Strengthening Our World-Class Highway System

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” is the largest long-term investment in our infrastructure and economy in our nation’s history. It provides $550 billion over fiscal years 2022-2026 in new federal investment in roads, bridges, and mass transit, water infrastructure, resilience, and broadband.

New Household Travel Survey Data

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FHWA’s NextGen National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) has released its first national multimodal travel origin destination data and tools covering all modes of transportation to help plan for future travel demands and transportation improvements at the federal, state and local levels. Resources include the 2020 passenger and truck origin destination data, methodology reports, and online data analysis and visualization tools.

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FHWA at Work

Infrastructure

Improving the Nation’s Roads and Bridges

Providing leadership, technical expertise and program assistance to help sustain America's mobility

Research

Research and Technology Programs

Finding new solutions to enhance highway safety and efficiency

Safety

Highway Safety and Performance Programs

Helping improve safety for public roadway users

Every Day Counts

EDC is a State-based model that identifies and rapidly deploys proven, yet underutilized innovations that make our transportation system adaptable, sustainable, equitable and safer for all. Proven innovations promoted through EDC facilitate greater efficiency at the State, Local and Tribal levels, saving time, money, and resources to ensure our infrastructure is built better, faster, and smarter.

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Safety for All Users, Efficient Project Delivery, Equitable Transportation System, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

Transforming Transportation

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Improving transportation performance by advancing innovation through partnerships, technology deployment and capacity building.

U.S. Department of Transportation

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has made safety a top priority.

About FHWA

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides stewardship over the construction, maintenance and preservation of the Nation's highways, bridges and tunnels.

FHWA also conducts research and provides technical assistance to state and local agencies to improve safety, mobility, and to encourage innovation.

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