| Title | Highway Safety Improvement Program: Further Efforts Needed to Address Data Limitations and Better Align Funding with States’ Top Safety Priorities [Highlights] |
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| Record ID | 30595 |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Government Accountability Office |
| Publisher | United States. Government Accountability Office |
| Publication Date | 20081100 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | About 43,000 people died and another 290,000 were seriously injured on the nation's roads in 2006. To reduce these numbers, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) nearly doubled funding for the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). SAFETEA-LU added requirements for states to develop strategic highway safety plans that include four key elements and to publicly report on at least the top 5 percent of hazardous locations on all of their public roads. The act also set aside funds for a legacy rail-highway crossing program and a new high-risk rural road program. As requested, GAO examined (1) states' implementation of HSIP following SAFETEA-LU, (2) HSIP results to date, and (3) FHWA's guidance and assistance to states. GAO analyzed plans from 25 states, including 19 randomly selected states and 6 states that GAO visited. GAO also interviewed FHWA and state safety officials. |
| Rosap ID | dot:734 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/734 |
| TRT Terms | Traffic safety; Highway safety; States |
| General Subjects | Traffic safety--Government policy--United States; Traffic safety--United States--States; Roads--Safety measures--Government policy--United States |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| OCLC | 769475181 |
| Report Number | GAO-09-35 |
| Availability | Federal Highway Administration |
| Resource type | Booklet/Pamphlet |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/30000/30500/30595/d0935high.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0935high.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |