Safety Resources Newsletter - July/August 2005
Traffic Safety Information Systems
Making informed highway safety decisions requires sound analysis of information on crashes, enforcement
efforts, driver characteristics, roadway geometrics, traffic control devices, traffic volume data, and the location
of roadside hardware and obstacles. To advance U.S. practice in Traffic Safety Information Systems, the joint
AASHTO / FHWA International Scanning Program sponsored a Team visit to the Netherlands, Germany, and
the Australian States of Victoria and New South Wales during October 2003. Susan Martinovich of Nevada
DOT and Michael Halladay of FHWA Co-Chaired the Team. This focus on safety data systems complemented
the late 2002 Scan on Managing and Organizing Comprehensive Highway Safety in Europe. Both reports are
now available at www.international.fhwa.dot.gov (direct link:
http://www.international.fhwa.dot.gov/links/pubs.cfm?link_ID=9#G).
Implementation initiatives for the United States are being advanced by the Team in three key areas:
- Strategy: Governmental leaders should recognize highway safety as a core business; and establish goals and performance measures to assess on-going progress.
- Efficiency: Streamlining and simplifying data collection processes, including technology
improvements, improves data quality in terms of accuracy, timeliness, and other requirements. - Utility: Expanding the value of good safety information calls for raising awareness, 'marketing' applications among various users, and assuring that analytical tools are available.
For more information contact Michael Halladay at 202-366-9469. This website can be accessed at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/road_hardware/index.htm. The website is for anyone who wants to know, at a glance, which devices have been formally accepted by FHWA for use on the National Highway System.
FHWA Safety Website on Roadside Hardware:
Technical Advisory (T5040.35): Contains information on the state-of-the-practice for the design and installation of shoulder rumble strips and provides guidelines for their use on appropriate rural segments of the National Highway System (NHS). This posted at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/techadvs.htm
Safety Management Self-Assessment: This is a tool to enable States to evaluate their safety management processes. This self-assessment combines previous guidance on safety management with the seven quality principles of the Malcolm Baldridge National Award criteria. Contact Ken Epstein at 202-366-2157.
Safety Starts With Crash Data Video: This video is designed to encourage law enforcement personnel who collect data at crash scenes to thoroughly investigate these crashes and submit accurate, complete, and timely crash reports. The video, which is divided into a 15-minute comprehensive segment and an 8-minute summary version, can be used at roll calls, at basic and unit training, and in formal crash investigation training. To request a copy contact the FHWA Product and Distribution Center at 301-577-0818.
Special Safety Issue of Public Roads
The January/February 2003 issue of Public Roads is devoted to Highway Safety. The issue includes ongoing research and programs that FHWA is using to improve highway safety. If you would like a copy, Jack Jernigan at 202-493-3363. You may also view the issue on the web at http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/03jan/index.htm
Retroreflectivity Marketing tools
- How Retroreflectivity Makes Our Roads Safer video.
- Night Lights Marketing Tool Kit (brochure, flyer, and Q & A sheet)
- Retroreflectivity Sheeting Identification Guide
NCHRP Report 492
An electronic copy of NCHRP Report 492, Improved Procedures for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Roadside Safety Features, which was published in May, can be downloaded at http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_492.pdf For more information contact Dick Powers at 202-366-1320.
Computer Requirements: You will need a fairly recent version of a browser (such as Internet Explorer 4 or 5 or Netscape 4 with JavaScript enabled), the latest version of Macromedia Shockwave and Flash (which you can download), and a connection to the Internet (at least 56K modem). An older computer such as a Pentium 100 would work but it would just be slower than a Pentium III. For more information visit http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
AVAILABLE TRAINING
New Approaches to Highway Safety Analysis is now available as a new NHI course. Presents the HSIP process, safety engineering principles, human factors traffic safety issues, and latest methods for identifying collision causes and selecting countermeasures. Contact Bill.Williams@fhwa.dot.gov
Safety Conscious Planning: This cross-training course on incorporating road safety into the transportation planning process is now available from both the National Highway Institute (NHI) and National Transit Institute (NTI). Contact Mila.Plosky@fhwa.dot.gov
Older Driver Highway Design Workshop uses interactive methods to help participants fully understand the changes that occur with aging, identifies modifications in the roadway system that can make thing easier for older drivers (and all drivers), and give participants a chance to engage in case studies. If you are interested in conducting a workshop, please contact Gene Amparano at gene.amparano@fhwa.dot.gov or 816-329-3909.
