Every community has those roads or intersections that seem prone to accidents. However the task of fixing these areas can be daunting.
Agencies are plagued with questions such as:
* Where/what are the highway safety problems?
* What can we do to address the problems?
* In what order do we address the problems?
* Do the benefits justify the costs?
This program explains how safety data and the new FHWA systemic safety project selection tool can be used to address these issues. Highway safety improvement projects are designed to improve safety by minimizing or eliminating risk to roadway users. Rather than managing risk at certain locations, a systemic approach takes a broader view and looks at risk across an entire roadway system.
A system-based approach acknowledges crashes alone are not always sufficient to determine what countermeasures to implement, particularly on low volume local and rural roadways where crash densities are lower, and in many urban areas particularly those where there are conflicts between vehicles and vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists). Join us to see how utilizing data can save lives on your agency’s roads.
After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:
* Recognize safety data required to conduct comprehensive safety analysis
* Use data to identify sites for potential safety improvement
* Implement a systemic approach to safety
Contributor(s)
Robert Pollack