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Applying a Safe System Approach to Reduce Risk at Railroad Crossings
Florida
FDOT employs multiple safety measures around railroad crossings, covering each safe system principle. Engineering countermeasures have reduced crashes, blockage, and unsafe behavior. FDOT proactively audits, inspects, and monitors for hazards.
FDOT uses a data-driven, risk-based approach to guide systemic investments. Their systemic analysis led FDOT leadership to approve $35 million in HSIP funds, plus additional state funding for safety investments.
Post SS4A Implementation Management for Albany, Georgia
Georgia
GDOT tracks its Comprehensive Safety Action Plan through a website and regular meetings of the SS4A Stakeholder Committee. Monitoring detects tool effectiveness and collects data for future funding opportunities.
Systematic Approach to Illinois’ Pavement Friction Management
Illinois
Illinois DOT developed a comprehensive program to integrate pavement friction and safety into treatment and asset management decisions. It includes a friction management program, treatment toolbox, and educational materials.
Kansas’ Post-Crash Care initiatives involves linking crash, EMS, and trauma data; TIM improvements, a first responder liaison, outreach to prosecutors and judicial partners, computer-aided dispatch interoperability, and assessments of timeliness of care.
Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment (VRUA) Tool
Kansas
KDOT developed an interactive Story Map to show high-risk areas for VRUs and to prioritize safety assessments. Local agencies have used the tool to invest $40 million in safety improvements.
From Work Zone Safety Feeds to Emergency Response: An Evolutionary Approach to Post-Crash Care
DelawareIowaLouisianaNebraska
Through FHWA’s Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems grant, a four-state cohort developed a framework to verify and broadcast active work-zone status as real-time digital worker-presences feeds.
Louisiana Vulnerable Road User (VRU) Safety Assessment
Louisiana
Using a systematic, data-driven approach, Louisiana’s VRU Safety Assessment identified target areas for improvements and recommended infrastructure countermeasures, education, programs and policies. Priority factors were mapped to focus on areas for project implementation.
