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14 mation for each state DOT and Table 4 presents the state's local road program staff size distribution. Table 5 summarizes the organization of the local road programs of the six state DOTs that indicated more than 90% of locally owned and maintained roads (Figure 3)
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15 State Description Connecticut Safety-related local road programs are run by the Safety Engineering Unit in Traffic Engineering. All other local road programs are run by the State Design Unit.
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16 State Program Local Road Program Staff Size Safety Program Staff Size Iowa Office of Local Systems 9 1 Kansas Bureau of Local Projects 20 1 Michigan Local Agency Program (LAP) and Local Safety Initiative (LSI)
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17 FIGURE 5 Entities that provide assistance to local agencies on post-project and federal-aid procedures. Survey respondents were allowed to select multiple answers.
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18 The safety of tribal land roads is an important issue in many state's overall safety efforts. Nine state DOTs reported that the state DOT has safety programs on tribal lands.
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19 2.4 times higher than for non-Native Americas. In the 2010 Target Zero Plan, the rate had risen to 3.3 times higher and in the 2013 Target Zero Plan the rate continued to climb to the current level of 3.9 times higher.
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20 FIGURE 8 Reported state funding allocation for local safety programs (47 responses)
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21 describes the collected information associated with funding selection for local safety projects. Some state DOTs identified alternative funding techniques for local road program safety projects.
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22 the Infrastructure and Operations Emphasis Area is to reduce roadway departures and intersection fatalities and injuries by 50% by 2030. Rhode Island DOT (RI DOT)
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23 MassDOT is funding enhanced enforcement for local police departments to target interactions between bicycles, pedestrians, and motorists. Massachusetts's Traffic Records Coordinating Committee funded crash data systems of local police departments using federal funds.
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FIGURE 12 Reported problem identification methods.
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25 Problem Identification Process Method* States and Description A combination of both reactive and proactive methods (25 responses)
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26 application to assess funding eligibility and project feasibility. Table 10 presents some of the details provided regarding the application process.
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States Reason for Lack of Competitiveness Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, and New York Lack of supporting data (e.g., crash and volume) or resources (e.g., funds and technical staff)
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28 dollars has been a deterrent to local agencies participating in safety programs. To encourage local agency participation in the use of federal-aid dollars, 12 state DOTs reported that they have considered multiple options including allowing more work phases in funding and lowering the local match when possible.
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29 FIGURE 16 Tools used to address challenges as reported by agencies (23 responses)
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30 FIGURE 17 Identified main factors that attribute to the increase in the number of local agencies participating in state-coordinated local safety programs (19 responses)
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