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139 APPENDIX I RSAR Tool Kit and Sample RSAR Reports LINCOLN COUNTY ROAD SAFETY AUDIT REVIEW August 27, 2001 (Note: This is a real RSAR Report; however, the names of the roads and the county have been changed.) Audit Team: DOT Traffic & Safety Engineer, County Highway Superintendent, LTAP Field Services Manager, LTAP Coordinator, FHWA Operations & Technology Deployment Team Leader, FHWA Safety & Traffic Engineer.
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140 • At the intersection with Spider Road, the four-way stop should have supplemental "all way" plaques. Also, the height of the signs above the roadway did not appear adequate (especially on the northbound approach)
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141 PLANNING FOR AN RSAR PROGRAM I Classify your roadway system functionally.
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142 RSAR TOOL KIT Developed by Eugene M Wilson, Ph.D., PE, PTOE LOCAL RURAL GOVERNMENT RSAR PROCESS Functional Local Rural Road Classifications RSAR Form Instructions for Local Rural Road Safety Audit Review Program Safety Issues to LOOK FOR Sample Report of RSAR Findings "The key to safety is implementing improvements for safety issues identified as urgent."
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143 Functional Local Rural Road Classification Rural Major High-Speed Rural Minor Rural Local Serves larger towns and other traffic Accumulates traffic from local roads, Provides access to land adjacent to the higher generators not served by higher functional brings all developed areas within reasonable functional classification network and serves classification systems and serves more distances of collector roads, provides service travel into isolated areas over relatively short important intracounty travel corridors. to the remaining smaller communities, and distances.
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144 Road Safety Audit Review for Local Rural Roads Jurisdiction: _____________________________________________County Date: ___________________________________________________ Location: ___________________________________________________ Weather: ___________________________________________________ Auditor(s) : ___________________________________________________ Road Class: ___________________________________________________ Paved______ Unpaved______ Unimproved______ Speed_____ Sketch of road section: →Please include exact start and end point, north arrow, and other features as appropriate, i.e.
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145 Page____ of ____ Main Route Safety Evaluation Evaluation of Intersection/Approaches to Main Route Direction of travel: N NW W SW S SE E NE (please circle appropriate direction) Approximate Location Description of Concern or Insert a Number from the LOOK FOR Urgency Recommended Improvement Number and/or Specify Urgency, considering classification of the roadway and cost of improvements Recommended improvement, considering classification of the roadway and cost of improvements 1.
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146 Instructions for Local Rural Road Safety Audit Review Program When you get to the road section: 1. Remember to evaluate the road section based on its functional rural road classification.
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147 Safety Issues to LOOK FOR: Roadside Features 1. Are clear zones free of hazards and non-traversable side slopes without safety barriers?
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