Local Programs
Guidance for Addressing Local Safety Issues
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Implementing Local Agency Safety Management
This fact sheet prepared by the Washington State Technology Transfer Center explains the benefits of a Safety Management System (SMS) to provide decision makers and those who manage and maintain local roadways with the tools to systematically identify, prioritize, correct, and evaluate the performance of their transportation safety investments.
Maintenance of Signs and Sign Supports for Local Roads and Streets [HTML, PDF 7MB]
This FHWA handbook for maintenance workers explains the importance of well-maintained signs and provides maintenance guidance. FHWA-RT-00-00
Pedestrian Safety Campaign Toolkit
The Federal Highway Administration's Pedestrian Safety Campaign Planner is a free ready-made toolkit of outreach materials that States and communities can customize and use locally.
Read Your Road: Every Highway User's Guide to Driving Safely
A savvy driver is a safer driver. Even seasoned drivers can learn something new from this colorful and easy-to-read highway user's guide prepared by the Office of Safety, which bridges the gaps between the design intentions of safety engineers and the knowledge and perceptions of highway users.
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Roadway Safety Guide [PDF, 863 KB]
The Roadway Safety Foundation's Roadway Safety Guide is designed to provide local elected officials and other community leaders with basic information to improve roadway safety in their communities.
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Roadway Safety Tools for Local Agencies
This 180-page NCHRP Synthesis Report provides a summary of practical safety tools for local agencies.
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Safety Conscious Planning (SCP) is a comprehensive, system-wide, multimodal, proactive process that better integrates safety into surface transportation decision-making. Click here for more information.
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Here's where to find information and guidance about red light enforcement cameras.
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