On Friday, April 22, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose national performance management measure regulations to assess the performance of the National Highway System,…

FHWA Concludes MAP-21 Truck Size and Weight Limits Study
The Federal Highway Administration's truck size and weight limits study was delivered to Congress April 14, concluding more than three years of work on…

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $750,000 For Emergency Repairs to Federal Roads Throughout Northern California
WASHINGTON—U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $750,000 in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the…

Federal Highway Administration Calls for Safer Construction Season
TOLEDO, Ohio – Deputy Federal Highway Administrator David Kim joined federal, state and local transportation officials, and highway safety advocates, today to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week. The annual event coincides with the start of the 2016…

Federal Highway Administration Releases $1 Million in Emergency Relief Funds to Repair Highway and Bridge Damage in Louisiana
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in Emergency Relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to help…

FHWA’s New Safety Performance Measures Including Bicycle-Pedestrian Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published new safety performance measures as part of its national safety program, calling for State and regional targets to help reduce highway deaths and…

U.S. DOT Issues Guidance for States to ‘Repurpose’ Roughly $2 Billion in Unused Earmarks
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx announced that roughly $2 billion in previously unused earmarks can be put back to work to support infrastructure projects across the country, as described in new guidance from the Federal Highway…

Federal Highway Administration Announces $1 Million in Emergency Relief for Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Arkansas
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Arkansas Department of Highway and Transportation Department…

U.S. Driving Tops 3.1 Trillion Miles In 2015, New Federal Data Show
WASHINGTON—New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving reached 3.148 trillion miles by the end of 2015, beating the previous record of 3.003 trillion miles in 2007.…