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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...

MORE Questions and Answers for the Smart City Challenge

I missed the five Information Sessions offered by webinar. Are they available online? Will there be more Information Sessions added? How to I learn about new information?

Yes, presentation slides, transcripts, and archive recordings of the Information Sessions are available online at https://www....

Questions and Answers for the Beyond Traffic Smart City Challenge

* JUST ADDED * MORE Questions and Answers, based on your feedback!

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1. What is the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge? 

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) wants to show what is possible when emerging data...

Passport Validity Period for Travel to Europe

Passport Validity Period for Travel to Europe

Many European countries ("the Schengen states") require that your passport be valid for at least three months beyond your planned date of departure from the Schengen area.  For more information see the Department of State's Schengen web page at...

Contracting Initiative Fact Sheet

Transportation Investments Leads to Good JobsOur nation’s transportation system depends on a skilled and qualified workforce equipped with a broader range of skills than in the past.Transportation accounts for 11 million jobs, and transportation-related employment accounts for about 8.7...

GROW AMERICA: Enhancing Safety

Improving Transportation SafetyThe GROW AMERICA Act will take critical steps to safeguard the traveling public. The GROW AMERICA Act addresses unacceptable safety vulnerabilities on our transportation network – vulnerabilities that pose a potential threat to the health and welfare of all American...