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January 29, 2007
RSA APPROACH BEING IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
A “Road Safety Audit,” or RSA, is a formal examination of the safety performance of a roadway or intersection by an independent, multidisciplinary team of transportation professionals. “RSAs are a comprehensive and effective tool for proactively improving road safety while a facility is still in the planning or design stage, or for identifying and mitigating safety issues on existing roadways. Identifying a problem before it becomes part of the infrastructure is a preferable approach,” says the Federal Highway Administration.
In a recent report, an official of FHWA says that, “Many State departments of transportation (DOTs) have shown increased safety resulting from the process,” which the agency first studied in the 1990’s in Australia and New Zealand, where it had already shown good results. "The road safety audit process looks at the roadway from a purely technical safety viewpoint without outside influences… It is a valuable process that gives an unbiased view of safety issues with support from safety experts."
Posted by MVHAP at January 29, 2007 03:45 PM