Utah's and Kentucky's Innovative Use of GIS-BASE Tools Strategies for Using GIS to Advance Highway Safety

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway safety
  • Geographic information systems
  • Safety programs
  • Digital mapping
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Crash data
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-16-028
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Utah;Kentucky
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Abstract:
  The objective of this case study is to illustrate Kentucky and Utah DOTs effective use of usRAP and UPlan, respectively. Both programs include data collection, and analysis methods that facilitate highway safety improvements. The United States Road Assessment Program (usRAP) is a tool transportation agencies can use to rate their roadways for safety and identify strategies for systematic improvement. UPlan is an interactive mapping platform that helps the Utah DOT (UDOT) visualize its data, track its assets, and strengthen its transportation planning through “better analysis and collaborative information.” UPlan’s Zero Fatalities safety component presents UDOT’s Safety and Crash Analysis, which is predicated on the mapping and road-rating tools first developed by usRAP. usRAP and UPlan safety components both employ similar general processes and have the same objective: to increase safety by understanding and mitigating crash risks and roadside hazards.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42833/dot_42833_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 625.62 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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