The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is preparing for the reauthorization of surface transportation programs by working with Congress, State and local officials, tribal governments, and other stakeholders to develop its proposals. Visit the Surface Transportation Reauthorization web site to find out more.

News:

Monday, October 25, 2004

Laura Bush and Nation's Top Highway Official Celebrate Completion of Pennsylvania Avenue Improvements

Mrs. Laura Bush and Federal Highway Administrator Mary E. Peters today reopened to pedestrians the section of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, closed since January for scenic renovation and security improvements. [read the full release]

The final rule on Work Zone Safety and Mobility was published in the Federal Register (69 FR 54562) on September 9, 2004 with an effective date of October 12, 2007. The purpose of the update is to address the changing times of more traffic, more congestion, greater safety issues, and more work zones.

Do you know we can build bridges overnight? Read for yourself in this new page on prefabricated bridge elements and systems. Technical information on accelerated construction and knowledge sharing is brought to you by AASHTO TIG and FHWA.

President Bush issued Executive Order 13274 on September 18, 2002 to enhance environmental stewardship and streamline the decision-making process in connection with major transportation projects. Visit the Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews web site to find out more about the implementation of Executive Order 13274.

Serving as a focal point for agency-wide Research & Technology (R&T) information, this site will be the umbrella R&T site for FHWA. This Web site is a springboard to and from FHWA's R&T functional areas, this site contains topics of interest including the latest list of FHWA Priority, Market-Ready, Technologies and Innovations and the FHWA Corporate Master Plan for Research and Deployment of Technology & Innovation (CMP) published in 2003. Visit the site at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/rnt4u.

FHWA is sponsoring web-based communities of practice (CoP's) to promote free and open knowledge exchange on such topics as environment and planning, air quality, high performance concrete, and transportation asset management. Join a group of your peers throughout the highway community to discuss, collaborate, and exchange ideas and practices on a wide range of interesting and timely topics on one of the FHWA Knowledge Communities. Also, FHWA expertise is at your fingertips via the FHWA Resource Locator. The Resource Locator helps you quickly and easily identify a person or person(s) to answer your inquiries on a variety of highway-related technical and program issues.

Employment Opportunities

Jobs in the Federal Highway Administration

Traffic Congestion and Reliability: Linking Solutions to Problems

A new report, Traffic Congestion and Reliability: Linking Solutions to Problems, is now available. This report provides a snapshot of traffic congestion in the United States by summarizing recent trends in congestion. The report also provides an understanding of the various sources of congestion, highlights the growing importance of system reliability, and recommends ways to address congestion by targeting the sources of congestion and unreliability.

Planning A Trip? Your first stop should be the National Traffic and Road Closure Information web site and your second stop should be the Scenic Byways web site.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other Federal agencies support an ecosystem approach to infrastructure development. However, successfully implementing national standards at the state and local levels -- where infrastructure projects are carried out -- presents a myriad of challenges. Find out more in the November issue of "Successes in Streamlining".

The GIS in Transportation Web site highlights innovative transportation-related applications of GIS across the country. GIS in Transportation is home to detailed descriptions of featured GIS applications and a searchable database of GIS applications. For more information, visit http://www.gis.fhwa.dot.gov.

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) was enacted June 9, 1998, as Public Law 105-178. TEA-21 authorizes the Federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 6-year period 1998-2003.

The FHWA's recent program accomplishments and financial highlights are described in the 2003 Performance and Accountability Report. Read the Report on-line, or order a printed copy of the document.

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