Integrating Road Safety into NEPA Analysis: A Primer for Safety and Environmental Professionals
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Policy has released a primer that presents an introduction to the topic of addressing safety as part of the environmental analysis process, as directed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The primer is designed to present practitioners with basic concepts for including meaningful, quantitative analysis of project safety issues and for taking advantage of the latest tools, research, and techniques for improving road safety within a project scope.
The primer highlights the potential opportunities for and benefits of linking safety planning to the environmental analysis at every stage of the NEPA process.
This Summary Last Modified On: 10/27/2011