Federal Railroad Administration

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Program’s budget is primarily divided

between Federal-aid funding and the

Federal Lands Highway Program.

Programs

Federal-aid Highway Program FHWA

manages the Federal-aid Highway

Program, which provides f‌i nancial

and technical assistance to States for

constructing and improving the Nation’s

transportation infrastructure. The program

includes the provision of engineering

standards and policies, technical

expertise, and other assistance related to

the maintenance of highways, rural and

urban roads, bridges, tunnels, hydraulic/

geotechnical structures, and other

engineering activities. Projects associated

with the Federal-aid highway program

include the National Highway System,

Surface Transportation Program, Highway

Bridge Program, Congestion Mitigation

and Air Quality Improvement Program,

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Program, Transportation Infrastructure

Finance and Innovation Act Program,

the Emergency Relief Program, and the

Federal Lands Highway Program.

Federal Lands Highway Program The

Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP)

funds and gives technical assistance to

a coordinated program of public roads

servicing the transportation needs of

Federal and Indian lands. The Program

provides funding for public roads and

highways on Federal and tribal lands

that are not a State or local government

responsibility. The planning, construction,

and improvement of highways and

bridges in national forests and parks,

other federally owned land, and tribal

lands benef‌i t from FLHP funding.

Field and Division Off‌i ces

The FHWA consists of a Headquarters

off‌i ce in Washington, DC; a Federal-

aid division off‌i ce in each State, the

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

four metropolitan off‌i ces in New York

City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los

Angeles serving as extensions of the

corresponding Federal-aid division

off‌i ces; and three Federal Lands Highway

division off‌i ces.

A complete list of FHWA f‌i eld and

division off‌i ces is available online.

Internet, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/about/f‌i eld.cfm.

For further information, contact the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Off‌i ce

of Information and Management Services, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Phone,

202–366–0534. Internet, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov.

Federal Railroad Administration

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Bldg., Washington, DC 20590

Phone, 202–493–6014. Internet, http://www.fra.dot.gov.

Administrator JOSEPH C. SZABO

Deputy Administrator KAREN J. HEDLUND

Chief Counsel MELISSA L. PORTER

Executive Director STACY CUMMINGS

Chief Financial Off‌i cer REBECCA PENNINGTON

Associate Administrator for Administration MICHAEL LOGUE

Associate Administrator for Railroad Policy and

Development

PAUL NISSENBAUM

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/

Chief Safety Off‌i cer

ROBERT C. LAUBY

Associate Administrator for Communications

and Legislative Affairs

KEVIN F. THOMPSON

Associate Director of Congressional Affairs NATHAN J. ROBINSON

Director, Public Engagement TIMOTHY BARKLEY

Director, Off‌i ce of Civil Rights CALVIN GIBSON