What is American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials?
[[File:Los Angeles - Echangeur autoroute 110 105.JPG|thumb|235px|A glance at [[Los Angeles]] highway system.]]'''AASHTO''' means '''American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials'''. It is a [[standard]]s setting body which publishes specifications, [[quality]] control [[protocol]]s and guidelines which 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. Though AASHTO is not a government body, it possesses quasi-governmental powers in the sense that the organizations that supply its members customarily obey most AASHTO decisions. Besides its publications, AASHTO performs or cooperates in [[research]] projects. == Other websites == * [http://www.transportation.org/ Official AASHTO site] * [http://transportation1.org/transupdate AASHTO Daily Transportation News Update] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516175215/http://transportation1.org/transupdate/ |date=2008-05-16 }} * [http://www.transportation.org/?siteid=68 AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering] [[Category:Transport in the United States]]