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FHWA's Access Management-Related Activities

Access Management > What is FHWA's Role?
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Promotion and outreach to encourage municipalities to adopt sound AM practices and strategies.

 By providing materials directly or participating on national committees that produce materials to educate and assist municipalities about using best practices.
To sponsor and periodically update a popular training course through the National Highway Institute http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/ that teaches Access Management principles and case study examples where changes in driveway access have improved safety and arterial traffic progression. Course # 133078a “Access Management, Location, and Design”
Setting policy pertaining to changes in access on the Interstate Highway System. Reference the Policy - Additional Interchanges to the Interstate System (HTML, DOC 39KB)
Provide a point of contact to answer questions about AM products and initiatives. Contact Mr. Neil Spiller, Program Manager, Access Management, 202-366-2188

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