tymon: well, thank you for that question, and you're absolutely right, the fhwa's august redistribution process is broken. it was originally intended to distribute, you know, just a handful of dollars that were left as they approached the end of the fiscal year, and provided the state dots, because fhwa knew that state dots would be able to put those dollars to use as quickly as possible within that fiscal year. this past year, august redistribution was $8.7 billion, or 14.5% of the total federal highway program. so states were asked to obligate $8.7 billion, close to 15% of the total federal highway program, in just 30 days, in the last month of the fiscal year. now, states were able to do that because they have a long -- they had a pipeline of projects that were ready to go, but we have pretty much exhausted that pipeline from state to state, and if it's not addressed legislatively, they will run into problems and obligating that and some of that money will lapse in future years. congress did enact through the warda bill a partial fix to that that will take essentially roughly $2 bill

finally, i want to thank congress for the work -- for working with state dot's on a fixed fhwa august redistribution process and around the unprecedented natural disasters state dots have faced to the last few months. more work is needed in both areas but we appreciate what has been done so far. thank you. to close, aashto and its members are fully committed to assisting the service committee putting together the next transfer might -- transportation bill to ensure our national long-term economic growth and improve safety through the federally assisted state implemented federal highway program. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i look forward to your questions. chair rouzer: thank you very much. mr. dellinger. mr. dellinger: chair rouzer, del. holmes-norton, and members of the subcommittee thank you for allowing me to testify on behalf of the american trucking association. i serve as president and ceo of cargo transport is a family-based trucking company based in western north carolina. it's a privilege to be here today as you prepare to reauthorize the federal highway b

and also, you know, we continue to invest in proven safety countermeasures identified by fhwa, making sure we're demonstrating from states have been successful. i'll bring up one example, it's more on the design side, which is roundabouts. 10 years ago, 15 years ago, roundabouts were kind of a nearby area that you saw in a handful of communities. you're seeing more and more states and localities adopt roundabouts because while they may seem quirky to drivers when they first see them, there really are -- they really are a safer design module for a lot of intersections we have across this country. i do this as we see more and more of those types of out of the box thinking, we're going to see the numbers start to continue to decrease year after year. so thank you for that question. >> thank you. that's encouraging. i hope you'll provide that information as we move forward with this. people don't know quite how to do a roundabout when they first approach it, but i guess they'll learn. wish you could do something as we increase people on our roads. what about these little scooter things al