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FRAME for Mobility

FRAME is a from-scratch rewrite of federal surface transportation law, drafted through a crowdsourced, practitioner led process.

On May 22, 2026, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870) by a vote of 62 to 2, and wrote FRAME’s core structural mechanics into the bill.

  • StatusActive
  • Latest official draftv2.6, December 2025
  • ScopeFederal surface transportation
  • Length60 pages

View the FRAME project page on this site

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FRAME for Mobility

A from-scratch rewrite of federal surface transportation law.

Project page · frameformobility.org

An ICS projectPublished

Plan for Planning

Status: Published. The Lost Art of the Plan: A Guide to Seeing the City Whole, Second Edition 2026.

Project page · planforplanning.org

An ICS projectIn development

Crafting the New Civil Service

In development. We are distilling the timeless “genome” of the profession so it can be taught, defended, and renewed.

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