The Program procedures include a all signing and pavement marking practices benefit/cost analysis to determine if the and designs on Department projects; proposed improvement is cost effective, and it is used to prioritize safety improvement all traffic signal and highway lighting projects to optimize the safety benefits from practices and designs on Department the available funds. projects; Accident Surveillance System. The Safety the geometric design for interchanges and Engineering Section is responsible for at-grade intersections; reviewing the accident history on projects through the use of its Accident Surveillance highway capacity analyses; System. The review will identify correlations between accident characteristics the detailed design of highway safety compared to Statewide trends and any improvement projects; accident cluster areas. The Section makes recommendations for safety enhancements traffic engineering studies (e.g., speed based on the accident analysis. In addition, studies, traffic impact studies, school the Safety Engineering Section provides crossing studies); accident data to other entities which may request the information (e.g., local coordinating all activities necessary for the jurisdictions). design of a traffic engineering project; Safety Management System. The Safety maintaining the Detailed Management System is a multi-disciplinary Department’s Drawings which document the details for team approach to traffic safety. Its goal is to traffic engineering elements; reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents. providing technical assistance to local jurisdictions on traffic engineering issues; 1.4.5.3 Railroad Safety Section providing traffic engineering support as needed on projects for which another To Be Prepared Department unit is lead; and 1.4.5.4 Occupant Protection Section maintaining the Traffic Department’s Engineering Manual. To Be Prepared 1.4.5.2 Safety Engineering Section The Safety Engineering Section is responsible 1.4.6 Engineering Management Unit for three major Department functions: The Engineering Management Unit maintains Safety Improvement Program. The Safety and operates several management systems for Engineering Section is responsible for Department operations. These systems generate identifying and programming all projects a large variety of reports, containing information which will use the categorical and set-aside on projects in both preconstruction and funds for highway safety improvements. construction phases:
all signing and pavement marking practices and designs on Department projects; all traffic signal and highway lighting practices and designs on Department projects; the geometric design for interchanges and at-grade intersections; highway capacity analyses; the detailed design of highway safety improvement projects; traffic engineering studies (e.g., speed studies, traffic impact studies, school crossing studies); coordinating all activities necessary for the design of a traffic engineering project; maintaining the Department’s Detailed Drawings which document the details for traffic engineering elements; providing technical assistance to local jurisdictions on traffic engineering issues; providing traffic engineering support as needed on projects for which another Department unit is lead; and maintaining the Department’s Traffic Engineering Manual. 1.4.5.2 Safety Engineering Section The Safety Engineering Section is responsible for three major Department functions: Safety Improvement Program. The Safety Engineering Section is responsible for identifying and programming all projects which will use the categorical and set-aside funds for highway safety improvements. The Program procedures include a benefit/cost analysis to determine if the proposed improvement is cost effective, and it is used to prioritize safety improvement projects to optimize the safety benefits from the available funds. Accident Surveillance System. The Safety Engineering Section is responsible for reviewing the accident history on projects through the use of its Accident Surveillance System. The review will identify correlations between accident characteristics compared to Statewide trends and any accident cluster areas. The Section makes recommendations for safety enhancements based on the accident analysis. In addition, the Safety Engineering Section provides accident data to other entities which may request the information (e.g., local jurisdictions). Safety Management System. The Safety Management System is a multi-disciplinary team approach to traffic safety. Its goal is to reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents. 1.4.5.3 Railroad Safety Section To Be Prepared 1.4.5.4 Occupant Protection Section To Be Prepared 1.4.6 Engineering Management Unit The Engineering Management Unit maintains and operates several management systems for Department operations. These systems generate a large variety of reports, containing information on projects in both preconstruction and construction phases:
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