United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2014). Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety (Report No. FHWA-SA-14-084). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49365
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety. Report no. FHWA-SA-14-084. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2014. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49365.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2014, Report no. FHWA-SA-14-084, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49365.
Collaboration can be broadly defined as any joint activity that is intended to produce more public value than could be produced when organizations act alone.1 In the case of rural and local road safety, collaboration means bringing together partners to work jointly on improving road safety. As a result of collaboration, partners working together are better able to achieve a shared goal than individuals and agencies working independently to address a need. The purpose of this document is to describe the nature and importance of collaboration to improve safety on local and rural roads.
Access points are essential elements of any roadway network as they represent the start and end points of any trip. Access points can range from large
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Local and rural road owners rely upon crash data to identify and treat safety problems. The traditional "spot location" approach is focused on treatin
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Consider the following 2012 statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS): The
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Local and rural road owners often have limited financial resources available to implement highway safety improvements. Therefore, it is important that
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies can be applied quickly and effectively to improve the safety of all types of roadways, including
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A Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) provides a framework for organizing stakeholders to identify, analyze, and prioritize roadway safety improvements on l
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The process of identifying, analyzing, and treating roadway safety problems on local and rural roads relies heavily on the availability of road safety
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Local and rural road agencies are often structured differently than the State Department of Transportation (DOT), typically have fewer personnel to fo
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The slowing, stopping, crossing, and turning of traffic at intersections represents potential vehicle conflicts, which may result in crashes at local
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In recent years, pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities have accounted for roughly 16 percent of all traffic fatalities, according to the Fatality Analys
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Promoting road safety should come first and can be incorporated into projects focused on maintenance, mobility and infrastructure condition improvemen
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Each year roadway departure crashes account for more than half of United States highway fatalities and involve a vehicle that crosses an edge line, ce
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Incorporating safety into daily road maintenance activities has the potential to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on the local and rural roadway
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According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in 2012 there were 1,357,430 miles of unpaved road in the United States, accounting for almost
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2014). Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety (Report No. FHWA-SA-14-084). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49365
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety. Report no. FHWA-SA-14-084. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2014. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49365.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2014, Report no. FHWA-SA-14-084, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49365.
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