A 2-day pilot training course on road safety audits will be conducted in Louisville, KY, on August 16 and 17. Additional training courses will follow. Scanning tours of the Iowa System will begin this fall. One promotes FHWA's safety mission and programs.
Handouts examine rural versus urban speeding data and provide a historical perspective.
This one-day workshop includes specific discussion of highway standards as they relate to driver needs. Iowa has created a model public safety information system for data collection and management. A software package has been developed for free distribution to public agencies that wish to upgrade existing and new data collection forms. The clearinghouse provides agency managers with information on automation projects to help them make more informed decisions on what technology to purchase and use for the collection and distribution of traffic crash data. Is a process wherein a team of independent experts identifies unsafe roadway conditions during project design or on existing roads.