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Click here to scroll through a PDF version of the Guide. Click here to read the news release officially announcing the Safety Guide. To scroll through the guide on-line, use the links below: Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Started: How to Identify Roadway Safety Problems Step 1 - Learn about nine potentially hazardous roadway conditions. Step 2 - Identify your trouble spot by completing the Road Problem Checklist. Step 3 - Work with your local, state, and regional highway engineers and other relevant agencies. On the local level On the state level On the federal level How do highway engineers decide which road safety problems deserve attention first? Chapter 2: Choosing Countermeasures: Best Practices Roadway departure hazards Road surface conditions Narrow roadways and bridgesRailroad crossings Work zones IntersectionsRoadway design limitations Roadway access Pedestrian and bicycle traffic Chapter 3: Getting It Done
To scroll through the guide on-line, use the links below:
Step 1 - Learn about nine potentially hazardous roadway conditions.
Step 2 - Identify your trouble spot by completing the Road Problem Checklist.
Step 3 - Work with your local, state, and regional highway engineers and other relevant agencies.
On the local level On the state level On the federal level
On the local level
On the state level
How do highway engineers decide which road safety problems deserve attention first?
Roadway departure hazards
Road surface conditions
Narrow roadways and bridges
Railroad crossings
Work zones
Intersections
Roadway design limitations
Roadway access
Pedestrian and bicycle traffic
Characteristics of good coalitions Building effective coalitions Reaching local stakeholders A word on the media Coalitions in action Coalition checklist Sources of funding The big picture Safety set-aside Other sources of funds Who decides how funds are used? Metropolitan Planning Organizations Evaluating results and benefits Chapter 4: Getting Help Federal resources Trade and nonprofit service associations Nongovernmental research programs Appendix How do you identify a particular section of or location on a road? Where do you find the types of information and data you need? Data, information and sources Other highway records Special studies highway engineers may conduct Field studies Other special studies Potential solutions for roadway safety problems Sample Press Release Acknowledgements
Characteristics of good coalitions
Building effective coalitions
Reaching local stakeholders A word on the media Coalitions in action
Reaching local stakeholders
A word on the media
Coalition checklist
Sources of funding
The big picture Safety set-aside Other sources of funds
The big picture
Safety set-aside
Who decides how funds are used?
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Evaluating results and benefits
Federal resources
Trade and nonprofit service associations
Nongovernmental research programs
How do you identify a particular section of or location on a road?
Where do you find the types of information and data you need?
Data, information and sources Other highway records
Data, information and sources
Other highway records
Field studies Other special studies
Field studies
Potential solutions for roadway safety problems
Sample Press Release
Acknowledgements
