REDUCING POINTS OF CONFLICT

The FHWA identified safety as one of its Vital Few goals. As a means of focusing its safety efforts, FHWA's strategic goal is to reduce the number of highway-related fatalities and injuries by 20% by 2008. Additionally, FHWA also aims to reduce intersection fatalities 10% by 2007. To this end, FHWA and number of other highway organizations are orchestrating a variety of innovative activities and research initiatives. This article provides an overview of these efforts, from informational guidebooks to research programs and international scans, design of smarter roundabouts and signalized intersections, reduced red light running, and other cutting-edge research to increase the safety of U.S. automobile travel.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/03jan/06.cfm
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

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• Authors:
  • Bared, J G
  • Hasson, P
  • Ranck, F N
  • Kalla, H
  • Ferlis, R A
  • Griffith, M S
• Publication Date: 2003-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 26-31
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 66
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile driving; Fatalities; High risk locations; Highway safety; Injuries; Intersections; Roundabouts; Safety programs; Traffic circles
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00938244
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 18 2003 12:00AM