The National Center for Rural Road Safety is hosting a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. The webinar “Incorporating Safety Data in the Planning Process at the Rural Level” will take place Tuesday,
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and
The Federal Highway Administration recently released the guidebook Applying Safety Data and Analysis to Performance-based Transportation Planning. This guidebook reviews both basics and advanced methods of collecting and analyzing safety
A new safety publication has been released by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 486: State Practices for Local Road Safety report provides
This week, the U.S. DOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published data showing a record number of licensed drivers in the U.S., showing an increase in older drivers. With 214.3 million
The website Metrocosm recently released a map displaying every fatal accident in the United States from 2004 – 2013. Using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, from the U.S.
In 2011, the East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) completed the Comprehensive Regional Development Strategy, a joint planning document that serves as both the region’s Long-Range Transportation Plan and
The 2015 Governors Highway Safety Association publication Everyone Walks: Understanding and Addressing Pedestrian Safety (PDF) provides a comprehensive look at an important transportation safety topic. While pedestrian fatalities have decreased
Rural areas experience more crash-related fatalities and serious injuries than urban areas. RPOs can assist state DOTs to address safety.
This Technical Report provides methods for integrating safety into each step of the RPO planning and programming process.
In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), the Minnesota Association of Development Organizations (MADO) has been responsible for actively encouraging Minnesota school districts and local communities to participate
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