The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released two final rules that define “new performance measures to improve the condition of the nation’s roads and bridges and assess travel reliability, congestion and emissions at a national level.”
FHWA says the rules ask states to:
“These rules will play an important role in reducing travel delays and air pollution, and also improving infrastructure quality, giving the American people a better travel experience,” says Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
The new rules are:
National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance Program and Bridge Condition for the National Highway Performance Program
This aims to increase accountability and transparency of the federal-aid highway program and to help ensure highways and bridges are in good condition and the “overall quality of transportation is improved through targeted investments.”
National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
