Roadway Safety Modernization Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends title 23 highway safety programs to treat predictive analytics, telematics, crash data, safety data systems, and other validated methodology tools as eligible or expected tools for highway safety improvement planning, railway-highway crossing risk modeling, strategic highway safety plans, and National Highway Freight Program projects. It also requires the Federal Highway Administration to assess the need for intelligent freight transportation system operating standards within one year, requires privacy and data guidance, and directs coordination across DOT agencies and with the Energy and Commerce Departments on predictive safety tools.
Who Benefits and How
State transportation departments, local safety planners, roadway users, freight carriers, and transportation technology vendors benefit because federal programs can fund and rely on modern data tools to identify dangerous corridors and measure which interventions reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal Highway Administration staff, state transportation agencies, privacy officers, freight program administrators, and DOT data teams must comply with new planning expectations, standards assessments, privacy guidance, interagency coordination, and performance-measurement work.
Key Provisions
- Adds predictive analytics, telematics, and validated methodology tools to highway safety improvement activities.
- Expands railway-highway crossing and strategic safety planning data to include predictive and telematics data.
- Authorizes National Highway Freight Program funds for safety data tools and intelligent freight system planning.
- Requires federal standards assessment, privacy guidance, and interagency coordination on predictive safety tools.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes predictive analytics, telematics, safety data systems, and validated methodology tools eligible and expected components of federal highway, freight, and state safety data programs.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Technology, Government, State & Local Government
Primary Purpose
Makes predictive analytics, telematics, safety data systems, and validated methodology tools eligible and expected components of federal highway, freight, and state safety data programs.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- State transportation departments
- Local roadway safety planners
- Roadway users
- Transportation technology vendors
Identified Costs
- Federal Highway Administration staff
- State transportation agencies
- DOT privacy officers
- Freight program administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mr. Mann (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DOT privacy officers, Federal Highway Administration staff, Freight program administrators
Local roadway safety planners, State transportation departments
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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