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Abbreviation | AASHTO |
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Formation | December 12, 1914 |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
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Legal status | 501(c)(3)[1][2] |
Purpose | Coordination among state departments of transportation |
Headquarters | 555 12th Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 |
Region served | United States |
Jim Tymon[3] | |
Craig Thompson, WisDOT[3] | |
Garrett Eucalitto, CTDOT[3] | |
Russell McMurry, GDOT[3] | |
Affiliations | 50 state departments of transportation and in District of Columbia and Puerto Rico |
Revenue | $88.86 million[4] (2019) |
Expenses | $81.58 million[5] (2019) |
Employees | 134[2] (2016) |
Volunteers | 150[2] (2016) |
Website | www |
Formerly called | American Association of State Highway Officials |
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols, and guidelines that are used in highway design and construction throughout the United States. Despite its name, the association represents not only highways but air, rail, water, and public transportation as well.[6]
Although AASHTO sets transportation standards and policy for the United States as a whole, AASHTO is not an agency of the federal government; rather it is an organization of the states themselves. Policies of AASHTO are not federal laws or policies, but rather are ways to coordinate state laws and policies in the field of transportation.[7][dubious – discuss]