Safety Management Systems

A Synthesis of Highway Practice

• Author(s): Leanna Depue, National Cooperative Highway Research Program,
• Publisher: Transportation Research Board
• Pages: 42
• ISBN_10: 030906970X
  ISBN_13: 9780309069700
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Transportation / General ,

Description:... TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Report 322: Safety Management Systems (SMS) provides an overview of current transportation agency practices, recent literature findings, and reviews of two model state SMS initiatives. According to the report, benefits derived from the SMS process are increased coordination, cooperation, and communication among state agencies and improvements to data analysis and collection procedures, as well as collaborative strategic plans.