Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act"

By Section

DIVISION A – SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

1001. Definitions.
1002. Reconciliation of funds.
- Treatment of Carryover Highway Program Funding under the FAST Act
1003. Effective date.
1004. References.

TITLE I – FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

Subtitle A – Authorizations and Programs

1101. Authorization of appropriations.
- Highway authorization table
- Funding/apportionments Qs & As
- Suballocation of apportioned funds Qs & As
1102. Obligation ceiling.
- Federal-aid Highway Program obligation authority
- Obligation limitation Qs & As
1103. Definitions.
1104. Apportionment.
- Fact sheet
- Apportionment notices
- Funding/apportionments Qs & As
- Apportioned program codes under the FAST Act
- Transferability of apportioned funds between programs
1105. Nationally significant freight and highway projects (INFRA/FASTLANE Grants).
- Eligibility of title 23 funds for truck parking (December 5, 2016)
- Fact sheet
- INFRA Grants web site
- FY 2016 Awards
- FY 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity
- FY 2017-2018 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grants
1106. National highway performance program (NHPP).
- Eligibility of title 23 funds for truck parking (December 5, 2016)
- Fact sheet
- Guidance
1107. Emergency relief for federally owned roads (ERFO).
- Emergency Relief Program fact sheet
- ERFO Guidance (PDF)
1108. Railway-highway grade crossings.
- Fact sheet
- Rail-Highway Crossings Program (Section 130) Qs & As
1109. Surface transportation block grant program (STBG).
- Eligibility of title 23 funds for truck parking (December 5, 2016)
- STBG Fact sheet
- STBG Guidance
- Border State infrastructure Qs & As
- Transportation Alternatives fact sheet
- Transportation Alternatives guidance
- Cancellation of flexible excess Transportation Alternatives Program funds authority
- Suballocation of apportioned funds Qs & As
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding Opportunities
- Obligation Limitation for Funds Suballocated to Urbanized Areas with Populations over 200,000 Individuals (November 30, 2016)
- Obligation Limitation for STBG Funds Suballocated to Urbanized Areas Qs & As (July 14, 2017)
1110. Highway use tax evasion projects.
- Fact sheet
1111. Bundling of bridge projects.
- National Highway Performance Program Guidance
- Surface Transportation Block Grant Program Guidance
1112. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
- Allocation of funds
- Fact sheet
- Implementation Guidance
1113. Highway safety improvement program (HSIP).
- Eligibility of title 23 funds for truck parking (December 5, 2016)
- HSIP Fact sheet
- Performance management fact sheet
- HSIP eligibility guidance
- HSIP eligibility Qs & As
- HSIP final rule
- HSIP reporting guidance (December 29, 2016)
- National performance measures for HSIP final rule
- Older drivers and pedestrians special rule
- State Safety Data Systems Guidance
- State Safety Data Systems Qs & As
- Strategic highway safety plan (SHSP) guidance
- SHSP process approval checklist
- SHSP Qs & As
- State serious injury conversion tables
- MPO safety performance measures fact sheet
- 2018-2019 HSIP safety performance targets timeline
- Safety performance measures resources and support
1114. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
- Fact sheet
1115. Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program.
- Fact sheet
- Puerto Rico Highway Program guidance
- Territorial Highway Program guidance
1116. National highway freight program (NHFP).
- NHFP Fact sheet
- Performance management fact sheet
- NHFP Guidance
- NHFP Qs & As
- Designating and certifying critical rural and urban freight corridors
1117. Federal lands and tribal transportation programs..
- Tribal Government and Safety Data report (May 2017)
1118. Tribal transportation program amendmentFact sheet
- Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funding FY 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity
- Implementation Guidance for the Tribal Transportation Program (March 9, 2017)
- Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funding FYs 2017 and 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity
1119. Federal lands transportation program.
- Fact sheet
- Guidance (June 29, 2016)
1120. Federal lands programmatic activities.
- Federal Lands Planning Program (June 14, 2016)
1121. Tribal transportation self-governance program.
- Notice of intent to establish negotiated rulemaking committee
- Proposed negotiated rulemaking committee membership and first meeting
- Second meeting and designation of additional alternate members
- Fourth and fifth meetings
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
1122. State flexibility for National Highway System modifications.
- Guidance
1123. Nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program.
- Fact sheet

