


Using the Highway Safety Improvement Program to fund Pedestrian Safety Improvements
The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is one of the largest and most important federal funding sources for transportation projects. Since 2005, the program has funded tens of thousands of road safety projects and has been credited with drastically reducing...
What the MUTCD says about RRFBs
If you have so much as a passing interest in traffic safety, you’ve no doubt come across the MUTCD, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, often described as the bible of American road design. Issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), it essentially...
Five steps to creating Complete Streets
For decades, street design in the United States and Canada was about one thing and one thing only: moving motorized vehicles from point A to point B as quickly as possible. The result is a continent criss-crossed by multi-lane freeways, sprawling suburbs, and streets...
Transportation Alternatives marks historic increase in pedestrian safety funding
Table of contents What type of funding is the Transportation Alternatives set-aside? How much funding is available? Who can apply? How can the funds be used? Can the funds be transferred? Is there a matching requirement? What about equity? Where can I apply? For more...