Roadway Safety Tools for Local Agencies (2003) / Chapter Skim
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12 This chapter provides an overview of two primary proactive safety tools available to local agencies. The first is proactive analysis using the concept of a RSAR.
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13 TABLE 2 FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF LOCAL RURAL ROADS Rural Major Rural Rural Rural Major Rural High Speed Minor Local Medium Speed Low-Volume Local Serves larger towns and Accumulates traffic from Provides access to land Serves smaller towns Provides access to adjacent other traffic generators local roads, brings all adjacent to the higher and other traffic land and serves travel over not served by higher developed areas within functional classification generators not served relatively short distances. functional classification reasonable distances of network and serves by higher functional systems and serves more collector roads, provides travel into isolated areas classification systems, Typically important intracounty service to the remaining over relatively short links these places with • Unimproved surfaces and travel corridors.
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14 cies, and prioritize needed safety improvements is the goal of a local government RSAR program. The premise is that local agencies can best achieve needed safety improvements by prioritizing and chipping away as resources allow.
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