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Constant evaluation of policies, procedures, engineering judgment, and conventional wisdom lead to new methods for improving road safety. Transportation safety professionals stay knowledgeable in road safety through research, continuing education, and peer networking. The resources below provide additional tools and references for the concepts presented in the unit under which they are listed.
Browse US Code by Title (select Titles 23. Highways). http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/browse.html.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23, Part 924. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-30168.pdf.
Federal Highway Administration (April 5, 2006). 5 Percent Report Guidance: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/guides/guide040506.cfm.
Federal Highway Administration (May 15, 2009). Highway Safety Improvement Program Reporting Guidance. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/guides/docs/guide051509.pdf.
Federal Highway Administration (2008). Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM). https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/projects/safety/comprehensive/ihsdm/.
Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety web site: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov.
Federal Highway Administration (May 5, 2006). Railway Highway Grade Crossing Program Reporting Guidance: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/guides/guide050506/.
Highway Safety Manual web site: http://www.highwaysafetymanual.org/.
SafetyAnalyst web site: http://www.safetyanalyst.org/.
Texas Transportation Institute (2007). Urban Mobility Report, College Station, Texas.
Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (September 2008). Transportation Planner’s Safety Desk Reference, Companion to NCHRP Report 500. FHWA-HEP-07-005.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (2004). AASHTO Green Book – A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 5th Edition.https://bookstore.transportation.org/Item_details.aspx?id=109%20
Council, F.M., et al. (2007). Model Minimum Inventory of Roadway Elements-MMIRE. Federal Highway Administration. McLean, Virginia: FHWA, Report FHWA/HRT 07/046. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/07046/.
Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) web site: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/codes/.
FARS web sitehttp://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx.
Harper, Ogle, J. (2007). NCHRP Synthesis 367: Technologies for Improving Safety Data. Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_367.pdf.
MCMIS web site: http://mcmiscatalog.fmcsa.dot.gov/.
MMUCC website: www.mmucc.us/.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Catalog of State Crash Forms
http://www.nhtsa-tsis.net/crashforms/.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. State Assessments. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/People/perform/pages/Programs/State_Assessments.htm.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2006). State Traffic Safety Information System Improvement Grants. Federal Register Volume 71, No. 22. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/tea21/GrantMan/HTML/408_FRGuidance_2-2-06.pdf.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Records Improvement Program Reporting System (TRIPRS).http://www.nhtsa-tsis.net/TRIPRS/.
National Model for the Statewide Application of Data Collection and Management Technology to Improve Highway Safety web site: http://www.tracsinfo.us/.
NEMSIS web site: http://www.nemsis.org/.
Smith, R., et al. (2000). Implementation of GIS-Based Highway Safety Analyses: Bridging the Gap. FHWA-RD-01-039. Federal Highway Administration. McLean, Virginia. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/1039.pdf.
STSI web site: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/USA%20WEB%20REPORT.HTM.
Suhrbier, J., et al. (2006). Research Results Digest 306: Identification of Liability-Related Impediments to Sharing Section 409 Safety Data among Transportation Agencies and Synthesis of Best Practices. Transportation Research Board. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rrd_306.pdf.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (2002). Roadside Design Guide, 3rd Edition.
American Traffic Safety Services Association (2006). Low-Cost Local Road Safety Solutions. http://www.t2.unh.edu/pubs/lowcostlocalroads.pdf.
Bahar, G., et al. (September 2008). Desktop Reference for Crash Reduction Factors. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-SA-08-011. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/tools/crf/resources/fhwasa08011/fhwasa08011.pdf.
Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse website: http://www.cmfclearinghouse.org/.
Federal Highway Administration (2008). Fact Sheets on Highway Provisions: Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/factsheets/hsip.htm.
Federal Highway Administration (2007). Fact Sheets for Highway Provisions in the SAFETEA-LU. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/factsheets/factsheets-safetea-lu.pdf.
Federal Highway Administration (2008). Fact Sheet on High-Risk Rural Roads, http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/.
Federal Highway Administration (2003). Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Washington, D.C. http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2003r1r2/mutcd2003r1r2complet.pdf.
