Resource Library
Author: Federal Highway Administration
The Application of TSMO Strategies to Rural Traffic Incident Management website provides information about deploying Traffic Incident Management in rural areas.
Author: United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Rural Planning, Zoning, and Development Codes provides tools and strategies for rural areas to update their land use, including right-sizing rural roadways.
Author: United States Department of Transportation
The Rural Grant Applicant Toolkit for Competitive Federal Transportation Funding guides potential applicants in identifying and navigating these discretionary opportunities for rural transportation projects.
Author: United States Department of Transportation
Rural Road Safety Funding at USDOT provides example projects from 2022 discretionary and non-discretionary grant programs that aim to address rural road safety. This compilation is meant to support prospective rural applicants in understanding how USDOT grants have previously been used to improve rural road safety, and to showcase the underlying importance of safety across USDOT grant programs.
Author: Federal Highway Administration
The Rural Roadway Departure Countermeasure Pocket Guide identifies cost-effective countermeasures that are proven to reduce rural roadway departures.
Author: Federal Highway Administration
The Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks report is a resource and idea book intended to help small towns and rural communities support safe, accessible, comfortable, and active travel for people of all ages and abilities.
Author: United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes provides resources for updating land use for smart growth, including parking requirement, street standards, and creating walkability.
Author: Federal Highway Administration
FoRRRwD resources are collected to support four pillars that work together to reduce rural roadway departures on all roads: All Public Roads, Proven Countermeasures, Systemic Approach, and Safety Action Plans.
Author: National Center for Rural Road Safety
This webinar answers common questions and misunderstandings about Road Safety Audits, including information about the first steps of a Road Safety Audit.