Integrating safety in the rural transportation planning process
By: Nicole Waldheim, Susan Herbel, Carrie Kissel
Contributors: Herbel, Susan; Kissel, Carrie; Anderson, Rosemarie; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety; Cambridge Systematics
Publisher: United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Subjects: Rural roads; Safety measures; Low-volume roads; Traffic safety; Rural highways
Description: Rural areas consistently experience higher numbers of crash-related fatalities and serious injuries than urban areas. Regional planning organizations (RPO) are poised to assist state departments of transportation (DOT) and local officials in addressing the safety needs in nonmetropolitan areas in accordance with statewide safety goals. RPOs in general engage in a planning process to understand the regional issues and needs, and identify strategies to address them through coordination with regional stakeholders. The opportunity exists to incorporate safety into this existing process.    This Technical Report provides methods for integrating safety into each step of the RPO planning and programming process, to assist in addressing rural roads multimodal safety needs.
Notes: Title from cover; statement of responsibility from technical report documentation page.

"November 2014."

"FHWA Project Manager (COTM), Rosemarie Anderson."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety under contract number DFTH61-10-D-00020, T-14-001.