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Federal rules on highways and roads: 56 since January 2024

37 final rules and 19 proposed rules since January 5, 2024, 5 of them marked significant. Most come from the Federal Highway Administration (35), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (8), Land Management Bureau (4), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (3).

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DocumentAgencyTypePublished
Amendment to the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs
2026-19403
National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFinal ruleSep 23
Route Designations-Vehicle Length, Width, and Weight Limitations
2026-18548
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleSep 11
National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
2026-17904 · significant
Federal Transit AdministrationFinal ruleSep 1
General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
2026-14701
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJul 21
Rescinding Requirements Regarding Required Contract Provisions for Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (Other Than Appalachian Contracts)
2026-09276
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMay 11
National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision
2026-04365
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMar 5
Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”
2026-03266
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleFeb 19
Rescinding Requirements Regarding Bridges on Federal Dams
2025-21779
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleDec 3, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the National Park Service and the Park Roads and Parkways Program
2025-19906
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleNov 17, 2025
Rescinding Requirements Regarding the Forest Highway Program
2025-19905
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleNov 17, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Forest Service and the Forest Highway Program
2025-19904
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleNov 17, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program
2025-19903
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleNov 17, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Refuge Roads Program
2025-18194
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleSep 19, 2025
Rescinding Regulations on Procedures for Advance Construction of Federal-Aid Projects
2025-16008
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleAug 21, 2025
Revisions to the Regulations Regarding Intermittent Energy
2025-14627
Land Management BureauFinal ruleAug 1, 2025
Revision of National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
2025-12364 · significant
Federal Transit AdministrationFinal ruleJul 3, 2025
Rescinding Requirements Regarding Geodetic Markers
2025-09754
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
State Highway Agency Equal Employment Opportunity Programs
2025-09753
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Regulations on Procedures for Advance Construction of Federal-aid Projects
2025-09737
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Preliminary Engineering Project 10-Year Repayment Provision
2025-09736
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Forest Service and the Forest Highway Program
2025-09735
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the National Park Service and the Park Roads and Parkways Program
2025-09729
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Requirements Regarding Required Contract Provisions for Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (Other Than Appalachian Contracts)
2025-09728
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”
2025-09727
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
National Performance Management Measures; Rescinding Requirements for the First Performance Period
2025-09725
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program
2025-09724
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Refuge Roads Program
2025-09723
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Requirements Regarding the Forest Highway Program
2025-09722
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Requirements Regarding Bridges on Federal Dams
2025-09715
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Regulations on Projects of National and Regional Significance Evaluation and Rating
2025-09714
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
Motor Carrier Routing Regulations
2025-09709
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
Rescinding Requirements Regarding Management and Monitoring Systems
2025-09708
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleMay 30, 2025
National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure
2025-06664
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleApr 18, 2025
Buy America Requirements for Manufactured Products
2024-31350
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleJan 14, 2025
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Correction
2025-00212
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJan 10, 2025
Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility; Extension of Compliance Date
2024-30509
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleDec 31, 2024
Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts, 2025
2024-30608
National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFinal ruleDec 30, 2024
Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and Operations for Renewable Energy; Technical Corrections
2024-30400 · significant
Land Management BureauFinal ruleDec 26, 2024
Rights of Way
2024-28348
National Park ServiceFinal ruleDec 5, 2024
Asset Management Plans; Management and Monitoring Systems
2024-26200
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleNov 13, 2024
Interstate System Access
2024-25757
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleNov 7, 2024
Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility; Extension of Compliance Date
2024-25517
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationProposed ruleNov 4, 2024
Work Zone Safety and Mobility and Temporary Traffic Control Devices
2024-25065
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleNov 1, 2024
Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise
2024-23751
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleOct 18, 2024
Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge Program
2024-14933
Federal Highway AdministrationFinal ruleJul 12, 2024
Rights of Way
2024-12605
National Park ServiceProposed ruleJun 10, 2024
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Regulations
2024-11139
Transportation DepartmentFinal ruleMay 24, 2024
Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs
2024-09732
National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFinal ruleMay 6, 2024
Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and Operations for Renewable Energy
2024-08099 · significant
Land Management BureauFinal ruleMay 1, 2024
Update of the Communications Uses Program, Cost Recovery Fee Schedules, and Section 512 of FLPMA for Rights-of-Way
2024-06997 · significant
Land Management BureauFinal ruleApr 12, 2024
Buy America Requirements for Manufactured Products
2024-05182
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleMar 12, 2024
Highway Safety Improvement Program
2024-02831
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleFeb 21, 2024
Procurement, Management, and Administration of Engineering and Design Related Services
2024-01705
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleJan 30, 2024
Amendment to the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Regulations
2024-01243
Transportation DepartmentProposed ruleJan 25, 2024
National Performance Management Measures; Extenuating Circumstances, Highway Performance Monitoring System Data Field Names, Safety Performance Measure, Pavement Condition Measure, and Freight Performance Measure
2024-00373
Federal Highway AdministrationProposed ruleJan 25, 2024
General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Correction
2024-00016
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFinal ruleJan 5, 2024

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