Documents
This is a compilation of all documents and reports posted on this site. For your convenience they are categorized by safety programs.
- Policy Recommendations from the Safety Workforce Planning Workshop that was held in San Antonio, Texas on April 3-4, 2002.
Highway Safety Historical Collection
- In an effort to preserve its materials and to provide easy access for customers, the DOT Library has digitized a series of historical collections. One of these collections includes the proceedings from 1924 to 1934 of the National Conferences on Street and Highway Safety. You can see these proceedings visiting the Online Digital Special Collections at the DOT Library.
Highway Grade Crossings
- Guidance on Traffic Control Devices at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings- A report of the Highway/Rail Grade Crossing Technical Working Group (TWG) November 2002 U.S. Department of Transportation
- Accidents That Shouldn't Happen [PDF, 0.36MB] - A Report of the Grade Crossing Safety Task Force March 1, 1996 U.S. Department of Transportation.
Retroreflectivity
- Sign Retro Reflectometers [PDF, 0.94MB] - Peter Hatzi, FHWA/Safety. This presentation explains how sign retro reflectometers work.
- Roadway Delineation Practices Handbook [PDF, 3.32MB] - Federal Highway Administration,FHWA, Washington, D.C., August 1994.
Rumble Strips
- Rumble Strip Gap Study - Final Report [PDF, 0.23MB] - Richard C. Moeur, PE, Arizona Department of Transportation, May 1999
- Safety Evaluation of Continuous Shoulder Rumble Strips Installed on Freeways [PDF, 0.06MB] - Michael S. Griffith, Federal Highway Administration TRB No. 990162 January 1999
- The Effectiveness and Use of Continuous Shoulder Rumble Strips [PDF, 0.11MB] - Kerry Perrillo, Highway Engineer FHWA Albany, New York , August 1998
- The Federal Highway Administration's 1998 Survey Summary of Rumble Strip Use for Several State [PDF, 0.08MB] - March 1998
- Shoulder Rumble Strip Effectivenes [PDF, 0.09MB] - Drift-Off-Road Accident Reductions on the Pennsylvania Turnpike - John J. Hickey, Jr., Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, TRB Research Record 1573, January 1997
- Shoulder Rumble Strips [PDF, 0.17MB] - A Method to Alert "Drifting" Drivers , Neal E. Wood, P.E., Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Retired), TRB No. 940312, January 1994
- Application and Evaluation of Rumble Strips on Highways [PDF, 0.05MB] - Eric Yuan-Chin Cheng, P.E., Ezequiel Gonzalez, and Mack O. Christensen, P.E., Utah Department of Transportation
Safety Management
- Safety Management Systems-Good Practices for Development and Implementation [PDF, 0.08MB] - The purpose of this document is to provide general guidance to managers and safety specialists on the formulation of a SMS.
Speed Management
- Study Tour for Speed Management and Enforcement Technology [PDF, 0.01MB] - This paper documents the FHWA study tour which surveyed speed management practices in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and Australia.
Stop Red Light Running
- Can We Make Red Light Runners Stop? Red Light Photo Enforcement in San Francisco, California [PDF, 0.02MB] - Fleck, Jack L. and Smith, Bridget B.,San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic, March 1999.
- Overview of Automated Enforcement in Transportation [PDF, 0.09MB]- Turner, S. and Polk, A.E.,ITE Journal, Washington, D.C., June 1998.
- Use of Automated Enforcement for Red Light Violations [PDF, 0.23MB] - Passetti, Karl A.,Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- Bibliography of Automated Enforcement References [PDF, 0.06MB] - Institute of Transportation Engineers,ITE Automated Enforcement Technical Committee, Washington, D.C
- Syntheses and Evaluation of Red Light Running Electronic Enforcement Programs in the United States [PDF, 0.17MB] - Federal Highway Administration,FHWA, Washington, D.C., September 1999.
- Association of Selected Intersection Factors with Red-Light-Running Crashes [PDF, 0.54MB] - Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, Washington, D.C., 2000.
Work Zone Safety
- "Meeting the Customer's Needs for Mobility and Safety During Construction and Maintenance Operations," [PDF, 0.36MB] - FHWA conducted a study which involved interviews with FHWA and State personnel in 26 States.
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