Roadway Safety Modernization Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator John Boozman
Introduced
Summary
Integrating predictive analytics, telematics, and validated data tools into federal highway safety programs to drive risk-based planning and safer freight operations. This bill would expand eligible uses of federal safety funds and require DOT guidance and interagency coordination to support data-driven safety decisions.
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- State transportation agencies and planners would be allowed to use Highway Safety Improvement Program funds to develop, acquire, or deploy safety data systems, predictive analytics, telematics, and other validated tools, and to expand data elements for risk modeling, including railway-highway grade crossing data.
- Freight operators and planners would gain new authority under the National Highway Freight Program to fund safety data tools, use predictive analytics and telematics for freight safety, and adopt an "intelligent freight transportation system" definition that covers connected infrastructure and dedicated intelligent freight lanes.
- The Department of Transportation would have to issue guidance within one year on anonymizing and securing safety data, promoting transparency and validated methodologies, and coordinate predictive safety tool activities across FHWA, NHTSA, FMCSA, FRA, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, and the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office while consulting other agencies.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More highway and freight safety data
If enacted, the bill would let federal highway safety funds pay to develop, buy, or deploy safety data systems and tools like predictive analytics and telematics. States and metropolitan planners would have to include these tools and rail–highway crossing data when picking and evaluating safety projects. The National Highway Freight Program would also be allowed to pay for safety data tools and would add a definition for intelligent freight systems used in freight planning. National Priority Safety Programs would be encouraged and authorized to use these tools to find high‑risk road segments and support performance‑based planning.
DOT coordination and data privacy
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate predictive safety tool activities across FHWA, NHTSA, FMCSA, FRA, OST‑R, and the Intelligent Transportation Systems office. The Secretary would also have to consult with the Secretaries of Energy and Commerce and other agencies as appropriate to promote interoperability. The bill would require DOT to issue guidance within one year on anonymizing and securing safety data, protecting personal information, and promoting transparency and validated methods. The FHWA Administrator would have one year to decide whether operating standards for intelligent freight systems are needed and would report to Congress if a need is found.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
John Boozman
AR • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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