Highway Safety Plan Pulled: FHWA Hits the Brakes on Updates
Published Date: 5/30/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is pulling back its February 2024 plan to update highway safety rules. This means no changes will happen for now, and the proposal won’t appear in the Spring 2025 rulebook. Drivers, states, and safety planners can keep things as they are while FHWA rethinks its next steps.
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FHWA Withdraws HSIP Update
On February 21, 2024, the Federal Highway Administration withdrew its notice of proposed rulemaking to update the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The proposal will be removed from the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda, so drivers, state agencies, and safety planners should keep using the current HSIP rules while FHWA reconsiders next steps.
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