Roadway Safety Track Workshops

Safety and Innovation in New Intersection Designs

This panel will explore four innovative intersection designs that increase safety and capacity. These new intersection are being installed on many U.S. roads and offer many safety advantages while increasing capacity and reducing congestion. The panel will examine the first ever diverging diamond intersection, a new European design, which was put into service this year in Missouri.

Nine Effective Highway Safety Countermeasures

This panel will explain and demonstrate implementation of nine infrastructure-based safety countermeasures that have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing fatal and injury crashes. Countermeasures: Road Safety Audits; Rumble Strips and Rumble Stripes; Median Barriers; Safety Edge; Roundabouts; Dedicated turn lanes at stop controlled intersections; Yellow change intervals; pedestrian refuge areas; Walkways

Road Safety Audits

This panel will explain the Road Safety Audit process and give examples of successful implementation of mitigation strategies.

What's New in Strategic Highway Safety Plans

A summary of the status of SHSPs and examples of development and implementation in the states.

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