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SAFETY-LU CONSIDERTATION OF SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION PROCESS. Chimai Ngo Office of Federal Lands FHWA. NEW SAFETY “CORE” PROGRAM. Safety is to be addressed in the transportation process TEA-21 - safety is to be addressed comprehensively & explicitly in transportation planning process
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SAFETY-LUCONSIDERTATION OF SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION PROCESS Chimai Ngo Office of Federal Lands FHWA
NEW SAFETY “CORE” PROGRAM • Safety is to be addressed in the transportation process • TEA-21 - safety is to be addressed comprehensively & explicitly in transportation planning process • SAFETEA-LU – strengthens through Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) • Product – Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
PURPOSE To reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads
EFFECTS ON FEDERAL LAND HIGHWAYS AND TRIBAL ROADS • All public roads • Making safety improvement through an SHSP – provides a State opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with FLMAs, local and Tribal agencies, and other stakeholders in the State
HSIP • SAFETEA-LU Section 1101(a)(6), 1401 • 23 USC Section 148 • New “core” program • Doubles TEA-21 safety apportionment - $5.1 Billion over 4 years (FY06 – 09) • Set asides – Railway Highway Crossing ($220 M/yr) and High Risk Rural Roads ($90M/yr) • A State may use up to 10% of HSIP funds to carry out other safety projects identified in the SHSP
HSIP (cont.) - Funding • 33-1/3% based on lane miles Federal-aid highways • 33-1/3% based on vehicle miles traveled on lanes on Federal-aid highways • 33-1/3% based on number of fatalities on Federal-aid system
SHSP • Intended to identify key safety needs • Statewide-coordinated safety plan • Data-driven • 4 E’s • Collaboration and consultation with State, local and Tribal, Federal (including FLMAs), and private sector
SHSP (cont.) • Approved by State Governor or responsible State agency • Each State must have a plan by October 2007 • Guidance on development of SHSP http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/shspguidance.htm
SHSP AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RELATIONSHIPS • Consider results of State, regional, and local transportation safety planning processes • Projects from SHSP are fed into long-range plans and State Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) • Consistent with the requirement of the Statewide planning process, 23 USC 135(g)