Cooperation with the United States on mobility
We have been working closely together on mobility and transport with the United States based on a ministerial Memorandum of Understanding dating back to the early 1970s.
Today, we cooperate on many road infrastructure issues such as asset management, climate resilience and automated mobility at both federal and state level.
Rijkswaterstaat has active collaboration with FHWA and TRB. Through active participation in programmes and events we have been able to improve the performance and safety levels of our main road network.
Rijkswaterstaat exchanges with the United States on both expert level and senior management level.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation that assists state and local governments in planning, constructing, and maintaining the nation's highway system (Federal-aid Highway Program) and various federally and tribally owned lands (Federal Lands Highway Program).
By providing financial and technical assistance to state and local governments, FHWA is responsible for ensuring that America's roads and highways remain among the safest and most technologically advanced in the world.
Rijkswaterstaat has been working with FHWA since 2009 on the basis of a Memorandum of Cooperation and a bi-annual work plan. Current topics of joint activities are resilience of transport infrastructure, asset management as well as connected and automated vehicles.
Other parties involved in these joint activities include State Departments of Transportation and the US DOT Volpe Center.
Rijkswaterstaat and FHWA are both members of FEHRL and PIARC.
Transportation Research Board
As part of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) provides leadership for transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial and evidence-based information exchange, research and advice on all modes of transportation.
For example, its committees, researchers and staff currently focus on promoting resilient infrastructure, exploring transformative technologies and looking after the health and safety of the public.
Rijkswaterstaat participates in TRB’s Global Affiliate Programme. Rijkswaterstaat and TRB also maintain close ties through TRB’s research programmes, such as the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). A dedicated group of Rijkswaterstaat experts attends the TRB Annual Meeting each year.