Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

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SAFETEA-LU
Key Safety Provisions

Purpose: To achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roads
New "Core" Program
$5.06 Billion over 4 years (FY06 – FY09)

Fiscal Year 2006 2007 2008 2009

Authorization $1,236 M $1,256 M $1,276 M $1,296 M
Set Asides
- Railway Highway Crossings - $220 Million/Year
- High Risk Rural Roads - $90 Million/Year

Apportionment Formula

To obligate HSIP funds, States' must:

Developed by DOT after consultation with prescribed safety stakeholders
Analyzes and makes effective use of crash data
Addresses 4 E's plus management and operations
Considers safety needs of all public roads
Describes program of projects or strategies to reduce or eliminate safety hazards
Approved by State Governor or responsible State agency

**SHSP Guidance**

A State may use up to 10% of HSIP funds to carry out other safety projects identified in the SHSP
The State must certify that:
- The State has met it's needs relating to railway-highway crossings
- The State has met it's infrastructure safety needs relating to highway safety improvement projects

States' must submit an annual report** to the Secretary that:

Describes not less than 5% of locations exhibiting the most severe safety needs, with an assessment of:
- Potential remedies to hazardous locations identified
- Estimated costs associated with remedies
- Impediments to implementation other than cost

**Reports made available to the public through DOT web site

States' must submit a report to the Secretary that:

Describes progress being made to implement highway safety improvement projects
Assesses the effectiveness of those improvements
Describes the extent to which improvements:
- Reduce the # roadway fatalities
- Reduce the # roadway injuries
- Reduce the occurrences and mitigate the consequences of roadway-related crashes
- Reduce occurrences of crashes at railway highway crossings

$220 Million/Year Set Aside (FY06 – FY09)

New Funding Formula:
- 50% based on STP formula factors
- 50% based on # public railway-highway crossings
- Minimum apportionment: ½ of 1% of program funds
50% of State's apportionment for installation of protective devices
Up to 2% of Section 130 funds can be used for data analysis and compilation for annual report to Secretary
Section 130 activities also eligible under HSIP (Section 148)
Report to Congress every two years beginning April 1, 2006

$90 Million/Year Set Aside (FY06 – FY09)

Eligible on any roadway functionally classified as:
- Rural major collector
- Rural minor collector
- Rural local road
Accident rate for fatalities and incapacitating injuries > statewide average
Construction and operational improvements
Flexibility:
- State certifies it has met all of its' needs relating to high risk rural roads
- May use set aside funds for any project under Section 148

Safe Routes to School (SR2S)

Program Purpose:
- Enable and encourage children to walk and bicycle to school
- Make walking and bicycling to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative
- Facilitate planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of schools

Fiscal Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Authorization	$54 M	$100 M	$125 M	$150 M	$183 M

Apportionment Ratio
- Total student enrollment in primary and middle schools (K-8) in each state to all states
Minimum: $1,000,000/Fiscal Year
SR2S Coordinator

Infrastructure Related Projects

Non-Infrastructure Related Activities

National SR2S Clearinghouse
- Develop information and educational programs
- Technical assistance
National SR2S Task Force
- Leaders in health, transportation and education
- Study and develop a strategy for advancing SR2S nationwide (March 31, 2006)

Improve traffic signs and pavement markings
Consistent with "Guidelines and Recommendations to Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians" October 2001
Federal Share = 100%
No dedicated funding

Section 154: Open Container Requirements
Section 157: Safety Incentive Grants for Use of Seat Belts
Section 163: Safety Incentives to Prevent Operation of Motor Vehicles by Intoxicated Persons
Section 164: Minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence