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News: Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
Friday, September 19, 2008 FHWA Invites Applications for Grants that Use Innovative Pricing Strategies that Relieve Congestion Friday, September 19, 2008 Friday, September 19, 2008 U.S. Department of Transportation Identifies Critical Border Congestion Relief Projects WASHINGTON - Drivers and freight shippers will experience less delay at U.S. border crossings in California, Texas and Washington thanks to a U.S. Department of Transportation effort to prioritize and accelerate projects that ease border congestion, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced today. [read the full release] Wednesday, September 17, 2008 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Announces $5 Million to Begin Funding Repair Work for Roads, Bridges and Airports Damaged by Hurricane Ike The federal government is making $5 million available immediately to begin funding work to repair roads, bridges and airports damaged by Hurricane Ike, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced today during a visit to the Houston region. She added that more funds will be made available for repair and reconstruction work once damages assessed for the region's transportation network have been completed. [read the full release] Tolling and Pricing Program
The Office of Operations launched a new Tolling and Pricing Program Web site. In an effort to create a more user friendly experience when searching for information about federal pricing programs, the new site includes valuable information that was once included on three separate sites: the Tolling and Pricing Opportunities, the Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP) and the VPPP site on the Knowledge Exchange. This is just the first step in streamlining information on one of the critical FHWA programs. In the future, the site will also feature a subject index that will help the user find the subjects they are looking for quickly instead of searching the entire site. SAFETEA-LU
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) was enacted August 10, 2005, as Public Law 109-59. SAFETEA-LU authorizes the Federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 5-year period 2005-2009. Environmental Stewardship
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. SAFETEA-LU; Opportunities for State and Other Qualifying Agencies to Gain Authority to Toll Facilities Constructed Using Federal Funds A Federal Register Notice was published on January 6, 2006. The purpose of this notice is to explain the Federal-aid Highway programs now available as a result of SAFETEA-LU that grant permission to public authorities to enact tolls on motor vehicles. The notice is also intended to invite Expressions of Interest to participate in these programs and to introduce the Tolling and Pricing Opportunities Web site. Knowledge Exchange
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. |
Storm Response Vehicle Size and Weight Information
Employment Opportunities Jobs in the Federal Highway Administration 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. Value Pricing Pilot Program Participation, Fiscal Year 2009
A Federal Register Notice was published on September 16, 2008. The Value Pricing Pilot Program was reauthorized under SAFETEA-LU as an experimental program aimed at learning more about the potential of different pricing approaches for reducing congestion. Funds are available to support efforts by State and local governments or other public authorities to establish local value pricing pilot programs, to provide for implementation, monitoring and evaluation of value pricing projects, and to report on their effects. Approximately $12 million is expected to be available for allocation to projects in FY 2009. Of this amount, $3 million is set aside for pricing projects not involving tolls, and $5 million is set aside for metropolitan region-wide pricing studies. Grant applications are due no later than November 7, 2008. Traveling with the Administrator
DOT FY 2008 Business Cases
The DOT FY 2008 Exhibit 300s are now available on the Web. FY 2009 Budget Request
Environmental Streamlining/Stewardship
Carbon Sequestration Along Highway Rights of Way: Piloting a Concept
State transportation agencies often find themselves balancing environmental concerns against the financial feasibility of actions to alleviate those concerns. As one major environmental concern — climate change — is increasingly understood, governors, state legislatures, and the federal government are exploring ways to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). Because vegetation naturally removes ("sequesters") CO2 from the air, state transportation agencies have an opportunity to reduce their total emissions and even earn revenue by changing vegetation-management practices in their state department of transportation (DOT)-owned rights-of-way (ROW). Find out more in the September issue of "Successes in Stewardship". |
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