Subtitle B – Planning and Performance Management

1201. Metropolitan transportation planning.
- Fact sheet
- Planning final rule
1202. Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning.
- Fact sheet
- Planning final rule

Subtitle C – Acceleration of Project Delivery

Accelerating project delivery fact sheet

1301. Satisfaction of requirements for certain historic sites.

1302. Clarification of transportation environmental authorities.
- Qs & As related to parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites
1303. Treatment of certain bridges under preservation requirements.
1304. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking.
1305. Integration of planning and environmental review.
- Planning final rule
- Planning and environmental linkages Qs & As (November 2, 2016)
1306. Development of programmatic mitigation plans.
1307. Technical assistance for States.
- Guidance
1308. Surface transportation project delivery program.
- Guidance
1309. Program for eliminating duplication of environmental reviews.
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
1310. Application of categorical exclusions for multimodal projects.
1311. Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews.
1312. Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews.
- Interim guidance (PDF)
1313. Aligning Federal environmental reviews.
- Checklist of environmental requirements and resources and appendix (PDF)
1314. Categorical exclusion for projects of limited Federal assistance.
- Final Rule
- Guidance on indexed values effective January 29, 2016
1315. Programmatic agreement template.
1316. Assumption of authorities.
- Recommendations for additional opportunities for assumption of Federal responsibilities by States or other stakeholders – request for comments
1317. Modernization of the environmental review process.
1318. Assessment of progress on accelerating project delivery.

Subtitle D – Miscellaneous

1401. Prohibition on the use of funds for automated traffic enforcement.
- Highway Safety Improvement Program eligibility guidance
1402. Highway Trust Fund transparency and accountability.
1403. Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund.
- Status of the Highway Trust Fund
1404. Design standards.
- Fact sheet
- Guidance
- Qs & As
1405. Justification reports for access points on the Interstate System.
- Programmatic agreement for processing Interstate access requests-revised
1406. Performance period adjustment.
- Performance management fact sheet
1407. Vehicle-to-infrastructure equipment.
1408. Federal share payable.
- Fact sheet
- Guidance on increased Federal share for project-level innovation
1409. Milk products.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance
- Qs & As (updated December 7, 2016)
1410. Interstate weight limits.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance
- Load rating for the FAST Act’s emergency Vehicles (November 3, 2016)
- Load rating for the FAST Act’s emergency Vehicles Qs & As (March 2017)
- Qs & As (updated December 7, 2016)
1411. Tolling; HOV facilities; Interstate reconstruction and rehabilitation.
- Tolling and high-occupancy vehicles fact sheet
- Guidance on HOV lanes (September 2016)
- Equal access for over-the-road buses; notice and request for comments
- Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program-Solicitation for Candidate Projects (October 20, 2017)
- Equal access for over-the-road buses-final guidance (February 22, 2018)
1412. Projects for public safety relating to idling trains.
1413. National electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors.

Request for nominations for designation of alternative fuel corridors
Designation of alternative fuel corridors (November 3, 2016)
National electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors – Alternative Fuel Corridors (January 16, 2017)
Alternative fuel corridors website
Designation of alternative fuel corridors-solicitation of nominations
MUTCD-Signing for designated alternative fuels corridors (December 21, 2016)

1414. Repeat offender criteria.
- Regulatory Update of Transfer and Sanction Programs
1415. Administrative provisions to encourage pollinator habitat and forage on transportation rights-of-way.
- Accelerating project delivery fact sheet
- Improving habitat for pollinators
- Ecosystem and vegetation management-pollinators web site
1416. High priority corridors on National Highway System.
1417. Work zone and guard rail safety training.
1418. Consolidation of programs.
1419. Elimination or modification of certain reporting requirements.
1420. Flexibility for projects.
1421. Productive and timely expenditure of funds.

