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Proven Safety Countermeasures

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About the Proven Safety Countermeasures Initiative (PSCi)

In 2008, FHWA began promoting widespread use of certain infrastructure-oriented safety treatments and strategies that can offer significant, measurable impacts as part of any agency’s data-driven, systemic approach to improving safety. FHWA updated the PSCi in 2012, 2017, and 2021, reaching a...