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http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/168048.aspx

This article insert describes the innovative safety management tool usRAP, the U.S. Road Assessment Program. Implementation of usRAP is under way across the United States. Through the Road Protection Score, usRAP identifies road segments with higher crash potential, analyzing road inventory data for the absence or presence of design features that correlate strongly with the risk of serious crashes. By generating a safety investment plan, usRAP offers cost-effective options—that is, road safety improvements—for engineers to consider for lowering the identified risks.

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2012-9

TR News

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Crash risk forecasting; High risk locations; Highway design; Highway safety; Improvements; Safety management

U.S. Road Assessment Program

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Nov 28 2012 10:31AM

• Changing the “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” Safety Culture
• Introduction: Creating Our Safety Future
• NCHRP Develops Manual on Chip Seals
• Point of View: Road Safety Capacity Building: Working Toward Comprehensive Certification
• Rapid Renewal, Accelerated Construction Schedules, and Worker Fatigue
• Reaching Greater Heights: Improving Roadway Data Practices for Enhanced Safety Decisions
• Research Pays Off: Chip Seals for Improved Pavement Preservation: North Carolina’s Approach
• Roadside Safety Analysis Program, Version 3: Upgrading a Tool for Roadside Safety Design
• Safety Analyst: Software Tools for Safety Analysis of Specific Highway Sites
• The "Highway Safety Manual": Improving Methods and Results
• The Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
• The SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study: Addressing Driver Performance and Behavior in Traffic Safety
• The Strategic Approach to Traffic Safety: Evolution and Synergies
• Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy for Highway Safety