Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21): A Summary of Highway Provisions

Federal Highway Administration2012PDFBriefUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy & Governmental AffairsFederal Highway Administration (U.S.)United StatesFederal aidGround transportationProgram managementTransportation policyOn July 6, 2012, President Obama signed into law P.L. 112-141, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Funding surface transportation programs at over $105 billion for fiscal years (FY) 2013 and 2014, MAP-21 is the first long-term highway authorization enacted since 2005. MAP-21 represents a milestone for the U.S. economy \u2013 it provides needed funds and, more importantly, it transforms the policy and programmatic framework for investments to guide the growth and development of the country\u2019s vital transportation infrastructure. MAP-21 creates a streamlined, performance-based, and multimodal program to address the many challenges facing the U.S. transportation system. These challenges include improving safety, maintaining infrastructure condition, reducing traffic congestion, improving efficiency of the system and freight movement, protecting the environment, and reducing delays in project delivery. MAP-21 builds on and refines many of the highway, transit, bike, and pedestrian programs and policies established in 1991. This summary reviews the policies and programs administered by the Federal Highway Administration. The Department will continue to make progress on transportation options, which it has focused on in the past three years, working closely with stakeholders to ensure that local communities are able to build multimodal, sustainable projects ranging from passenger rail and transit to bicycle and pedestrian paths.104