Overview
Operations strategies aim to optimize the movement of people and goods across the transportation system. Operations includes all modes of travel and often requires multi-jurisdictional and interagency collaboration throughout planning, project development, and deployment. While often considered tools for decreasing congestion and improving reliability, operations strategies can also be instrumental in reducing the risk of crashes associated with serious injury and death on roadways.
The purpose of this brochure is to bring awareness to operations and safety professionals, planners, and other transportation practitioners of the wide range of operations strategies that support safety and the potential safety benefts of such strategies. The brochure highlights several operations strategies with known or potential safety benefts. It also discusses the opportunities to close existing gaps in measuring and analyzing the safety benefits of these strategies. This is one of two Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) brochures that focus on connecting operations and safety.