The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the latest round of transportation innovations through the Every Day Counts (EDC) Program (EDC-7). EDC is a successful State-based program that helps identify and rapidly deploy proven, yet underutilized, innovations that facilitate greater efficiency in project delivery at the State, local and Tribal levels that save time, money, and other resources to ensure infrastructure is built better, faster, smarter, and more equitably. As part of the White House’s Action Plan for Accelerating Infrastructure, the Department of Transportation recently committed to expanding the EDC model to more modes of transportation. This year’s innovations are being promoted by FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve project delivery across highway, rail, and transit agencies at the State and local level.
EDC Round 7 Innovations:
* Nighttime Visibility for Safety
* Next-Generation Traffic Incident Management
* Integrating Greenhouse Gas Assessment and Reduction Targets in Transportation Planning
* Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete
* Environmental Product Declarations in Sustainable Project Delivery
* Rethinking Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Design-Build
* Strategic Workforce Development
* Accelerated Bridge Construction
* Road Diets
* Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian
For more information visit the FHWA’s Every Day Counts program website.
For contacts regarding this information, email the FHWA Press Office.
