Management Actions Needed to Improve Federal Highway Safety Programs
CED-76-156: Published: Oct 21, 1976. Publicly Released: Oct 21, 1976.
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A 1972 GAO report stated that more federal-aid construction funds should be used to improve highway safety. Although spending on highway safety increased from $100 million in 1971 to $1.1 billion in 1975, neither the Federal Highway Administration (FHwA) nor the states had assurance that the funds obligated were for projects offering the greatest safety benefits. The Highway Safety Act of 1966 required the states to establish systematic procedures for selecting safety construction projects. None of the eight states GAO reviewed had fully met this requirement. Furthermore, FHwA had not developed adequate procedures to measure the states' progress in implementing their systems, and did not know what progress had been made or when the states would meet the spirit of the act. FHwA should: (1) work with each state to develop, monitor, and evaluate a project selection system; (2) require a plan with realistic time frames for implementation; (3) ensure that safety projects financed with regular and safety construction funds are selected through a systematic approach; and (4) fix a reasonable date by which safety projects are selected from inventories of cost-effective projects.
Jan 7, 2021
Aircraft Noise:
Better Information Sharing Could Improve Responses to Washington, D.C. Area Helicopter Noise ConcernsGAO-21-200: Published: Jan 7, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 7, 2021.
Dec 18, 2020
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Automated Technologies:
DOT Should Take Steps to Ensure Its Workforce Has Skills Needed to Oversee SafetyGAO-21-197: Published: Dec 18, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 18, 2020.
Dec 17, 2020
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Emergency Responder Safety:
States and DOT Are Implementing Actions to Reduce Roadside CrashesGAO-21-166: Published: Dec 17, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2020.
Nov 24, 2020
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Reagan National Airport:
Information on Effects of Federal Statute Limiting Long-Distance FlightsGAO-21-176: Published: Nov 24, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 24, 2020.
Nov 19, 2020
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Federal-Aid Highways:
States and Local Governments Reported Benefits to Federal Highway Fund Swapping, but Impacts Cannot be Definitively DeterminedGAO-21-88: Published: Oct 20, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2020.
Nov 16, 2020
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Aviation Certification:
FAA Needs to Strengthen Its Design Review Process for Small AirplanesGAO-21-85: Published: Nov 16, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 16, 2020.
Nov 9, 2020
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Aviation Safety:
FAA's Office of Aviation Safety Should Take Additional Actions to Ensure Its Workforce Has Needed SkillsGAO-21-94: Published: Nov 9, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 9, 2020.
Oct 29, 2020
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Puerto Rico:
Perspectives on the Potential to Expand Air Cargo OperationsGAO-21-21: Published: Oct 29, 2020. Publicly Released: Oct 29, 2020.
Sep 30, 2020
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Supplemental Material For GAO-20-686:
Transit Asset Management: Survey of TAM Program ParticipantsGAO-20-687SP: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020. -
Transit Asset Management:
FTA Should Clarify Performance Data and Develop a Plan to Guide Future Program ImprovementsGAO-20-686: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020.
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