Transportation is the backbone of our capitalist economy. Every year billions of dollars of food, consumer goods, and other products are shipped across our nation's roadways. Millions of people also take to the highways annually for travel-related purposes. The FHWA, or Federal Highway Administration, was developed to make sure that these activities take place safely and efficiently. Although the administration is a federal entity, many initiatives have been undertaken to focus on roads at the state level. The FHWA partners with states in the aggregation of crash data in order to develop clearer highway safety plans of action to improve the safety and usability of the nation's roadways.