SAFETEA-LU

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005. SAFETEA-LU also addresses the many challenges facing our transportation system today – challenges such as improving safety, reducing traffic congestion, improving efficiency in freight movement, increasing intermodal connectivity, and protecting the environment – as well as laying the groundwork for addressing future challenges. More information can be found on the NCTCOG Legislative Affairs website.

The Transportation Safety Program Area monitors the implementation of SAFETEA-LU programs and regulations within the region. Those programs include the following:

1. Temporary Traffic Control Devices
2. Real-time System Management Information Program
3. Highway Safety Improvement Program
4. Worker Injury Prevention and Free Flow of Vehicular Traffic
5. Toll Facility Workplace Study
6. Roadway Safety Improvements for Older Drivers and Pedestrians
7. Improvement or Replacement of Highway Features on National Highway System
8. Work Zone Safety Grants
9. National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
10. Roadway Safety
11. Highway Safety Programs
12. On-scene Motor Vehicle Collision Causation (Required Action: Monitor)
13. Research on Distracted, Inattentive, and Fatigued Drivers
14. Pedestrian Safety
15. Refusal of Intoxication Testing
16. Impaired Motorcycle Driving
17. Reducing Impaired Driving Recidivism
18. Safety Belt Performance Grants
19. State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements
20. Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures
21. High Visibility Enforcement Program
22. Motorcyclist Safety
23. Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Incentive Grants
24. Drug Impaired Driving Enforcement
25. First Responder Vehicle Safety Program
26. Older Driver Safety
27. Traffic Signal Preemption Transmitters
28. Presidential Commission on Alcohol-Impaired Driving
29. Transportation Safety Information Management System Project