Which of the following is an example of a national-level program which has followed this model?

• A. Highway Safety Improvement Program
• B. National Transportation Safety Plan
• C. Roadway Enhancement Act
• D. Safe Routes to School Program

Answer: (A)

This item tests recognizing a national-level program that uses a data-driven, safety-performance improvement approach. The Highway Safety Improvement Program fits this, as it is a nationwide program under the Federal Highway Administration that requires states to develop and implement a Strategic Highway Safety Plan and to use crash data to identify the most crash-prone locations and corridors. Funds are then directed to targeted safety countermeasures—such as improvements to intersections, ramps, signals, and signage—with the goal of lowering fatal and serious injury crashes across the national network. It also includes performance targets and reporting to show progress over time, tying funding to measurable safety outcomes. The other options describe programs that are either focused on specific groups or contexts (such as school zones) or do not represent a national-level, data-driven safety-improvement model, so they don’t fit the described framework.