EDC is a State-based model that identifies and rapidly deploys proven, yet underutilized innovations to shorten the project delivery process, enhance roadway safety, reduce traffic congestion, and integrate automation. Proven innovations promoted through EDC facilitate greater efficiency at the State and local levels, saving time, money, and resources that can be used to deliver more projects. EDC is your On-Ramp to Innovation!
FHWA works with State transportation departments, local governments, tribes, private industry, and other stakeholders to identify a new collection of innovations to champion every two years that merit accelerated deployment.
After selecting EDC innovations, transportation leaders from across the country gather at regional summits to discuss and identify opportunities, implementing the innovations that best fit the needs of their respective State transportation programs. Following the summits, States finalize their selection of innovations, establish performance goals for the level of implementation and adoption over the upcoming two-year cycle, and begin to implement the innovations with the support and assistance of the technical teams established for each innovation.
The EDC program has made a significant positive impact in accelerating the deployment of innovations and in building a culture of innovation within the transportation community. Since the inception of EDC, each State has used 19 or more of the 52 innovations promoted through Every Day Counts, and some states have adopted more than 40. Many of these innovations have become mainstream practices across the country. By advancing 21st-century solutions, the transportation community is making every day count, to ensure our roads and bridges are built better, faster, and smarter and operated at peak efficiency.
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