Human Factors for Transportation Engineers Workshop uses a range of interactive exercises to describe the skills and capabilities drivers need to use our roadways, discusses the relationship between specific highway standards and human needs, and includes "micro" case studies to allow participants to apply what they have learned. Contact Erin Kenley at 202-366-8556 or erin.kenley@fhwa.dot.gov
FHWA's Office of Safety is offering two new training courses:
Road Safety Fundamentals Train-the-Trainer (1 day) and Road Safety Audits for Locals Train-the-Trainer
(2 days). These two courses are initially being offered together in June in Arlington, VA and in October in
Seattle, WA. If any local government is interested in hosting their own course, please contact Leslie Wright
(Leslie.Wright@fhwa.dot.gov) for Road Safety Fundamentals or Louisa Ward for Road Safety Audits
(Louisa.Ward@fhwa.dot.gov).
Roadway Safety Fundamentals Train-the-Trainer workshop is designed to help local and Tribal road agency professionals understand the critical relationships between roads, roadside, road user behavior, and safety. The RSF Course covers the following: road safety basics, solving traffic safety problems, traffic control devices, roadways (standards, consistency, sight distance, cross sections, curves, etc.), improving roadside safety, and much more.
The Road Safety Audits for Locals Train-the-Trainer workshop is designed to help local and Tribal road agency professionals understand the basic road safety audit concepts; understanding risk and safety; common issues and challenges; and to experience conducting a road safety audit.
New Training Package
A training package that complements the FHWA Guidebook Maintenance of Signs and Signs Supports on Local Roads and Streets was developed by the Pennsylvania LTAP Center. As a non-linear Power Point presentation, the package allows presenters and users to address any combinations of units, depending on the time, audience, and discussion. For a copy of a CD-ROM or additional information, contact Lisa Pogue at the LTAP Clearinghouse, lpogue@apwa.net or 202-408-9541 X3012.
NHI Course 380060, Work Zone Safety For Maintenance and Operations on Rural Highways: This course has been revised to conform to the requirements of the Millennium Edition of the MUTCD. Contact William L. Williams P.E., Training Officer at 703-235-0539. Cost: $150 for each student.
AASHTO Roadside Design Guide, Web Based Training NHI Course Number: 380032C
This web-based course is approximately 14 hours and is available anytime - 24 hours, 365 days a year via the Internet. The cost for non-FHWA employees is $230 per participant and includes a copy of the 2002 ASSHTO Roadside Design Guide. The course provides an overview of the 2002 AASHTO "Roadside Design Guide."
Participants must register online at www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/registerdl.asp
Two Safety Brochures are available at
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/media/brochures.htm
The Safety Edge brochure is on preventing crashes caused by unsafe pavement edge drop-offs and offers simple and cost-effective solutions.
Guidance on Traffic Control Devices at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings by the U.S. DOT's Highway/Rail Grade Crossing Technical Working Group. The report is intended to help engineers assess driver needs, specify appropriate passive and active traffic control devices and systems, and evaluate potential roadway design improvements.
Both brochures are full-color and available for downloading and printing off the Safety web site.
Roundabout Design: An introductory workshop for FHWA's "Roundabouts: An Informational Guide." This
course provides general information on design, operation and safety benefits of roundabouts. An overview of 1-
and 2-lane roundabout designs and operations. Methods for assessing the capacity of single and multi-lane
roundabouts are presented and discussed. Traffic signing, marking, and lighting of roundabouts are presented.
