Abstract
This Guide is designed to provide community leaders and local elected officials with basic information to improve roadway safety in their communities. It is intended to be a hands-on, and provides: • Strategies you can use to begin making roads, roadsides, and bridges safer. • Basic information needed to work with state and local transportation departments, highway engineers, highway safety officials, civic groups, and other safety advocates. • Clear descriptions of key funding and decision-making processes that affect roadway safety. (Author/publisher)