Purpose
The purpose of this program is to provide education and training,
technology assistance, and related support services to assist rural,
local transportation agencies and tribal governments, and the consultants
and construction personnel working for the agencies and governments,
to develop and expand expertise in road and transportation areas
(including pavement, bridge, concrete structures, intermodal connections,
safety management systems, intelligent transportation systems, incident
response, operations, and traffic safety countermeasures) for improving
roads and bridges.