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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Mission: American association of state highway and transportation officials (aashto) supports its members through policy development, advocacy, technical service, leadership development, and advancing partnership and promoting innovation.
Programs: Technical services - there are a variety of technical service programs operated by aashto on behalf of its members. These programs fulfill specific needs by pooling resources to build a much stronger national program than any one department of transpostation could create on its own. The revenues for these programs are provided largely through voluntary contribution from participating state dots and in each case dedicated to the program for which they are collected. Additional revenue from various programs comes from fees for service, sponsorships and federal, state and local sources. In each case, the revenues collected for technical programs are dedicated to the program for which they are collected. Some examples of technical service prrograms are: the materials reference laboratory, the national transportation product evaluation program, multi-state transit trecnical service program, highway safety policy and management technical ssercie program and cooperative computer softwar develpmnet program (aashtoware).
publications - the array of technical publications produced by aahsto include the standards used nationwide for building and maintaining highways and bridges, installing signs, lighting and safety devices and guiding engineers from state dots and construction companies on such vital issues and materials requirements.
special programs - each project has funding specifically designated for a given project. Funds are obtained from members and other sources to help fund the technical project or service programs.