Citation

Larsen DM, Ranck FN, McFadden J. Public Roads 2006; 70(2).

Affiliation

FHWA Resource Center, Baltimore, MD, United States

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, U.S. Federal Highway Administration)

DOI

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Abstract

To improve safety on Kentucky's rural roads, the state designed a mobile outreach effort that provides face-to-face workshops on transportation-related safety for local government staff. The pilot program, entitled "Safety Circuit Rider" (SCR), focused on reducing road departures, intersection collisions and collisions involving pedestrians. To launch the initiative in the State, a steering committee first identified the six counties with the worst crash records. Following this, each of the six Area Development Districts (ADDs) with the highest crash records hosted a workshop to disseminate best practices and share information on low-cost-safety improvements (LCSIs). All counties in a host ADD sent transportation professionals to the workshop to learn about the LCSI practices. The judge of each target county then selected two roads to receive a road safety audit. The audits help the counties pinpoint the specific safety issues on their chosen roads and select appropriate countermeasures. By the end of the first phase of the program in June 2005, Kentucky ended up improving 39 roads and spending only $235,000 on the safety improvements.

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