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• ♦Manual Notice
• ►1. Highway Safety Improvement Program
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Program Funding
    • ♦Program Categories
    • ♦Eligible Work Types
    • ♦Time Limit for Letting
    • ♦Confidentiality of Data
  • ►2. Design Guidelines
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Design Guidelines
    • ♦Design Considerations
    • ♦Design Exceptions or Design Waivers
  • ►3. Hazard Elimination Program
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Eligible Roads
    • ♦Nature of Hazard Elimination Projects
    • ♦Program Process Overview
  • ►4. High Risk Rural Roads Program
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Eligible Roads
    • ♦Nature of High Risk Rural Road Projects
    • ♦Program Process Overview
  • ►5. Project Submission
    • ♦HSIP Specific Rules
    • ♦Field Evaluation
    • ♦Additional Off-System Project Information
    • ♦Submission Form
    • ♦Filling Out the SER
  • ►6. Using the Safety Improvement Index
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦The SII Formula
    • ♦Obtaining SII Data
    • ♦SII Results
    • ♦SII Calculator Available
  • ►7. Obtaining Crash Data
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Source of Crash Data
    • ♦Crash Data and the HSIP
    • ♦Off - System Crash Data
  • ►8. SER Form Instructions
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦On-System SER Form Instructions
    • ♦Off-System SER Form Instructions
  • ►9. HSIP Work Codes Table
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Signing and Signals
    • ♦Roadside Obstacles and Barriers
    • ♦Resurfacing and Roadway Lighting
    • ♦Pavement Markings
    • ♦Roadway Work
  • ►10. Preventable Crash Decoding
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Part of Roadway No. 1 Involved
    • ♦Roadway Related
    • ♦Intersection Related
    • ♦First Harmful Event
    • ♦Vehicle Movements & Manner of Collision
    • ♦Object Struck
    • ♦Bridge Detail
    • ♦Other Factor
    • ♦Light Condition
    • ♦Surface Condition
    • ♦ Vehicle Type

Manual Notice:

From: Carlos A. Lopez, P.E.

Manual: Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual

Effective Date: June 01, 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this manual revision is to:

• change the title of the Hazard Elimination Program Manual to the Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual.
• add section (Section 1) containing information on the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and the establishment under the Act of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).
• add information to describe program categories for the HSIP and their associated requirements and processes (Sections 2-6).
• update information related to the Hazard Elimination (HES) Program (Section 3) and add information on the new HSIP program category entitled the “High Risk Rural Roads (HRRR) Program” (Section 4).
• Add information on obtaining crash data and how it relates to the HSIP, and advise manual users of the transfer of the responsibility of collecting crash data from the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) to TxDOT (Senate Bill 766, Regular Session, 80th Texas Legislature) as stated in §550.062 of the Texas Transportation Code (Section 7).
• eliminate appendices in the Hazard Elimination Program Manual and reorganize information in sections in the renamed Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual (Sections 8-10).

Contents and Instructions

Remove and recycle the entire contents of the previous edition of this manual (known as the Hazard Elimination Program Manual) and integrate information on new legislation (SAFETEA-LU, SB 766) relating to Highway Safety Improvement Projects to create a revised and renamed manual (Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual).

Supersedes

The Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual supersedes the Hazard Elimination Program Manual.

Contact

Address questions concerning information contained in this manual to Debra Vermillion of the Traffic Operations Division, 512-416-3137 or fax 512-416-3299.

Archives

Past manual notices for the Hazard Elimination Program Manual are available in a pdf archive.