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Section 1301 - Satisfaction of Requirements for Certain Historic Sites
Section 1301 - Satisfaction of Requirements for Certain Historic Sites
FAST Act Implementation Highlights
INTRODUCTIONCongress heeded the call by Secretary Anthony Foxx and others, and enacted the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act last December. It is the first authorization act in a decade that provides long-term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning...
Checklist of Environmental Requirements and Resources 1313 and Appendix
Checklist of Environmental Requirements and Resources 1313 and Appendix
Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Fact Sheets
Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Discretionary Grants Stakeholder Fact Sheets
The FAST Act: Highway, Rail, and Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety
The FAST Act makes a number of changes to the Department’s safety programs, including creating new grant programs, and making changes to the Department’s authorities to protect the traveling public.Specifically, the FAST Act:
Increases the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed against...The FAST Act: Accelerating Project Delivery
The FAST Act includes a number of changes to Federal law intended to streamline the environmental review process for many transportation projects across the Federal Government.Specifically, the FAST Act:
Extends the environmental review process that applies to highways and public...The FAST Act: Increasing Transportation Choices and Opportunities
The FAST Act includes provisions are intended to improve transportation options, redevelop communities, and expand employment opportunities --particularly for low-income individuals, minorities, and persons with disabilities.Specifically, the Act:
Makes transit-oriented development...The FAST Act: Innovative Finance
The FAST Act restructures the Department’s credit and innovative finance programs.
The Act creates the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau, a new office intended to help streamline and improve the application process for the Department’s credit assistance...
The FAST Act: Freight Provisions
The FAST Act includes a number of provisions focused on ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable movement of freight.Specifically, the FAST Act:
Establishes a National Multimodal Freight Policy that includes national goals to guide decision-making.Requires the Development of a National...