VIP helicopter travel in the area. Citing the more than 60 lives lost recently in a collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight in the district, D.C. congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton wants the U.S. Department of Defense to halt most of these VIP flights. Travel behavior and transportation policy expert Steven Polzin, a research professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools, provides some perspective on exploring viable solutions.