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APPENDIX A – HSIP Self Assessment Tool Scoring Template
Section 1 – Leadership
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Score |
4.1.1: Is the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) connected
to the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) safety goals and objectives? |
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4.1.2: Does the State have a person responsible for leadership and oversight
of the HSIP who is authorized to make decisions regarding program implementation? |
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4.1.3: Does the State highway agency have a champion (or champions) for
highway safety who regularly promotes and advances HSIP goals and objectives
with senior leadership (e.g., Chief Engineer, CEO, etc...)? |
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4.1.4: Are the goals and objectives of the HSIP regularly discussed at
the senior managerial level (Chief Engineer, Director, CEO, etc.) in the
State transportation agency? |
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SECTION TOTAL: |
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Section 2 – Administration
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Score |
4.2.1: Does your State highway agency have a staff member
who devotes his/her time to management of the Highway Safety Improvement
Program (HSIP)? |
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4.2.2: Does your agency have established and documented procedures for
administering the HSIP? |
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4.2.3: Do HSIP eligibility policies focus on addressing the greatest safety
needs, regardless of jurisdiction (i.e., State roads, locally-owned roads)? |
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4.2.4: Does your State have established guidance defining the criteria
for HSIP project eligibility (e.g., project size, specified countermeasures)
in your State? |
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SECTION TOTAL |
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Section 3 – Planning
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Score |
4.3.1: Are crash, roadway and traffic data used in the screening
process to identify potential HSIP project locations on the State-owned
roadway system? |
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4.3.2: Are crash, roadway and traffic data used in the screening process
to identify potential HSIP project locations on the non-state roadway systems? |
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4.3.3: Does the HSIP network screening process in your State incorporate
advanced statistical methodologies for determining locations of need? |
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4.3.4: Does your State highway agency evaluate and apply safety countermeasures
not only at high-crash locations, but also at high-risk locations? |
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4.3.5: Does the HSIP consider a balance of spot location and systemic
safety improvement projects in your state? |
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4.3.6: Does your State highway agency adequately address rural road safety
needs at a level consistent with their safety needs? |
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4.3.7: Does your State highway agency analyze location-specific safety-related
information to determine the specific safety concerns at potential HSIP
project locations? |
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4.3.8: Does the State highway agency consider all contributing factors
(driver, vehicle, roadway, environment) when identifying appropriate countermeasures? |
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4.3.9: Are RSAs used to support the HSIP engineering study and countermeasure
identification process? |
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4.3.10: Does your State highway agency choose safety countermeasures supported
by quantifiable safety benefits (i.e., crash modification factors)? |
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4.3.11: Does your State highway agency use objective criteria to prioritize
safety projects for programming? |
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4.3.12: Are planning partners outside the State highway agency involved
in the HSIP planning process? |
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4.3.13: Does your State highway agency consider SHSP priorities during
project identification and prioritization? |
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SECTION TOTAL |
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Section 4 – Implementation
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Score |
4.4.1: Is HSIP funding distributed to non-State roadway safety
projects in your state proportionate to safety needs? |
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4.4.2: Are other funding sources leveraged to support the use of HSIP
funds on safety projects in your state? |
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4.4.3: Does your State highway agency limit the use of HSIP funding to
stand-alone safety projects only? |
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4.4.4: Has your State highway agency considered and implemented innovative
programming practices to provide time and cost savings to HSIP-funded projects? |
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4.4.5: Has your State highway agency considered and implemented innovative
contracting practices to provide time and cost savings to HSIP-funded projects? |
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4.4.6: Does your State highway agency have an established procedure to
minimize the impact of project scope increases (i.e., scope creep) on HSIP
projects? |
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4.4.7: Does your agency use a tracking system to monitor project implementation? |
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SECTION TOTAL: |
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Section 5 – Evaluation
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4.5.1: Does your agency collect and analyze data to assess
the benefits of HSIP-funded safety projects? |
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4.5.2: Does your agency collect and analyze data to assess overall program-level
benefits of the HSIP? |
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4.5.3: Does your agency's evaluation of safety projects and programs incorporate
advanced statistical methodologies? |
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4.5.4: Does your agency modify policies, procedures, and countermeasures
based on historical performance of HSIP-funded safety projects? |
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4.5.5: Does your agency develop its own crash modification factors (CMFs)
based on completed HSIP projects? |
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SECTION TOTAL: |
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Section 5 – Evaluation
Section |
Score |
1. Leadership |
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2. Administration |
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3. Planning |
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4. Implementation |
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5. Evaluation |
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TOTAL: |
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