Federal Highway Administration

An award-winning federal response to a sudden transportation disaster

When a bad truck accident knocked out a bridge near Philadelphia in 2023, a team from the Transportation Department orchestrated an effort that got it…

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They helped write a big law and now they help to carry it out

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The effects of the expected storm reflects the lack of traffic on Sunrise Highway was to minimum at Mt Laguna on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in San Diego, Calif. A surge of clouds and showers associated with Tropical Storm Kay off Mexico's Baja California peninsula knocked the edge off temperatures in Southern California at times but also were a potential problem for solar generation. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane Thursday evening. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Meet the new head of the Federal Highway Administration

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Electric vehicle chargers are seen in the parking lot of South El Monte High School in South El Monte, Calif., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Discounted prices, car-share programs, and a robust network of public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric vehicles affordable and convenient for people of all income levels as it phases out the sale of new gas cars by 2035. Advocates for the policy say the switch from gas- to battery-powered cars is a necessary step to reducing pollution in disadvantaged neighborhoods, but that the state make sure those residents can access the cars, too.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A big-city official comes to DC to deal with infrastructure

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Updated: Biden signs stopgap highway spending bill bringing 3,700 Transportation Dept. employees back to work

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(Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

In this drone aerial photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, traffic flows on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway in Islamorada, Fla., towards Key West Monday, June 1, 2020. After being closed to visitors since March 22, 2020, to help curtail the spread of COVID-19, the Florida Keys reopened to tourists Monday. Tourism employs about 45 percent of the Keys workforce. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Feeling cooped up? The Federal Highway Administration may have just the remedy

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FHA, auto safety group honor efforts to engineer life-saving projects

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