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Synthesis: Develop Outdoor Advertising Control Reference Manual for TxDOT

项目名称：	Synthesis: Develop Outdoor Advertising Control Reference Manual for TxDOT
摘要：	23 U.S. Code Section 131 mandates that "any State which the Secretary determines has not made provision for effective control of the erection and maintenance along the Interstate System and the primary system of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices which are within 660' of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of the system, located outside of urban areas... will be reduced by amounts equal to 10 per centum of the amounts which would otherwise be apportioned to such State under section 104 of this title, until such time as such State will provide for such effective control." TxDOT faces having 10% of its federal funding withheld, which is currently $351 million, from the state budget due to not fulfilling the federal mandate. Texas lacks regulations which are used successfully by other states. It is imperative TxDOT develops a full understanding and application of federal Outdoor Advertising Control terms and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidance to all the states. TxDOT needs to solve inconsistencies in the understanding of federal baseline provisions and in in the meaning of terms implemented by TxDOT regulations as compared to other state DOTs. The Commercial Signs Regulatory Program suggests TxDOT learn best practices from other state DOTs to create ironclad language in TxDOT regulations to prevent losing litigation cases which jeopardizes $351 million in federal funds. The purpose of this project is to gather existing data from other state DOT OAC programs and from FHWA and analyze the data to determine which terms and regulations are the most successful in providing effective control of Outdoor Advertising. Researchers will determine which laws, regulations, processes, procedures and terms are effective. The final deliverable will be a research report documenting the findings of the research, including recommendations for a baseline model of standard OAC terms and regulations that are consistent with terms in the regulated industry and why these recommendations are considered most effective.The recommendations would be in-line with FHWA guidance, regulations, and law. The recommendations would ideally provide a successful model of regulation baseline for program compliance which provides effective control as required by the Texas legislature. TxDOT is not concerned with other state DOT's different statutory limitations as a limit to the analysis.
状态：	Completed
资金：	65,000
资助组织：	Texas Department of Transportation
项目负责人：	Pridgen, Shelley
执行机构：	Center for Transportation Research
开始时间：	20200901
预计完成日期：	20210831
主题领域：	Operations and Traffic Management；Safety and Human Factors