This course is available from the Resource Center's Safety and Design Team. To schedule a workshop, contact
Mark Doctor, Atlanta Office, mark.doctor@fhwa.dot.gov or Fred Ranck, Olympia Fields Office at
fred.ranck@fhwa.dot.gov or Patrick Hasson, Olympia Fields Office at patrick.hasson@fhwa.dot.gov
Prediction of the Expected Safety Performance of Rural Two-Lane Highways :A report that
documents the algorithm for predicting the safety performance of rural two-lane highways. The algorithm
estimates the effect on safety performance of roadway segment parameters including lane width, shoulder
width, shoulder type, horizontal curves, grades, driveway density, two-way left-turn lanes, passing lanes, and
roadside design, and of intersection parameters including skew angle, traffic control, exclusive left- and rightturn
lanes, sight distance, and driveways. It also enables highway agencies to estimate the safety performance
of existing or proposed highways and to compare the safety performance of geometric design alternatives. The
algorithm forms the basis for the Crash Prediction Module of the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
(IHSDM). Please contact Michael Griffith at mike.griffith@fhwa.dot.gov or 202-493-3316 to obtain a copy of the report. A PDF version of the report can be obtained at
http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/99207.htm . For general information about IHSDM, contact Ray Krammes at ray.krammes@fhwa.dot.gov or 202-493-3312.
Legal Research Digest Number 47 on Judicial Enforcement of Variable Speed Limits (VSL): Published by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the report examines the impact of judicial decisions and enforcement on the likely success of enforcing an expanded variable speed limit program. It also includes suggested language for a statutory provision for VSL. The report is available on the web at http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_lrd_47.pdf
Guidelines and Recommendations To Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians (FHWA-RD-01-051) and Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians (FHWA-RD-01-103): These publications provide practitioners with a condensed source of practical information that links older road user characteristics to highway design, operations, and traffic engineering recommendations by addressing specific roadway features. These documents supplement existing standards and guidelines in the areas of highway geometry, operations, and traffic control devices. The information in these publications should be of interest to highway designers, traffic engineers, and highway safety specialists involved in the design and operation of highway facilities. It will also be of interest to researchers concerned with issues of older road user safety and mobility. To obtain copies of these documents, contact the FHWA Research and Technology Report Center, 301-577-0818, fax: 301-577-1421, or the National Technical Information Service, 703-487-4650, fax: 703-321-8547. Workshops are available. For more information, contact Shirley Thompson at 202-366-2154. Also available on the web at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/older_driver/older_pd.htm
National Review of the Highway Safety Improvement Program: This report discusses the best practices identified from a review of programs conducted in six States (Delaware, Oregon, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, and Iowa) by a team consisting of representatives from the Office of Safety (Ken Epstein) and the field (Gary Corino and Don Neumann). This report is on the Safety web site, http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov
Contact Ken Epstein at 202-366-2157.
Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Reports: This website can be accessed at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ Do access current and past reports, click on Forms/Publications and then Publications.
NCHRP Report 470 TCD's for Passive Crossings: This report presents an evaluation of traffic-control devices to improve the behavior of drivers when approaching and crossing passive railroad-highway grade crossings. In addition to a review of the literature, the report includes a comprehensive analysis of the tasks drivers face at a passive grade crossing. Those responsible for signing and evaluating safety at grade crossings, as well as those interested in human factors in safety, will find this report informative. A key audience for the report will be those responsible for the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices because it is intended that the recommendations be considered for the next edition. The report is available at http://www4.trb.org/trb/onlinepubs.nsf/web/nchrp_reports
A Review of Pedestrian Safety Research in the United States and Abroad
New FHWA report examines pedestrian safety in the United States and abroad. The report includes information on pedestrian crash characteristics, measures of pedestrian exposure and hazard, and specific roadway features and their effects on pedestrian safety. Such features include crosswalks and alternative crossing treatments, signalization, provisions for pedestrians with disabilities, bus stop location, school crossing measures, reflectorization and conspicuity, grade-separated crossings, traffic-calming measures, and sidewalks and paths. Contact Ann Do at 202-493-3319 for more information.
