Roadway Safety Modernization Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Mann
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Summary
This bill would integrate predictive analytics and telematics into highway and freight safety programs. It would require new data tools, set standards for their use, and demand guidance on privacy and validation.
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- Drivers and communities: Would help identify high-risk roadway segments using crash data plus predictive analytics and telematics. Would require evaluating which interventions reduce crashes, injuries, or fatalities.
- Freight operators and ports: Would authorize intelligent freight transportation systems and allow use of predictive tools for freight safety. It would require the Transportation Secretary to assess operating standards and report to Congress within 1 year.
- State departments of transportation and planners: Would expand the Highway Safety Improvement Program and the National Highway Freight Program to support performance-based planning that uses these tools. It would also require guidance on anonymizing and securing highway safety data and coordination across DOT offices to promote interoperability.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More safety data for state roads
If enacted, the bill would let States use Highway Safety Improvement Program money to buy or build safety data systems. It would specifically allow predictive analytics, telematics, and other validated tools. States would have to use crash and safety data to find high-risk roads and to evaluate whether safety projects cut crashes, injuries, or deaths. For grade crossings, safety data would include highway and train traffic, licensing and vehicle information, and telematics data when practicable.
New safety tools for freight travel
If enacted, the bill would let the National Highway Freight Program pay to develop, buy, or deploy predictive analytics, telematics, and other validated safety tools to improve freight safety and planning. The bill would add a definition for "intelligent freight transportation system," including dedicated lanes, elevated freight facilities near highways, and systems that connect land ports of entry. The Federal Highway Administrator would have one year to decide if operating standards for these systems are needed and must report to Congress if a need is found.
Data guidance and DOT coordination
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate DOT offices that fund or use predictive safety tools and to consult with Energy and Commerce. The Secretary would have one year to issue guidance on anonymizing and securing highway safety data, protecting personal information, promoting transparency, and ensuring tools use validated methods. The guidance would promote accountability and interoperability across federal safety programs.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mann
KS • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Obernolte
CA • R
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Womack
AR • R
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Cole
OK • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
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