PLANNING FOR IMPROVED HIGHWAY SAFETY

This paper discusses fundamental issues associated with implementing a highway safety planning process and how these issues were addressed by the New York State Department of Transportation. The focus is on the implication of a number of national initiatives currently underway for the highway safety planning process. Particular emphasis is on 2 major initiatives: 1) the FHWA sponsored Comprehensive Highway Safety Improvement Model (CHISM) and 2) the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The paper also describes some of the benefits evolving from those efforts, identifies some possible difficulties associated with them, and offers some suggestions as to how they might be expanded or improved upon.

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  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Bray, J S
• Conference:
  • ITE 2002 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
  • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Date: 2002-8-4 to 2002-8-7
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 21p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway engineering; Highway safety; Planning methods; Project management; Safety programs; State departments of transportation; Strategic planning; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; New York State Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936496
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 093540371X
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 7 2003 12:00AM