Safer Journey Interactive Bicycle Safety Awareness CD-ROM , FHWA-SA-03-013
This is a new interactive CD (English/Spanish) that takes the user through various bicycle safety scenarios encountered every day across America. It has been developed to improve the level of bicycle knowledge for all road users and safety practitioners.
The CD can be ordered at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/walk/order/index.htm
Pedestrian/Bicyclist Safety Resource Set CD-ROM (FHWA-SA-00-005): The CD contains information on how to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety in communities across the nation. It includes information on facility design, planning, guidelines, good practices, and tools to aid in countermeasures development. This CD is intended for safety practitioners and other advocates who want to create "walkable/bikeable" communities.
The Bicycle Safety Education Resource Center:
This website can be found at http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/ee/fhwa.html
This Resource Center provides bicycle safety education information for the following groups: Preschool (under age 5), Beginner (ages 5-8), Young (Ages 9-12), Teenage (13+), Adult, Senior, Motorists, and Adults Teaching Children. The Resource Center consists of three parts. The first part is Database
where you can look for training materials for your intended audience. It even allows you to tailor your search and be as specific as possible. The second part is a Database Guide that identifies the training needs of the eight different audiences identified above. The third part is a Good Practices Guide that will guide you through the process of designing your own program. Hard copies of the Good Practices Guide are available. Contact Tamara Redmon at tamara.redmon@fhwa.dot.gov
Safer Journey - Interactive Pedestrian Safety Awareness CD-ROM (FHWA-SA-00-009): This is an interactive CD that takes the user through various pedestrian safety scenarios. It has been developed to improve the level of pedestrian knowledge for all road users and safety practitioners.
Also available on the web at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped/index.htm
For more information contact Tamara Redmon at 202-366-4077.
Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center: Visit http://www.bicyclinginfo.org & http://www.walkinginfo.org for safety information. Contact: Tamara Redmon at 202-366-4077.
2003 National Roadway Safety Awards Best Practices: This brochure showcases the winning entries of the 2003 National Roadway Safety Awards program. The entries were rated on their innovation, effectiveness, and efficient use of resources. For copies contact Kathy Krause at 202-366-9265.
Maintenance of Signs and Sign Supports for Local Roads and Streets (FHWA-SA-01-009): This pamphlet is the first in a series of pamphlets intended to assist the safety community in training and implementing small projects and programs related to or resulting in improved safety on highways, bicycle and pedestrian paths, and highway-rail crossings. The PDF version is posted on the FHWA safety web site http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/media/brochures.htm
Three reports in the Pedestrian Safety area:
- Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide: Providing Safety and Mobility, Report No. FHWA-RD-01-102. The purpose of this guide is to provide useful information on how to identify safety and mobility needs and improve conditions for pedestrians within the roadway right-of-way.
- Analysis of Factors Contributing to Walking Along Roadway Crashes: Research Study and Guidelines for Sidewalks and Walkways, Report No. FHWA-RD-01-101. The document summarizes the results of a study that examined the safety impacts of having sidewalks and walkways along roadways.
- Effects of Marked vs. Unmarked Crosswalks at Uncontrolled Locations: Executive Summary and Recommended Guidelines (PDF only).
You can view these reports online at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped/psol_plan.htm.
Limited hard copies have been printed. For more information contact Ann Do, Office of Safety RD&T, at ann.do@fhwa.dot.gov or 202-493-3319.
Africa Road Safety Review: Under sponsorship of a DOT intermodal international highway safety initiative, the Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL) conducted a research study that investigated the state of road safety in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the study was to analyze existing data and information on the road safety situation in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify the data gaps and priority needs. The TRL report entitled Africa Road Safety Review Final Reporthas been published, and copies are available upon request. The report is also available on the international highway safety website at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/about/international/africa/africa.htm. Contact Harry W. Taylor at 202-366-2175 or Shirley Thompson at 202-366-2154.
The Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC): Cited in TEA-21 as one of the factors to be considered in applications for safety improvement grants. While it is voluntary, the States are encouraged to use it when revising and updating their traffic crash reports. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov (People Safety/Crash Information/MMUCC). Hard copies are available, please call 202-366-2288.
Speed Management Exhibit and Handouts: An exhibit display and handouts that presents national data on speeding-related fatalities by road functional class. Handouts examine rural versus urban speeding data, and provide a historical perspective. Contact Davey Warren at 202-366-4668.
Road User Guide: This pamphlet was developed to help drivers understand the traffic control devices and regulations in Canada, Mexico, and the US. Differences and similarities are depicted. Contact the Office of Operations at 202-366-9064.
Read Your Road Brochure - Every Highway User's Guide to Driving Safely: This publication was developed by FHWA to educate the American public on how signs, signals, and pavement markings communicate important safety information to the highway user. It was first published in 1995 as a full-color, spiral bound publication. Copies were distributed to State DOTS and various highway safety partners. Hard copies are no longer available, however, an electronic version can be found at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/media/read_road/index.htm
Moving Safely Across America CD-ROM: This CD is designed for the general public. Users can interact with and experience various aspects of highway safety, and test their understanding of these topics. For copies contact the Office of Safety at 202-366-2288.
Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM): IHSDM is a suite of software analysis tools for explicit, quantitative evaluation of safety and operational effects of geometric design decisions during the highway design process. The 2003 public release of the IHSDM for two-lane rural highways is available for testing and evaluation purposes free-of-charge via download through http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/ihsdm/ihsdm.htm . An IHSDM Help Desk (IHSDM.Support@fhwa.dot.gov or 202-493-3407) is available to provide user technical support. An IHSDM Preview CD-ROM is available which provides an overview of the functions and capabilities of IHSDM and features an exercise for using IHSDM.
A two-day IHSDM Training Course, Course Number 380071A in the NHI Course Catalog (
http://nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/coursec.asp ), is also available. For additional information about IHSDM, to request a Preview CD-ROM, or to schedule a training session for your agency, contact Clayton Chen, Office of Safety at 202-366-4656 or clayton.chen@fhwa.dot.gov or Ray Krammes, Office of Safety Research & Development at 202-493-3312 or ray.krammes@fhwa.dot.gov
Apple iMAC Moving Safely Across America Kiosk: This tabletop display is available for outreach activities by contacting Dean Larsen in Baltimore at 410-962-2372; Pat Hasson in Olympia Fields at 708-283-3595; Frank Julian in Atlanta at 404-562-3689; and Keith Harrison in San Francisco at 415-744-2657.
Spanish Versions Of Everyone Is A Pedestrian: A set of brochures developed to teach pedestrians how to navigate through work zones, understand pedestrian signs and signals, and how to navigate around large trucks. Contact Tamara Redmon at 202-366-4077.
AASHTO Highway Safety Design And Operations Guide: The "Yellow Book" serves as a primary tool to identify potential safety problems and describes ways to eliminate safety problems and reduce crash severity. Contact Rudy Umbs at 202-365-3285 or visit the AASHTO website at www.aashto.org.
AASHTO Strategic Safety Plan: Over 30 States are participating in the development and implementation of State Comprehensive Highway Safety Plans and/or Implementation Guides. These activities are part of the implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan toward achieving a national fatality of rate of 1.0 death per 100M VMT by 2008.
