American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Abbreviation	AASHTO
Formation	December 12, 1914; 109 years ago (1914-12-12)
Type	Non-governmental organization
Tax ID no.	53-0204654
Legal status	501(c)(3)[1][2]
Purpose	Coordination among state departments of transportation
Headquarters	555 12th Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004
Region served	United States
Executive Director	Jim Tymon[3]
President	Craig Thompson, WisDOT[3]
Vice President	Garrett Eucalitto, CTDOT[3]
Secretary, Treasurer	Russell McMurry, GDOT[3]
Affiliations	50 state departments of transportation and in District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
Revenue (2019)	$88.86 million[4]
Expenses (2019)	$81.58 million[5]
Employees (2016)	134[2]
Volunteers (2016)	150[2]
Website	www.transportation.org
Formerly called	American Association of State Highway Officials

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols, and guidelines that 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.^[6]

Although AASHTO sets transportation standards and policy for the United States as a whole, AASHTO is not an agency of the federal government; rather it is an organization of the states themselves. Policies of AASHTO are not federal laws or policies, but rather are ways to coordinate state laws and policies in the field of transportation.^{[7][dubious – discuss]}