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SAFETY-LU CONSIDERTATION OF SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION PROCESS

Learn about SAFETEA-LU's impactful "CORE" program aimed at reducing traffic fatalities and injuries on public roads through the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) implementation. Discover the program's effects on federal land highways and tribal roads, funding distribution, SHSP guidelines, and how it influences transportation planning processes. Stay informed on the key aspects of safety enhancement in transportation with this comprehensive overview.

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SAFETY-LU CONSIDERTATION OF SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION PROCESS

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  1. SAFETY-LUCONSIDERTATION OF SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION PROCESS Chimai Ngo Office of Federal Lands FHWA

  2. 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)

  3. PURPOSE To reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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)

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