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 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1223

those locations, in terms of accidents, injuries, deaths, traffic volume levels, and other relevant data; ‘‘(C) adopt strategic and performance-based goals that— ‘‘(i) address traffic safety, including behavioral and infrastructure problems and opportunities on all public roads; ‘‘(ii) focus resources on areas of greatest need; and ‘‘(iii) are coordinated with other State highway safety programs; ‘‘(D) advance the capabilities of the State for traffic records data collection, analysis, and integration with other sources of safety data (such as road inventories) in a manner that— ‘‘(i) complements the State highway safety program under chapter 4 and the commercial vehicle safety plan under section 31102 of title 49; ‘‘(ii) includes all public roads; ‘‘(iii) identifies hazardous locations, sections, and elements on public roads that constitute a danger to motorists (including motorcyclists), bicyclists, pedestrians, the disabled, and other highway users; and ‘‘(iv) includes a means of identifying the relative severity of hazardous locations described in clause (iii) in terms of accidents, injuries, deaths, and traffic volume levels; ‘‘(E)(i) determine priorities for the correction of hazardous road locations, sections, and elements (including railway-highway crossing improvements), as identified through crash data analysis; ‘‘(ii) identify opportunities for preventing the development of such hazardous conditions; and ‘‘(iii) establish and implement a schedule of highway safety improvement projects for hazard correction and hazard prevention; and ‘‘(F)(i) establish an evaluation process to analyze and assess results achieved by highway safety improvement projects carried out in accordance with procedures and criteria established by this section; and ‘‘(ii) use the information obtained under clause (i) in setting priorities for highway safety improvement projects. ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) to carry out— ‘‘(A) any highway safety improvement project on any public road or publicly owned bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail; or ‘‘(B) as provided in subsection (e), other safety projects. ‘‘(2) USE OF OTHER FUNDING FOR SAFETY.— ‘‘(A) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section prohibits the use of funds made available under other provisions of this title for highway safety improvement projects. ‘‘(B) USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—States are encouraged to address the full scope of their safety needs and opportunities by using funds made available under other provisions of this title (except a provision that specifically prohibits that use).

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