An area where the TSPWG was able to provide much needed support is on the development of tools to assist transportation planners with safety integration and to encourage their involvement in strategic highway safety plans. The following tools, including the recently released Transportation Planner’s Safety Desk Reference developed by the TSPWG, are designed for the transportation planning community.
NEW! Transportation Planner’s Safety Desk Reference (PDF 1332 KB, 03/17/2007) A companion to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s (NCHRP) Report 500 Guidance for Implementation of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
State DOT Search Engine (1/15/2007) This search engine enables users to search for specific topics on all state DOT web sites simultaneously.
Asset Management: A Tool to Save Lives, Time and Dollars (PPT 8282 KB, 6/23/2006) This Power Point presentation describes how asset management can be used as a tool for improving safety and describes the connection between the strategic highway safety plan and asset management.