Tools for Life resources have been created to facilitate achieving the 1.0 by 2004 goal. These Tools include the Self-Assessment Tool, Implementation Guides (six of the 22 are currently available), and a model Integrated Safety Management Process. Printed copies are available from this office at 202-366-2288 and online at http://www.4nas.edu/trb/onlinepubs.nsf and http://safety.transportation.org
The Implementation Guides currently available:
- Run-Off-Road Collisions
- Head-On Collisions
- Collisions with Trees in Hazardous Locations
- Unsignalized Intersection Collisions
- Collisions Involving Unlicensed Drivers and Drivers with Suspended or Revoked Licenses
- Aggressive Driving Collisions
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A periodic newsletter on the implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan and the Tools for Life is available at http://safety.transportation.org
Night Lights Video : This video takes a non-technical look at how retroreflectivity saves lives. A variety of situations and conditions are presented through the eyes of different motorists and pedestrians: teens, parents, and older drivers. Contact Harry Taylor at 202-366-2175.
Red Light Green Light video : The purpose of this video is to provide the general traveling public and the entire transportation community with an increased awareness of the critical importance of intersection safety. The video allows viewers to identify steps they can take to improve their own safety as well as provide information on what the transportation profession is doing to help create safer intersections. It is also available on CD-ROM. Contact Hari Kalla at 202-366-5915.
Guidance For Using Red-light Cameras: The Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has jointly issued guidance to assist state and local agency managers, transportation engineers, and law enforcement officials in identifying and properly addressing safety problems resulting from red-light running. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersections/redl_cameras.htm
Resource Set to Prevent Red Light Running:. A compilation of resources to prevent red light running, incorporating the three elements: engineering, enforcement, and education. Contact Hari Kalla at 202-366-5915.
Click It or Ticket: A high visibility seat belt enforcement campaign is being implemented in a number of States. Current national seat belt usage is 79 percent. It is estimated that for every 1 percent increase in usage, 265 lives can be saved annually. Weekly highlights of the efforts by the States participating in this campaign are available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/clickit_ticket/current.html
Child Safety Website:This website provides a list of new child restraints and features, new vehicles and child safety features, tips for installing and using child safety restraints, and child seat help (fitting/inspection stations and technician contacts). http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/
Maintaining Traffic Sign Retroreflectivity, Publication Number FHWA-SA-03-027, printable version available on the safety website under "Retroreflectivity Papers and Reports," http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/retro/sign/sa03027.htm
Let's Work Together To Save Lives — Life-Saving Strategies for America's Highways, Publication Number FHWA-SA-04-001, printable version available on the safety website under "What's New," http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/media/lifesavers2.htm
Access Management Manual (published by TRB, 2003): A good access management practice can offer a great combination among operation, geometric design, and safety. The manual can be found on the Access Management website at http://www.accessmanagement.gov/index.html, or contact Kathy Facer at kathleen.facer@fhwa.dot.gov for a copy of Access Management CD Library. In addition, the hardcopy can be purchased from the TRB bookstore http://gulliver.trb.org/bookstore).
Roadway Safety Tools for Local Agencies, NCHRP Synthesis 321: provides practical and flexible approaches to improve safety at the local level. This publication examines tools and procedures that are practical, relatively easy to apply, and can be implemented by agencies with limited financial resources. Tools are defined as any ideas, practices, procedures, software, activities, or actions beneficial in aiding local agencies to improve the safety of their roads and streets. User-friendly appendixes provide detailed information on each tool, its application, or references to additional information. NCHRP Synthesis 321 is available through the FHWA Product and Distribution Center at 301-577-0818 or by fax at 301-577-1421.
