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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
March 2016
FHWASA-16-024
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1. Report No. FHWA-SA-16-024 |
2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient's Catalog No. |
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4. Title and Subtitle Highway Safety Improvement Program National Scan Tour |
5. Report Date March 2016 |
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6. Performing Organization Code |
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7. Authors Scott Kuznicki, Bruce Ibarguen, Jennifer Symoun (Toxcel), Peter Pavao |
8. Performing Organization Report No. |
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) Toxcel, LLC |
10. Work Unit No. |
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11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-10-D-00022 (VHB) |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered April 2015 - March 2016 |
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code FHWA |
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15. Supplementary Notes: The contract manager for this report was Karen Scurry |
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16. Abstract The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core Federal-aid program with the purpose of achieving a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned facilities. In its efforts to ensure that the program investment produces an optimal outcome, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted a scan tour of HSIP practices in the fall of 2015, visiting Alaska, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, and Utah. The purpose of the Scan Tour was to identify notable practices in the areas of HSIP administration, planning, implementation and evaluation in high-performing States with the goal of sharing this information among all the States. The Scan Tour findings highlighted a number of notable practices related to: documenting HSIP processes; coordinating with internal and external partners; understanding the relationship between the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) and HSIP; making data-driven safety decisions; using advanced safety analysis methods and tools; addressing local road needs; considering all four "E's"; establishing multi-year plan and budget; and identifying opportunities to streamline project delivery. |
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17. Key Words HSIP, highway safety improvement program, safety data, roadway inventory data, traffic data, data collection, crash data, SHSP, strategic highway safety plan |
18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. |
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19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified |
20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages: 139 |
22. Price |
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4E's | Enforcement, Education, Emergency Response, and Engineering |
AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
AHSO | Alaska Highway Safety Offices |
AOC | Association of Oregon Counties |
ARTS | All-Roads Transportation Safety |
ATSC | Alaska Traffic Safety Corridor |
B/C | Benefit/Cost |
BSE | Bureau of Safety Engineering |
CEA | Critical Emphasis Area |
CEI | Cost-Effective Index |
CMF | Crash Modification Factor |
CPM | Crash Prediction Model |
CRF | Crash Reduction Factor |
CRS | Condition Rating Survey |
CUUATS | Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study |
DMV | Department of Motor Vehicles |
DOH | Department of Health |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DOT&PF | Department of Transportation & Public Facilities |
DPS | Department of Public Safety |
DSC | District Safety Committee |
DTS | Department of Traffic Safety |
DTZ | Driving Toward Zero |
EPDO | Equivalent Property Damage Only |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
FMCSA | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
GHSO | Governor's Highway Safety Office |
GHSP | Governor's Highway Safety Program |
HSIP | Highway Safety Improvement Program |
HSM | Highway Safety Manual |
HSP | Highway Safety Plan |
ICWS | Intersection Cross-Road Warning System |
IDOT | Illinois Department of Transportation |
IRI | International Roughness Index |
ISP | Illinois State Police |
LOC | League of Oregon Cities |
LPA | Local Public Agency |
LSA | Limited Service Agreement |
M&S | Mobility and Safety |
M&SFO | Mobility and Safety Field Operations |
MassDOT | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
MCDOT | McHenry County Department of Transportation |
MCR | Mobile Capture Reporting |
MPO | Metropolitan Planning Organization |
NCDOT | North Carolina Department of Transportation |
NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
NHDOT | New Hampshire Department of Transportation |
NHSP | New Hampshire State Police |
NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
ODOT | Oregon Department of Transportation |
PH | Potentially Hazardous |
PSI | Potential for Safety Improvement |
RMV | Registry of Motor Vehicles |
ROW | Right of Way |
RPC | Regional Planning Commission |
RSA | Road Safety Audit |
RTE | Regional Traffic Engineer |
SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users |
SHSP | Strategic Highway Safety Plan |
SPF | Safety Performance Function |
SRI | Safer Roads Index |
STIP | State Transportation Improvement Program |
T&S | Traffic & Safety |
TESS | Traffic Engineering and Safety Section |
TIP | Transportation Improvement Plan |
TSAP | Transportation Safety Action Plan |
TSD | Transportation Safety Division |
UDOT | Utah Department of Transportation |
UNC-HSRC | University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center |
USDOT | United States Department of Transportation |
usRAP | United States Road Assessment Program |