Federal Highway Administration (2006). Road Safety Audit Guidelines. FHWA-SA-06-06. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/.
Federal Highway Administration (2008). Technical Memorandum on Consideration and Implementation of Proven Safety Countermeasures. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/.
Harkey, D.L., et al. (2004). The Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-SA-04-003. http://www.walkinginfo.org/pedsafe/pedsafe_downloads.cfm.
Hughes, W., et al. (2006). Innovative Intersection Safety Improvement Strategies and Management Practices: A Domestic Scan. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-SA-06-016.
Larsen, D.M., Ranck, F.N., and McFadden, J. (October 2006). Low-Cost, High-Return. Public Roads. Volume 70, No. 2. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/06sep/04.cfm.
McGee, H., et al. (2006). Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-SA-07-002. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/horicurves/fhwasa07002/.
Nabors, D., et al. (2007). Pedestrian Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-SA-07-007. http://drusilla.hsrc.unc.edu/cms/downloads/PedRSA.reduced.pdf.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide for State Highway Safety Offices, Fourth Edition, DOT HS 811 081. http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/811081.pdf.
National Intersection Safety Workshop (2001). Milwaukee, Wisconsin. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/index.cfm.
Ogden, B., et al. (2007). Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook, Second Edition. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-TS-07-010. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/index.cfm.
PEDSAFE web site: http://www.walkinginfo.org/pedsafe/.
Robinson, B., et al. (2000). Roundabouts: An Informational Guide. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-RD-00-067. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/00067/00067.pdf.
Transportation Research Board. (2008). NCHRP 17-33: Effectiveness of Behavioral Highway Safety Countermeasures.http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=459.
Transportation Research Board. (2008). NCHRP 622: Effectiveness of Behavioral Highway Safety Countermeasures. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_622.pdf.
Transportation Research Board. (2003 - 2009). NCHRP 500: Implementation Guides, Volumes 1-23. http://safety.transportation.org/guides.aspx.
Wilson, E. (2003). NCHRP Synthesis 321: Roadway Safety Tools for Local Agencies. Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_321.pdf.
Council, F.M., et al. (October 2005). Crash Cost Estimates by Maximum Police-Reported Injury Severity Within Selected Crash Geometries. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-HRT-05-051. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/05051/05051.pdf.
NSC web site: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/EstimatingtheCostsofUnintentionalInjuries.aspx.
Federal Highway Administration. A Guide to Federal-Aid Programs and Projects. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/Federalaid/projects.cfm.
Federal Highway Administration. Fact Sheets on the Highway Provisions. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/factsheets.htm.
Governors Highway Safety Association. State Highway Safety Grant Programs. http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/grants/.
Mahoney, K., et al. (December 2006). Good Practices: Incorporating Safety into Resurfacing and Restoration Projects. Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-SA-07-001. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/.
U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Funding Sources for Traffic Safety Data Activities. Traffic Records Coordinating Committee. http://www.dottrcc.gov/pages/funding.htm.
Hauer, E (1997). Observational Before/After Studies in Road Safety, Pergamon Press.
Cook, T.D. and Campbell, D.T. (1979). Quasi-Experimentation, Rand McNally College Publishing Company.
Council, F.M., et al. (February 1980). Accident Research Manual. Washington, D.C.: Federal Highway Administration, Report FHWA/RD-80/016. http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/research_library/PDFs/Accident80.ocr.pdf.
Federal Highway Administration (November 1981). Highway Safety Evaluation, FHWA-TS-81-219. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tfhrc/safety/pubs/81219/intro.htm.
Hauer et al. (2001). Estimating Safety by the Empirical Bayes Method: A Tutorial. http://ca.geocities.com/hauer@rogers.com/Pubs/TRBpaper.pdf.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (December 2008). The Art of Appropriate Evaluation, DOT HS 811 047. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/ArtofAppEvWeb/.
Powers, M., et al. (2004). Before/After Crash Analysis: A Primer for Using the Empirical Bayes Method. Montana Department of Transportation. http://www.mdt.mt.gov/research/docs/research_proj/crash_analysis/tutorial.pdf.
Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell (1979). Quasi-Experimentation, Rand McNally College Publishing Company.
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