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Alternative Title:
Roadway Safety Professional Capacity Building Program
Creators:
Smichenko, Susan
Corporate Creators:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Best Practices Data Analysis Data Quality Highway Safety Long Range Planning Metropolitan Planning Organizations Peer Groups Regional Transportation Safety Audits Safety Programs State Departments Of Transportation Strategic Highway Safety Plan Transportation Planning
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Louisiana;Nevada;Utah
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
NTL Classification:
AGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;
Abstract:
Local and regional governments have important roles to play in identifying and addressing safety issues on roadways

within their jurisdictions. Congress recognized this need and passed legislation in 1998 requiring safety consideration

in transportation plans at the local, regional, and State levels. Efforts have since been underway to increase the explicit

consideration of safety in these planning processes. More recently, the focus has shifted to improving the linkage

between Strategic Highway Safety Plans (SHSPs) and transportation planning documents, notably Statewide and

Metropolitan Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs), which are required to consider strategies and services to

improve the safety of the transportation system. In addition to these plans, States, Metropolitan Planning

Organizations (MPOs) and local agencies typically develop other important transportation planning documents (e.g.,

corridor, bicycle, freight, transit plans) that frequently include safety elements. Improving the coordination and

linkages of the safety elements and priorities among these planning processes supports a comprehensive and holistic

approach to transportation safety planning. It also provides additional opportunities to implement safety programs

addressing key priorities throughout the State.

This report provides a summary of the proceedings of the “Coordinating State and Regional Transportation Safety

Planning through the SHSP Process” Peer Exchange held in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 22 and 23, 2013. The

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored the Peer Exchange in coordination with Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development (LA DOTD). The purpose of the Peer Exchange was to explore specific strategies the

peer States could adopt to improve the coordination of regional and statewide safety planning efforts. Representatives

from Louisiana, Nevada and Utah participated in the event (see Agenda A for the full list of participants).


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PDF
Collection(s):
Federal Highway Administration Volpe
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:69dbba25a11e547791b08ca48c2342fd53b9cbc28ed1bed58a6196dbd1cae84c
Download URL:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34212/dot_34212_DS1.pdf
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