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Read More Buy Now Manual for Bridge Evaluation, 3rd Edition This manual has been developed to assist bridge owners by establishing inspection procedures and evaluation practices that meet the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS). The manual ..... Read More Buy Now AASHTO LRFD Bridge Construction Specifications, 4th Edition, with 2020 Interim Revisions The AASHTO LRFD Bridge Construction Specifications are intended for use in the construction of bridges. The specifications employ the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology, ..... Read More Buy Now AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, 8th Edition These specifications cover the design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of highway bridges. The design provisions of these specifications employ the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology, ..... Read More Buy Now Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, Second Edition, Single User PDF Download This manual encourages consistency in testing and evaluation of roadside safety features. It includes a new matrix for cable barrier testing on slopes, modifications to several ..... Read More Buy Now Close AASHTOWare AASHTOWare Check out the updated features on the new AASHTOWare.org website. Read More AASHTOWare May 2018 Highlights Here are the AASHTOWare May 2018 Program Highlights in time for AASHTO’s spring meeting. Read More AASHTOWare Data Analytics Project Solicitation AASHTO has released a project proposal for the development of AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics. Learn more about this new addition to the AASHTOWare Project Software Series. Read More Close Web-Based Training CloseHome – Committee on Safety Membership Safety Leadership Awards Strategic Plan Meetings Resources No menu assigned!Committee on Safety AASHTO Liaison Kelly Hardy, Senior Engineering Program Manager for Safety khardy@aashto.org Committee on Safety Home – Committee on Safety Membership Safety Leadership Awards Strategic Plan Meetings Resources SCOHTS Strategic Plan (adopted June 2011): The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety (SCOHTS) Strategic Plan establishes the vision and mission of the Committee and is based on the AASHTO Strategic Plan. The six goals are focused on supporting the AASHTO vision of being a catalyst for organizational and technical excellence in the realm of highway safety. ​ The Highway Safety Manual is available What is the Highway Safety Manual? The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) introduces a science-based technical approach that takes the guesswork out of safety analysis. The HSM provides tools to conduct quantitative safety analyses, allowing for safety to be quantitatively evaluated alongside other transportation performance measures such as traffic operations, environmental impacts, and construction costs. Visit http://www.highwaysafetymanual.org for more information. AASHTO Reauthorization Policy Theme 1: Promote Safety The Highway Safety Improvement Program’s pre-FAST Act flexibility is returned for public awareness, traffic safety enforcement, emergency services, and safety research for experimental efforts for up to 25 percent of total HSIP funding.” Toward Zero Deaths Committee on Safety General Purpose Statement The Committee on Safety shall focus on the advancement of multidisciplinary approaches to eliminating crashes, particularly those resulting in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads in the United States and in locations where roads interact with other modes. The committee shall serve as the technical and policy resource on transportation systems safety for AASHTO, and in this role will coordinate with other Association committees and support Member Departments’ safety performance initiatives. The AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan shall guide the activities of the Committee on Safety. Members should come from both policy and technical levels within the Member Departments, and will represent the multidisciplinary approach to safety performance, including experience in engineering, enforcement, education, emergency medical service or incident response, and the use of data-driven safety evaluation, analysis and diagnosis to identify and address the need to reduce crashes. Primary focus areas of the Committee shall be strategic safety planning, programs and policies, road and facility users, effective countermeasures, safety performance and data analysis and evaluation, workforce development, research, and local road safety. The Committee will coordinate with other AASHTO committees and external organizations on issues of joint interest, such as workforce development, data, and operations. The main functions of the committee will include research exchange of information on current practices, and implementation of new strategies and practices, and research results. Key themes of committee discussions and initiatives will include innovation and technology, performance measures,...