Engineering

Training

LRSP Part #2: A Roadmap to Getting Home Safely

Created: Thursday January 23rd, 2020
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) and the NLTAPA Safety Working Group co-hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Descripti ... [ Read More » ]

LRSP Part #1: Local Road Safety Plan Implementation

Created: Tuesday December 17th, 2019
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Topic: Engineering
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) and the NLTAPA Safety Working Group co-hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Descrip ... [ Read More » ]

Multi-Disciplinary Speed Management

Created: Tuesday November 19th, 2019
Source: Governors Highway Safety Association
Topic: Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Enforcement Laws and Policies, Low Cost Countermeasures, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Speed Enforcement, Speed Management Systems

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar stressed the importance ... [ Read More » ]

A Review of the Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures that Seek to Reduce Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

Created: Wednesday October 30th, 2019
Source: Western Transportation Institute
Topic: Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User
Sub-Topic: Animal Vehicle Countermeasures, Driver Behavior, Low Cost Countermeasures, Safety Countermeasures

This webinar presented the latest information on the relative effectiveness of mitigation measures that seek to reduce animal-vehicle collisions (AVCs). There a ... [ Read More » ]

Technical Guide/Manual

DDSA Crash Tree Diagram

Created: Thursday August 15th, 2019
Topic: Enforcement, Engineering
Sub-Topic: Crash Records, Safety Data, Systemic Safety

The DDSA Crash Tree Tool allows users to generate crash tree diagrams based on the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) or other crash datasets. Cras ... [ Read More » ]

Training

LTAP Centers' Safety Peer Exchange

Created: Thursday August 15th, 2019
Source: Louisiana Local Technical Assistance Program
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans

The National LTAP & TTAP Association’s (NLTAPA) Safety Working Group and the National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour ... [ Read More » ]

Safe Systems for Rural Users

Created: Wednesday July 31st, 2019
Source: Clackamas County, OR
Topic: Engineering, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Sharing the Road Safely with All Road Users, Systemic Safety

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) and the National LTAP & TTAP Association’s (NLTAPA) Safety Working hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour onlin ... [ Read More » ]

Summer…it’s Time to Mow the Lawn!

Posted on Wednesday July 24th, 2019

Keeping roadsides groomed is more than cosmetic; untrimmed grass, weeds, brush, or tree limbs limit visibility and safety by obscuring signs, traffic signals, pedestrians, cyclists, and unpredictable wildlife. Ro ...

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Rural Multimodal Planning

Created: Tuesday July 16th, 2019
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Bicycle Safety, Low Cost Countermeasures, Pedestrian Safety, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Plans, Sharing the Road Safely with All Road Users

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar explored why and how rural co ... [ Read More » ]

Research Report

Designating Scenic Bikeways: A Framework for Rural Road Owners

Created: Saturday June 1st, 2019
Source: Western Transportation Institute
Topic: Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Bicycle Safety, Context Sensitive Solutions, Safety Countermeasures, Sharing the Road Safely with All Road Users

As bicycle travel continues to grow in popularity across the country, more communities are working to attract bicycle tourists to spend money in their area. The ... [ Read More » ]