Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation Planning

Abstract

"Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration." "TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 546 examines where and how safety can be effectively addressed and integrated into long-range transportation planning at the state and metropolitan levels. The report includes guidance for practitioners in identifying and evaluating alternative ways to incorporate and integrate safety considerations in long-range statewide and metropolitan transportation planning and decision-making processes"--Publisher's description Introduction -- What Is meant by safety as it relates to transportation planning? -- Why Is safety an important issue for the transportation planning process -- Institutional context for incorporating safety into transportation planning -- The transportation planning process -- Incorporating safety considerations into transportation planning -- Putting It all together -- References -- Appendixes