This report describes the best practices used in developing cost estimates and provides guidance for overseeing the development of such estimates. It serves as a line of communication among different State and Federal agencies involved in the creation and oversight of cost estimates. Private parties, such as contractors and consultants, can also be
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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The amount of funding provided by BIL for the Ferry Boat Program (FBP) will rise approximately 123%, to $178 M in FY22 from $80 M in FY21. Over the five years of the BIL, eligible entities will receive approximately 128% more under this program, as compared to the amounts authorized in the FAST Act (FY16-20).
Asset management for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) is still a relatively new concept. ITS have played an important role in improving the safety, efficiency, and overall performance of the transportation system. ITS asset management helps transportation agencies better manage, operate, maintain, and expand their ITS while maintaining perf
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-07-01
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Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 5,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the previous year. Estimates are re-adjuste
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-07-01
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FHWA has constructed a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) forecasting model where future VMT growth rates can be estimated for three major economic scenarios - normal, pessimistic, and optimistic growth. The normal growth scenario represents the most Likely economic outlook reflects IHS' assessment of most probable future trends in U.S. populati
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2022-07-01
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The BIL continues to allocate FLTP funds for projects on Federal lands transportation facilities, which are facilities within or adjacent to, or that provide access to, Federal lands (national forests, national parks, national wildlife refuges, national recreation areas, and other Federal public lands) which are owned and maintained by the Federal
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2022-07-01
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The BIL continues the Emergency Relief program, which provides funds for emergency repairs and permanent repairs on Federal-aid highways and roads, tribal transportation facilities, and roads on Federal lands that the Secretary finds have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disasters or catastrophic failure from an external cause.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2022-07-01
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The BIL continues the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Supportive Services program (DBE-SS) to develop, conduct, and administer training programs and assistance programs in connection with any program under title 23, United States Code, in order that minority businesses may achieve proficiency to compete, on an equal basis, for contracts and subco
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2022-07-01
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The BIL establishes the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Formula Program to help make surface transportation more resilient to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through support of planning acti
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2022-07-01
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The BIL continues the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) program, which provides funding for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of nationally significant projects on Federal or Tribal lands.
United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
2022-07-01
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Since its formation in 1994, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) has worked to spur the intermodal development of ITS to enhance the movement of people and goods. This document provides an overview of featured benefits of select ITS technologies. Benefits measure the effect
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2022-07-01
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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is approved by the Federal Highway Administration as the National Standard in accordance with Title 23 U.S. Code, Sections 109(d), 114(a), 217, 315, and 204(a), 23CFR 655, and 49 CFR 1.48(b)(8), 1.48(b)(33), and 1.48(c)(2). The MUTCD is presented in six parts: (1) General; (2) Signs; (3) Marking
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United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
2022-07-01
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This document serves as a guide to state and local agencies, as well as industry professionals, for leveraging the ITS Joint Program Office’s (JPO) ITS Deployment Evaluation Databases for the purpose of analyzing ITS benefit-costs. The purpose of this guide is to convey a high-level methodology that agencies can tailor for their own projects. Examp
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This Technical Brief provides an overview of some advances that have been made in design and construction of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) technology to improve flexible pavement and asphalt overlay performance.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-07-01
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The Weekly Gasoline Product Supplied Report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Adminis
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2022-07-01
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This booklet will introduce you to options for writing for Public Roads, enabling you to reach the magazine’s wide readership. In these pages, you will find descriptions of article types, as well as submission deadlines and requirements for each type.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2022-07-01
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The BIL continues to allocate FLAP funds for projects on Federal Lands Access Transportation Facilities that are located on or adjacent to, or that provide access to Federal lands.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2022-07-01
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The BIL establishes the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to restore community connectivity by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including barriers to mobility, access, or economic development.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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The BIL establishes the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant program (Culvert AOP Program) to provide funding for projects that would meaningfully improve or restore passage for anadromous fish (anadromous fish species are born in freshwater such as streams and rivers, spend most of their lives in the marine environment, and
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