Programmatic approaches to project delivery web site link

1422. Study on performance of bridges.
- Study proposal for public comment
1423. Relinquishment of park-and-ride lot facilities.
- Guidance (June 23, 2016)
1424. Pilot program.
1425. Service club, charitable association, or religious service signs.
- Guidance (July 29, 2016)
- Qs & As (July 29, 2016)
1426. Motorcyclist advisory council.
- Establishment of Motorcyclist Advisory Council & request for nominations
1427. Highway work zones.
1428. Use of durable, resilient, and sustainable materials and practices.
1429. Identification of roadside highway safety hardware devices.
1430. Use of modeling and simulation technology.
1431. National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure.
- Solicitation for Committee member nominations
- Announcement of Committee membership
- Committee web site
1432. Emergency exemptions.
- Accelerating project delivery fact sheet
- Emergency exemptions for reconstruction projects (December 22, 2016)
1433. Report on Highway Trust Fund administrative expenditures.
1434. Availability of reports.
1435. Appalachian development highway system (ADHS).
- ADHS Qs & As
- Federal share fact sheet
1436. Appalachian regional development program.
- ADHS Qs & As
1437. Border State infrastructure.
- Border State infrastructure Qs & As
1438. Adjustments.
- FAST Act rescission Qs & As (July 5, 2017)
1439. Elimination of barriers to improve at-risk bridges.
- Accelerating project delivery fact sheet
- Interim guidance
1440. At-risk project preagreement authority.
- Guidance (March 19, 2019)
1441. Regional infrastructure accelerator demonstration program.
1442. Safety for users.
- Design standards fact sheet
1443. Sense of Congress.
1444. Every Day Counts initiative.
- Technology and Innovation deployment Program fact sheet
- Every Day Counts web site
1445. Water infrastructure finance and innovation.
1446. Technical corrections.
- Regulatory Update of Transfer and Sanction Programs

TITLE II – INNOVATIVE PROJECT FINANCE

2001. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 amendments.
- Fact sheet
- Notice of funding availability
2002. Availability payment concession model.

TITLE V – MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

Subtitle E – General Provisions

5502. Emergency route working group.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance
- Qs & As (updated December 7, 2016)
- Notice of public meetings
5516. Additional State authority.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance
- Qs & As (updated December 7, 2016)
- Additional state Authority Implementation
5520. Automobile transporter.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance
- Qs & As (updated December 7, 2016)
5523. Commercial delivery of light- and medium-duty trailers.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance
- Qs & As (updated December 7, 2016)
5525. Report.
- Truck size and weight fact sheet
- Guidance

TITLE VI – INNOVATION

Research, Technology Deployment, and Education Qs & As

6001. Short title.
6002. Authorization of appropriations.
- Highway Research and Development fact sheet
- Training and Education fact sheet
- Workforce development and DBE fact sheet
6003. Technology and innovation deployment program.
- Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration notice of funding availability
- Fact sheet
- Notice of Correction-AID notice of funding opportunity (October 14, 2016)
- Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technologies Annual Report (November 2016)
6004. Advanced transportation and congestion management technologies deployment (ATCMTD).
- Fact sheet
- FY 2016 notice of funding opportunity, related Qs & As and webinars
- FY 2016 Awards
- FY 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity
6005. Intelligent transportation system goals.
- ITS Program fact sheet
- ITS Program web site
6006. Intelligent transportation system purposes.
6007. Intelligent transportation system program report.
6008. Intelligent transportation system national architecture and standards.
6009. Communication systems deployment report.
6010. Infrastructure development.
6011. Departmental research programs.
6012. Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
6013. Web-based training for emergency responders.
6014. Hazardous materials research and development.
6015. Office of Intermodalism.
6016. University transportation centers (UTC).
- UTC Program web site
6017. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
- BTS web site
6018. Port performance freight statistics program.
6019. Research planning.
- Research, Development, and Technology Strategic Plan FY 2017-2021
6020. Surface transportation system funding alternatives.
- Fact sheet
- FY 2016 notice of funding opportunity and related Qs & As
- FY 2016 Awards
- FY 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity
- FY 2018 notice of funding opportunity
6021. Future interstate study.

Transportation Research Board Website for study

6022. Highway efficiency.
6023. Transportation technology policy working group.
6024. Collaboration and support.
6025. GAO report.
6026. Traffic congestion.
6027. Smart cities transportation planning study.
6028. Performance management data support program.
- Highway Research and Development fact sheet

TITLE VIII – MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

8001. Multimodal freight transportation
- DOT freight web page
- Freight planning and policy fact sheet
- Interim National Multimodal Freight Network
- State Freight Plan and State Freight Advisory Committees Guidance (October 14, 2016)
- Talking Freight: State freight planning and State freight advisory committees (November 16, 2016)

TITLE XI – RAIL

Subtitle E – Project Delivery

11502. Treatment of improvements to rail and transit under preservation requirements
11503. Efficient environmental reviews.
11504. Railroad rights-of-way.
- Qs & As related to parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites

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