Project status
Completed
Start date: 01/01/10
End date: 08/31/11
Researcher(s)
Principal investigators:
Co-principal investigators:
- Konstantina Gkritza | 515-294-2343 | nadia@iastate.edu (project list)
About the research
The consideration of safety in metropolitan planning is a requirement of the Federal Highway legislation (SAFETEA-LU). No specific guidance has yet been provided to MPOs on how safety should be considered (qualitatively or quantitatively), nor where or at what level it should be considered (project, corridor or regionwide). The lack of guidance is particularly challenging to small planning agencies. In recent years, several safety analysis techniques have been developed that may be applicable to explicitly incorporate safety objectives in the planning process. This project proposes to investigate road assessment program and risk mapping strategies that may be applicable to small area metropolitan safety planning.
Publications
Report: A Transportation Safety Planning Tool for the City of Ames (3.35 mb pdf) August 2011
Tech transfer summary: A Transportation Safety Planning Tool for the City of Ames (190.13 kb pdf) Aug 2011
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):
- City of Ames
- Iowa Department of Transportation
- Midwest Transportation Consortium
