Safety in SAFETEALU

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Safety in SAFETEA-LU Key Provisions and
Requirements for SHSPs Margie Sheriff FHWA,
Office of Safety
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Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

• New Core Program _at_ 5.1B
• Requires Strategic Highway Safety Plans
• Produce a program of projects or strategies
• Evaluate the plan on a regular basis
• Submit an annual report to the Secretary

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Highway Safety Improvement Program

• Flexibility
• 10 of HSIP funds to carry out other safety
  projects in the SHSP
• Certification of meeting safety needs
• Set-Asides
• Railway Highway Crossings/220M
• High Risk Rural Roads/90M

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Strategic Highway Safety Plans (SHSP)

• Developed by DOT after consultation with
  prescribed safety stakeholders
• Analyzes and makes effective use of crash data
• Addresses 4 Es plus management and operations
• Considers safety needs of all public roads (for
  both motorists other highway users)
• Describes program of projects or strategies to
  reduce or eliminate safety hazards
• Approved by State Governor or responsible State
  agency

SHSP Guidance
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SHSP Guidance

• DEVELOPING AN SHSP
• Gain Leadership Support and Initiative
• Identify a Champion
• Initiate the Development Process
• Gather Analyze Data
• Establish a Working Group
• Bring Safety Partners Together

• Adopt a Strategic Goal
• Identify Key Emphasis Areas
• Form Task Groups
• Identify Key Emphasis Area Performance Based
  Goals
• Identify Strategies and Countermeasures
• Determine Priorities for Implementation

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SHSP Guidance

• Implementing an SHSP
• Through HSIP and other Safety Plans
• Through the STIP
• Evaluating the SHSP
• Evaluation Process
• Help set priorities determine effectiveness
• Approval

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Enhancements to SHSP Guidance

• New Appendixes
• Glossary
• Template
• Safety Stakeholders/Partners list
• Relationship between Safety Planning and SHSP
• Next revision targeting February

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Other Tools Under Development

• SHSP Process Checklist
• Training compendium
• Funding Eligibility/Flexibility Matrix

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