Connecticut & Tennessee Fund Pedestrian Safety: DOTs Use Highway Safety Improvement Program Funding to Provide Exemplary Focus on Pedestrian Safety

Federal Highway Administration2018PDFBriefUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyConnecticut. Department of TransportationTennessee. Dept. of TransportationUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyUnited StatesPedestrian safetyHighway safetyImprovementsProgram managementFinancingFHWA-SA-18-055Both States are using the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to target pedestrian safety projects. TDOT will use at least 10 percent of its HSIP funding to counter an increasing number of serious and fatal crashes involving pedestrians. CTDOT has taken a more programmatic approach, but has easily surpassed a 10-percent threshold in recent years by updating every crosswalk on its State highway system with high visibility crosswalk markings and warning signs.95