U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
8th Floor
Routing Code: HPTS
Fax Number: (202) 366–3297
Hours of Operations: Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 6:00pm EST
| Name, Title, Phone Number | Primary Responsibilities | Backup Contact |
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| Michael Nesbitt Office Director (202) 366-1179 |
Leads HPTS program of research supporting transportation policy development and strategic implementation planning. | Mona Asudegi Richa Ajmera Ayonda Dent |
The Policy and Strategy Analysis Team provides analytical support and strategy formulation in the evaluation of FHWA policies and programs. The team takes a data-driven and system modeling approach to understanding how policies and other factors affect transportation systems and virous performance measures across the country. That includes understanding different factors impacting travelers and transportation suppliers' decisions such as travel options, emerging and new technologies, economic changes, socio-demographic and regional trends. The team assesses both business-as-usual and disruptive future transportation needs to support both strategic planning and policy analysis.
To help guide public policies and programs, the Team leads development of models, tools, research, and reports on a broad spectrum of topics including but not limited to: multimodal transportation policy analysis, analyzing highway benefits and external costs along with allocating highway cost to different user groups, highway taxation and revenue analysis, analyzing transportation related innovation trends and technologies, and analysis of impacts related to highway construction and transportation policies.
| Name, Title, Phone Number | Primary Responsibilities | Backup Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Mona Asudegi Team Lead |
Leads development of advanced system-level decision support models and tools for assessing impacts of policies and new technologies on multi-modal transportation systems, economy and environment. | Getachew Mekonnen Research Analyst |
| Getachew Mekonnen Research Analyst |
Conducts national level policy studies regarding transportation infrastructure, highway user fee and financing, highway cost allocation, and truck size and weight studies. | |
| Vacant | Conducts transportation policy studies concerning infrastructure needs and transportation resources. Manages/participates in national-level analyses of transportation infrastructure, financing, and road usage charging studies. Manages dissemination of research. | |
| Vacant | Conducts national level policy studies regarding transportation infrastructure, highway user fee and financing, cost allocation, and external costs. | |
| Viktoriia Dunleavy Statistician |
Manages the collection, inventory, storage and sharing of code and data. Develops different methods for improving policy and decision making processes through data visualization. Participates in national level transportation policy studies and analyses. | |
| Vacant |
Conducts analysis of transportation policies and their impact on transportation demand and users’ behavior |
The Economic Investment Strategies Team supports national investment decision making through research and analyses providing an empirical basis for assessing the value and cost-effectiveness of highway investments. The Team provides forecasts of future highway conditions and performance under various travel and infrastructure funding scenarios and evaluates the broader impacts of infrastructure investments on people and the economy. The Team leads the development of the biennial Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance Report to Congress. (C&P Report). The team conducts a robust program of research to explore new methodologies and develop economic analysis tools and evaluation techniques.
| Name, Title, Phone Number | Primary Responsibilities | Backup Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel James Team Leader (Acting) |
Leads development of biennial "Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). Co-authors "Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). Project Manager for Highway Economic Requirements System (HERS). Conducts highway needs and investment analysis. Manage HPTS research program. Manages the development of methodologies to quantify the impact of FHWA policies and policy proposals. Conducts research studies to assess emerging issues that may affect transportation policy, including the deployment of AV/CV technologies. Participates in national level transportation policy studies and analyses. |
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| Khadija Ngozi-Bullock Civil Engineer |
Serves as Project Manager for National Bridge Investment Analysis System (NBIAS). Co-manages and conduct highway needs and investment analysis and related research.
Co-authors of the "Status of the Nation's Highway, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). |
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| Vacant | Serves as Principal Economist for the FHWA. Co-authors "Status of the Nation's Highway, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). | |
| Souleymane Soumahoro Economist |
Conducts economic analysis on the measurement and distribution of transportation investments and policies. Conducts research on behavior economics of traveler behavior. Co-authors "Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). |
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) provides a comprehensive framework for FHWA to plan, manage, and evaluate performance, integrating risk, portfolio management, and strategic planning to support resource allocation decisions. The EPM Team leads performance reporting, program evaluations, unit planning, and process improvements to drive evidence-based decision-making and achieve organizational goals. It also oversees FHWA's learning agenda, annual evaluation plans, and capacity assessments to promote continuous improvement and alignment with agency priorities.
| Name, Title, Phone Number | Primary Responsibilities | Backup Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Ayonda Dent Enterprise Performance Management Team Lead |
Leads FHWA performance, risk, and portfolio management. Oversees FHWA program evaluations to support evidence-based decision-making. Also oversees unit planning, facilitates process improvements, and manages the development and implementation of strategic initiatives to achieve organizational objectives. | Darla Hugaboom Shardé Wint |
| Darla Hugaboom Program and Management Analyst (515) 509-3690 |
Conducts FHWA performance reporting activities and manages tools that support data analysis, visualization, and program management. Supports strategic planning efforts that align with agency priorities. | Ayonda Dent |
| Shardé Wint Program and Management Analyst (443) 571-8118 |
Implements organizational management initiatives, and program evaluations using evidence-based strategies to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of FHWA programs. Oversee the development and execution of FHWA's learning agenda, annual evaluation plans, and capacity assessments. | Ayonda Dent |
The Regulatory Impact and Benefit-Cost Analysis Team manages FHWA economic regulatory impact analysis for significant rulemakings and leads FHWA reviews of benefit-cost analyses submitted by applicants for certain discretionary grant programs.
| Name, Title, Phone Number | Primary Responsibilities | Backup Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Richa Ajmera Team Leader |
Leads the preparation of regulatory impacts analyses (RIA) for FHWA rulemakings and the assessment of the cost effectiveness of highway discretionary grant proposals. | |
| Azza Mansour Economist |
Reviews benefit-cost analyses for discretionary grant project proposals. Leads analysis of economic benefits and costs of highway program options and regulations. Conducts research on the impacts of transportation investments on system performance, resilience and the national economy. Contributing author to the "Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). | |
| Charles Noble Economist |
Reviews benefit-cost analyses of project proposals for discretionary grant programs. Explores new methods and refines the DOT benefit-cost analysis framework. Conducts research on how transportation infrastructure affects the spatial allocation of economic activity. Contributing author to the "Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report) | |
| Philip Liang Economist |
Reviews benefit-cost analyses for discretionary grant project proposals. Contributing author to the "Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance" Report to Congress (C&P Report). |
Please direct all questions and comments to PolicyStudiesFeedback@dot.gov.
