Useful Websites

Engineering Links

• The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority.
• Information on highway research and technology from FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and the Transportation Research Board.
• Information on Intelligent Transportation Systems from Access ITS America.

Finance Links

• Information on Innovative Finance programs at FHWA.
• Learn more about how Federal-aid highway financing works with the Highway Trust Fund Primer (in PDF format, 134KB).
• Information on the new transportation legislation, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

Planning Links

• FHWA's Office of Highway Policy Information has data and statistics on highway conditions and performance.
• Rhode Island's National Highway System maps (PDF format).
• A list of Regional Councils of Governments and MPOs on line.
• The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Association.
• The MPO in neighboring Massachusetts is the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District.
• Information on how Rhode Island is cleaning up the air with the Emissions and Safety Inspection program.

Safety Links

• The Governor's Office on Highway Safety is responsible for many highway safety programs in Rhode Island.
• U.S. DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Environment Links

• The details on how FHWA does environmental analysis can be found in the FHWA Environmental Guidebook.
• The New England Region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• The New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for information on Federal wetland permits.
• Based in Boston, the First Coast Guard District.
• The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation administers the "Section 106" process which analyzes the impacts of Federal actions on historic and archeological resources.
• The National Park Service maintains the National Register of Historic Places and has information on eligibility and register properties.
• The State Historic Preservation Officer is the Rhode Island Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission
• Information on the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

Motor Carrier Links

• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Homepage.
• Download the form MCS-150, Application for DOT Number (Adobe Acrobat PDF format).

Local Information

• An excellent guide to State government can be found on the Secretary of State's On-Line Office.
• For everything you want to know about Providence try the city's home page.
• Local news from the Providence Journal-Bulletin.
• Tourism information from Visit Rhode Island.
• Relive the Gilded Age in Newport.
• If you're going to the beach, or want to buy your lobsters off the dock, then visit RI's South County.
• One of "last great places in the Western Hemisphere" is Block Island.

Other Federal agencies in Rhode Island

• U.S. Navy's Naval Station Newport.
• There are several Social Security Administration offices in Rhode Island.
• The Small Business Administration in Providence.
• There are three National Park Service sites in Rhode Island.