Sec. 5203. Federal Highway Administration Every Day Counts initiative
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Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: It is in the national interest for the Department of Transportation, State departments of transportation, and all other recipients of Federal surface transportation funds— to identify, accelerate, and deploy innovation aimed at expediting project delivery; enhancing the safety of the roadways of the United States, and protecting the environment; to ensure that the planning, design, engineering, construction, and financing of transportation projects is done in an efficient and effective manner; to promote the rapid deployment of proven solutions that provide greater accountability for public investments and encourage greater private sector involvement; and to create a culture of innovation within the highway community.
To advance the policy described in subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall continue the Every Day Counts initiative to work with States, local transportation agencies, all other recipients of Federal surface transportation funds, and industry stakeholders, including labor representatives, to identify and deploy proven innovative practices and products that— accelerate innovation deployment; expedite the project delivery process; improve environmental sustainability; enhance roadway safety; reduce congestion; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In carrying out the Every Day Counts initiative, the Administrator shall consider any innovative practices and products in accordance with subsections
(a)and (b), including— research results from the university transportation centers program under section 5505 of title 49; and results from the materials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions program in section 503(d). At least every 2 years, the Administrator shall work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify a new collection of innovations, best practices, and data to be deployed to highway stakeholders through case studies, outreach, and demonstration projects. In identifying a collection described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account market readiness, impacts, benefits, and ease of adoption of the innovation or practice. Each collection identified under subsection
(d)shall be published by the Administrator on a publicly available website. The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out section 503(c) to carry out this section. . The analysis for chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 520. Every Day Counts initiative. . Section 1444 of the FAST Act ( 23 U.S.C. 101 note), and the item related to such section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, are repealed.
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