Category: Plans

  • September 20th, 2015

Report No. FHWA-OR-RD-16-05 There is a need to better understand the different risks associated with factors and features along low-volume roads. In understanding where risks are present in the system, a proactive approach may be employed to make improvements that can translate into reduced (or prevented) crashes in the future. Overall, six main tasks were […]

  • August 20th, 2015

SPR 756, Report No. FHWA-OR-RD-16-03, Oregon Department of Transportation This Final Report documents a research effort to develop improved safety performance functions (SPFs) for signalized intersections in the State of Oregon. In particular, this research effort focused on the relationship between the physical characteristics of the signalized intersection, the crash history at each location, and […]

  • July 21st, 2015

FHWA Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-14-065 The intent of this study was to isolate the effects of various low-cost pavement treatments on roadway safety. This was a retrospective study of pavement safety performance, looking back at crash data before and after treatments were installed. Both flexible and rigid pavement treatments were analyzed, with the majority typically used […]

  • July 13th, 2015

Highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer. Utah transportation officials call the three months between Memorial Day and Labor Day the state’s “100 Deadliest Days,” because of a surge in highway deaths that regularly occur when residents take summer trips. The fatality rate is 35 percent […]

  • July 10th, 2015

A quarter of Alabama’s roads are in bad shape, but that percentage puts the state among the least deficient in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The infrastructure statistics on all 50 states were released as national highway funding is set to expire at the end of the month.

  • May 22nd, 2015

WSFA 12 News MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – Every day hundreds of vehicles drive through the Interstate 65-Interstate 85 interchange and many drivers get concerned every time they travel on that section of roadway. According to Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, there have been at least 65 accidents along the interstate interchange in the past five years […]

  • April 21st, 2015

Report No: SWUTC/15/600451-00077-1 Safety at intersections is of significant interest to transportation professionals due to the large number of possible conflicts that occur at those locations. In particular, rural intersections have been recognized as one of the most hazardous locations on roads. However, most models of crash frequency at rural intersections, and road segments in […]

  • April 21st, 2015

Report No. FHWA/LA.14/540 The principal objectives and scope of this project were to provide a software tracking tool to improve decision-making for highway safety. A literature search revealed that purchasing and customizing existing software was not feasible and a new solution would be developed in-house. Requirement gathering and analysis were conducted and documented. The application […]