Connecticut Department of Transportation Safety Techniques Enhancement Plan

The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) defines a six-step cycle of safety management processes. This report evaluates the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) on how well it conforms to the six safety management steps. The methods recommended in the HSM require additional skills and analytic tools that ConnDOT will need to acquire through training or external sources. In addition, the HSM (Part C) includes a description of Predictive Methods that ConnDOT should consider adopting for use in alternatives analysis and the design exception process of highway design. This Safety Techniques Enhancement Plan provides recommendations for improvement in each step of the safety management process and a strategic plan for achieving the vision established by the stakeholders: Connecticut has a rigorous, efficient, and automated safety management process coupled with experienced and expert staff that can use the results to improve decision-making on the entire transportation network. The document concludes with an Action Plan that shows the Goals, Objectives, Tasks, and steps to improving ConnDOT’s safety analyses and decision-making processes. The Strategic Plan is designed for easy tracking and maintenance by the involved parties within ConnDOT so that a status report on all action items can be available at any time.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpolicy/research/CT-2287-F-15-4.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Incorporated

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  University of Connecticut, Storrs

  Connecticut Transportation Institute
  270 Middle Turnpike
  Storrs, CT  United States  06269-5202

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations, 280 West Street
  Rocky Hill, CT  United States  06067

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Scopatz, Robert A
  • Gross Jr, Francis
  • Himes, Scott
  • Anderson, Steven
  • Jackson, Eric
• Publication Date: 2015-3-18

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 83p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Decision making; Highway design; Recommendations; Safety management; Strategic planning
• Identifier Terms: Connecticut Department of Transportation; Highway Safety Manual
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01600753
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CT-2287-F-15-4
• Contract Numbers: SPR-2287
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 2016 9:15AM