Road Safety Audit Brochure: Contains information on the benefits, typical improvements, steps to conduct, keys to successful implementation, and resources. This brochure can help market road safety audits to State and local agencies and Tribal Governments. For copies of the brochure, please contact Louisa Ward at Louisa.Ward@fhwa.dot.gov
Crash-Tested Work Zone Traffic Control Devices PowerPoint Presentation Now on Line at
nick.artimovich@fhwa.dot.gov. This PowerPoint presentation summarizes the requirements for crash testing of traffic control devices in work zones. The presentation covers the four categories of devices 1) Cones, drums, delineators 2) barricades, temporary signing 3) barriers, crash cushions, TMAs, water-filled barriers/barricades 4) trailer-mounted devices. Category 1, 2, and 3 devices used on the National Highway System are required to meet NCHRP Report 350 criteria. Category 4 devices will be revisited in 2006. For an e-mail copy of the presentation, please contact Nicholas Artimovich in the Office of Safety Design at
nick.artimovich@fhwa.dot.gov
Safe Mobility for a Maturing Society: Challenges and Opportunities: This report was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation in concert with many professional and governmental groups. Based on regional forums, focus groups, conferences and stakeholder roundtables that were held over the last several years, the report presents a vision of safe transportation for the future. It identifies seven areas for improvement and lists specific strategies for implementation to improve safety for older road users and all road users. The report is on the DOT website at http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/data/safemobility.pdf
Targeting Highway Fatalities:
Nationally, in 2002, there were 42,815 fatalities. Of these, 25,241 were a result of roadway departure, 9,167 intersection-related, and 4,808 were pedestrians. Click here for a snapshot of where those fatalities occurred.
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/facts/stats2002/
Comprehensive Intersection Resource Library CD-ROM, FHWA-SA-04-002
This is a compilation of resources about traditional signalized and un-signalized intersections, roundabouts, highway/rail grade crossings, and other nontraditional intersection designs.
Contact Hari Kalla at 202-366-5915 or hari.kalla@fhwa.dot.gov.
Signalized Intersections: Informational Guide, FHWA-HRT-04-091
A comprehensive guide that provides methods for evaluating the safety and operations of signalized intersections and tools to remedy deficiencies. The information contained in this guide is based on the latest research available. Copies may be obtained from the FHWA Report Center by e-mail to report.center@fhwa.dot.gov or by fax to 301-577-1421, by phone to 301-577-0818 or on-line at www.tfhrc.gov/safety/intersect.htm
Contact Joe Bared, 202-493-3314.
Accessible Sidewalks and Street Crossings: On the Safe Side, FHWA-SA-03-017
This is a newly released poster-sized brochure that condenses much of the information in the Part 2: Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access: Best Practices Design Guide. One side of the poster has information on the legal framework for the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, understanding sidewalk users, sidewalk corridors, sidewalks grades and cross slopes, sidewalk surfaces, protruding objects in the pedestrian environment, driveway crossings, curb ramps, accessible pedestrian signals, and pedestrian crossings. Much of the second side of the brochure contains a map that demonstrates how various ADA treatments look in the roadway environment. And for those who prefer a booklet format rather than a poster, there is Accessible Sidewalks and Street Crossings: an Informational Guide (FHWA-SA-03-019), which has all of the information as the poster sized document, but without the map. The booklet is 40 pages long spiral-bound. Both can be ordered at:
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/walk/order/index.htm
Intersection Safety Issue Briefs
This is a new series of Issue Briefs on various intersection safety-related topics. The briefs are primarily for traffic engineers and transportation and safety professionals.
The topics included within the kit includes:
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Printed Copies of the Intersection Safety Issue Briefs can be obtained by contacting Hari Kalla at 202-366-5915 or hari.kalla@fhwa.dot.gov. The briefs will also be posted to the Safety Web Site http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov
Restoring Credibility to Speed Setting: Engineering, Enforcement & Educational Issues is now available on the FHWA Speed Management Safety Website http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/speed_manage/index.htm. The report summarizes the findings of workshops that brought together critical engineering, enforcement, and judiciary personnel to discuss the multi-disciplinary aspects of managing speed. A planning guide for others who want to sponsor multi-disciplinary speed management workshops is under development.
Contact Davey Warren, 202-366-4668.
Common Sense Solutions for Intersection Safety Problems: This 1-day training course is for non engineers, especially elected officials, law enforcement, municipal workers and safety groups. The course addresses common safety tasks that don't require an engineer and introduces tasks that do. PowerPoint slides, notes, and handouts are available on CD-ROM. Contact Kingsley.Azubike@fhwa.dot.gov
Designing & Operating Intersections for Safety: This series of six modules from ITE and NHI covers users, geometric design, unsignalized intersections, signalized intersection, diagnostics, countermeasures, and case studies. For traffic engineers and professionals with 2-4 years exp. Contact Bill.Williams@fhwa.dot.gov.
