Ideological and political education in curriculum (IPEC) plays an important role in modern higher education. Comprehensively promoting the construction of IPEC is not only a strategic measure to implement the fundamental task of cultivating people with integrity, but also an important task to comprehensively improve the quality of talent cultivation. This study uses a questionnaire survey method to deeply analyze the current situation of IPEC in transportation-featured universities. Based on this, the study conducts a problem and cause analysis. It reveals that there are multiple problems in IPEC, including formalism tendency, imperfect teaching system, monotonous teaching methods, and insufficient student participation. In response to these problems, this study proposes a series of measures, including deepening the connotation of IPEC, improving the design of teaching content, strengthening the training of IPEC teaching team, and enhancing the value recognition of educators. These measures aim to break free from the shackles of the formalism in ideological and political education, establish a coordinated system of curriculum implementation, play the leading role of teachers in ideological and political education, and thereby form the synergy of IPEC.