摘要: |
Safety is a critical part of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) mission, and FHWA has established a strategic goal to continually improve highway safety. The agency is committed to reducing highway-related fatalities and serious injuries by 20% by the year 2008. An effective Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a key part of increasing highway safety through the implementation of improvements at sites with known and potential crash problems. Under HSIP requirements established in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23, Part 924, each state must develop and implement an ongoing HSIP with the overall goals of reducing the number and severity of crashes and decreasing the potential for crashes on all highways. These programs must include components for planning, implementation, and evaluation of safety programs and projects consisting of processes developed by the States and approved by FHWA. This article reports on the findings of a review of highway safety programs, conducted in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Oregon between February and April 2001, to document the best, unique practices of each state. These states were selected on the basis of their size, their outstanding HSIPs, and their location; the FHWA review team included members from many different agencies. |