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From page 29... ... 29 A survey was developed and administered to gain greater understanding of the state of the practice of using RSAs in the United States. The survey, which included 21 questions, was reviewed by a topic panel before delivery to each DOT using Qualtrics Survey Software (Qualtrics 2021) Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits Source: Map created with mapchart.net. Figure 9. Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Survey Results 31 Source: Map created with mapchart.net. Figure 10. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits Source: Map created with mapchart.net. Figure 11. Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Survey Results 33 Source: Map created with mapchart.net. NOTE: Tennessee DOT ranked Planning, Design, and Construction equally as their most frequent RSA stages. Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits Statement Response (%) Count My agency has been conducting RSAs for at least five years. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Survey Results 35 The results for Question 18, concerning RSA resources developed by DOTs, are provided in Table 12. These results show 30 DOTs use RSA resources from FHWA, while 20 DOTs have developed their own guidelines for RSAs. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits Background or Organization Always (%) Usually (%) Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... Survey Results 37 Factor Always(%) Usually (%) Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 38 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits "Never" responses, are near-miss analysis, micro-mobility, performance-based planning, and transit users. New technologies are sometimes or rarely considered by 70% of the responding DOTs that conduct RSAs. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... Survey Results 39 Safety Investment Always(%) Usually (%) Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... 40 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits Source: Map created with mapchart.net. Figure 13. Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... Survey Results 41 Participation in a Case Example Question 19 of the survey asked DOTs about potential participation in a case example for the synthesis. As shown in Table 21, 20 DOTs responded that they would be willing to participate in a case example. Read the entire page →
From page 42... ... 42 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits RSAs in the past. Reasons that these DOTs do not conduct RSAs, as shown in Table 24, include other higher-priority safety initiatives, understaffed agency, and lack of available guidelines. Read the entire page →
From page 43... ... Survey Results 43 Respondent Number of RSAs Per Year Most Frequent RSA Stage Usually Hires Contractor to Conduct RSAs Percentage of RSA Recommendations Implemented within Five Years Alabama 1–10 Planning - 51–75 Alaska 1–10 - - - Arizona 51–100 Other - 51–75 California 1–10 Design Yes 0–10 Colorado 26–50 Design - 26–50 Connecticut 11–25 Planning Yes 26–50 Delaware 1–10 Planning Yes 26–50 District of Columbia 1–10 Design Yes 76–100 Georgia 11–25 Other - 51–75 Hawaii 1–10 Design - 0–10 Idaho 1–10 Post-Construction - 26–50 Illinois 1–10 Other - 51–75 Indiana 26–50 Planning Yes 11–25 Iowa 1–10 - - 11–25 Kansas 1–10 Other - 0–10 Kentucky 26–50 Post-Construction - 51–75 Louisiana 11–25 Planning - 26–50 Maine 11–25 Planning - 26–50 Maryland 1–10 - - 0–10 Massachusetts 26–50 Planning Yes 11–25 Michigan 11–25 Design Yes 51–75 Minnesota 1–10 Other Yes 11–25 Missouri 1–10 Planning Yes 51–75 Montana 1–10 Planning Yes 11–25 Nevada 1–10 Post-Construction Yes 11–25 New Hampshire 1–10 Planning Yes 26–50 New Jersey Planning Yes 11–25 New Mexico Other Yes 26–50 North Carolina Post-Construction - 26–50 North Dakota Planning - 76–100 Ohio Planning Yes 51–75 Oregon Planning Yes 11–25 Pennsylvania Planning Yes 26–50 Rhode Island Planning Yes South Carolina Other Yes South Dakota 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 1–10 Planning - 51–75 51–75 51–75 Tennessee 51–100 Planning, Design, Construction Yes 76–100 Utah 1–10 Other Yes 11–25 Table 25. Summary of DOT practices for RSAs. Read the entire page →
From page 44... ... 44 DOT Practices on Road Safety Audits Key Survey Findings for DOT Practices for RSAs • Concerning general DOT practices for RSAs, 36 DOTs have been conducting RSAs for at least five years. Most DOTs also conduct RSAs on facilities under the jurisdiction of another agency, conduct some RSA team meetings virtually, or usually hire a contractor to lead RSAs. Read the entire page →
From page 45... ... Survey Results 45 Key Survey Findings for DOT Procedures for RSAs • Regarding RSA procedures, crash frequency and stakeholder requests are the factors most frequently considered when selecting projects or locations for RSAs. The factors considered least often in RSA selection are district or region, project cost, project funding source, amount of RSA funding, and access to public transit. Read the entire page →

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... 29 A survey was developed and administered to gain greater understanding of the state of the practice of using RSAs in the United States. The survey, which included 21 questions, was reviewed by a topic panel before delivery to each DOT using Qualtrics Survey Software (Qualtrics 2021)