Integrating road safety into NEPA analysis : a primer for safety and environmental professionals, report.

This primer presents an introduction to the topic of addressing safety as part of the environment analysis process, as directed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It presents practitioners with basic concepts for including meaningful, quantitative analysis of project safety issues and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Cambridge Systematics (sponsoring body.), National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, June 2011.
Subjects:	United States. > National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Environmental policy > United States. Traffic safety > Environmental aspects > United States. Safety factors. Project management. Alternatives analysis. Environmental impact analysis. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (United States) Environmental policy. United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo56817

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
NEPA overview and levels of documentation
Considering safety before the NEPA process
Public and stakeholder outreach
Purpose and need statements
Alternatives analysis
Defining the affected environment
Analysis of environmental impacts and mitigation
Resources
Case studies.