Intersection Safety Workshop: This 1 day course provides ready-to-use direct-application safety measures for rural unsignalized intersections and for signalized intersections. Presents a countermeasures and Crash Reduction Factors. Contact NHI: Bill.Williams@fhwa.dot.gov.
Signalized Intersection Guidebook Workshop: Overview of the new FHWA publication emphasizes evaluating the safety and operations of signalized intersections and tools to remedy deficiencies. Covers user needs, geometric design, traffic design and illumination, project process, analysis methods, types of treatments and their trade-offs. Contact NHI: Bill.Williams@fhwa.dot.gov.
Instructor Training
Road Safety Audits for Local Governments: Designed to help local and Tribal road agency professionals understand: the basic road safety audit concepts, risk and safety, common issues and challenges; and to experience a road safety audit. If you are interested in hosting this course, please contact Louisa.Ward@fhwa.dot.gov
Roadway Safety Fundamentals: Designed to help local and tribal road agency professionals understand the relationships among roads, roadside, user behavior, and safety. Covers: basics, solving traffic safety problems, traffic control devices, roadside safety, roadways (standards, consistency, sight distance, cross sections, curves, etc.), and more. Instructors are being trained. Contact Leslie. Wright@fhwa.dot.gov
Speed Management Workshop Facilitators: How the public and professionals can work together set appropriate and enforceable speed limits. Facilitator training will be offered next fiscal year to four representatives from each state, representing engineering, public policy, law enforcement, and judicial instructors. Contact Benjamin.Gribbon@fhwa.dot.gov
Work Zones & Law Enforcement
FHWA has developed a model 4-hour course and pocket guide on the role of law enforcement personnel in work zones, addressing: presence, location, enforcement, incidents, roles, and responsibilities. Sponsored by FHWA, IACP and NHTSA and AASHTO. Contact John.Balser@fhwa.dot.gov
Advanced Work Zone Management & Design: This new NHI course for experienced work zone managers addresses the latest and best practices in all phases of work zone safety and management, including: transportation management plans, strategies selection, advanced contracting, night work zones, public information strategies, enforcement, and new technologies. Under construction. Email: Bill.Williams@fhwa.dot.gov.
The Maryland LTAP Program is developing a work zone training module that places special emphasis on urban and small in town examples, typical applications, and illustrations. The module will be widely distributed when completed. Contact: Ed.Stellfox@umd.edu.
LTAP Roadway Safety Workshop: The National LTAP Conference will include a full day Roadway Safety Workshop on FHWA's local Road Safety Audit course, safety circuit rider programs, Iowa's Traffic Safety Data Service, and What's New in highway safety training.
See http://www.ltapt2.org/conference/
Low Cost Safety Improvements: The popular LCSI course reviews safety countermeasures that do not require substantial capital investment or design changes. Already widely available through LTAP centers, the course is available from NHI, will be available via NHI Webcast by Fall 2005, and will be redesigned as for LTAP over the next year.
New Approaches to Highway Safety Analysis is now available as a new NHI course. Presents the HSIP
process, safety engineering principles, human factors traffic safety issues, and latest methods for identifying
collision causes and selecting countermeasures.
Contact Bill.Williams@fhwa.dot.gov.
Safety Conscious Planning: This cross-training course on incorporating road safety into the transportation planning process is now available from both the National Highway Institute (NHI) and National Transit Institute (NTI). Contact Mila.Plosky@fhwa.dot.gov
Safety Workforce Policy Study: The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has undertaken a policy study on the Current and Future Supply and Demand for Highway Safety Professionals. The study will identify how the next generation of safety professionals will be educated Contact Tom at TMenzies@nas.edu.
