A transportation utility fee (TUF), also known as a street maintenance fee, road user fee, or street utility fee, is an important tool for funding the repair and maintain for the preservation of streets, upgrade sidewalks and add or improve pedestrian safety features and curbs, as well as comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act […]

At least half of fatal and injury crashes occur at or near intersections. By adding sensors and cameras to monitor the flow of traffic and people through intersections, transportation officials in Chattanooga, Tennessee hope to gather valuable data that will help improve safety and mobility for the traveling public, including drivers, bikers, and pedestrians. The […]

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is excited to announce the Equity in Roadway Safety Webinar Series, which will feature noteworthy actions and tools that transportation professionals and other stakeholders may implement to address disparities in traffic fatalities and serious injuries. FHWA invites you to join the esteemed panelists for the kickoff event, a Leadership Panel […]

About this Webinar This is the 37th webinar in the FHWA Bridge Load Rating Webinar Series with the objective to provide awareness and share state of practice, lessons learned, research advancement and available resources. In this webinar, the first presentation will discuss the work done through FHWA ID/IQ task order on Advancing Bridge Load Rating: […]

Learn about Transportation Reinvestment Zones (TRZs) and how they help communities throughout the country narrow the existing funding gap while accelerating the delivery of critically needed transportation projects. Transportation Reinvestment Zones ("TRZs") are an innovative and powerful Value Capture Technique to generate funding for transportation projects by capturing and leveraging the economic growth associated with […]

The Federal Highway Administration created CASE, the Contracting Alternatives Suitability Evaluator, to provide your agency with expert support as you select the right contracting methods for your projects. The right contracting method often means the difference in delivering a successful project versus a project with cost and time overruns and the potential for expensive claims […]

Is your local agency, region, or State interested in learning about the broad range of free or low-cost crowdsourced data to improve planning for operations or real-time operations? Are you ready to bring together key stakeholders to discuss your region's operational challenges and how crowdsourced data might offer a viable solution? If your response is […]

Tax Increment Finance/Tax Allocation District/Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones Many States use tax increment financing (TIF) to raise value capture revenues for major transportation improvements. Virginia has used special assessment districts called transportation investment districts to fund both rail and highway improvements. Atlanta uses a type of tax allocation district (TAD) and special service area district […]

Nighttime adds another dimension to intersection, roadway departure, and vulnerable road user safety. The nighttime fatality rate on the Nation’s roadways is three times higher than the daytime rate. Urban areas usually have streetlights near schools, parks, transit stops, sports complexes, and the like to help illuminate pedestrians, but what are other effective safety countermeasures, […]

Nighttime adds another dimension to intersection, roadway departure, and vulnerable road user safety. The nighttime fatality rate on the Nation’s roadways is three times higher than the daytime rate. Urban areas usually have streetlights near schools, parks, transit stops, sports complexes, and the like to help illuminate pedestrians, but what are other effective safety countermeasures, […]