ATSSA is committed to assisting our members in the development and expansion of their businesses. Your Board of Directors has established a strategic goal for the association that states:
ATSSA supports our members’ business development
One way that we do this is to provide you with information and tools that you can use on the state and local level. Some of these tools include research and case studies that would be too costly for all but the largest companies to develop on their own Others are brochures and informational pieces which are presented in PDF format so that you can print them in your office or add your own logo and get them professionally printed.
We hope that you will find each of these tools to be useful. If you have an idea about another tool that could be developed to help you in your business, please send an email to ATSSA’s President and CEO, Roger Wentz.
2009 Stimulus Information and Resource Center
To review a state ranking of allocated ARRA (stimulus) dollars as of July 31, 2009, click here.
Click here to download a chart which outlines state-by-state progress on spending through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or Stimulus) as of March 31, 2009.
Guide Specification for Minimum Retro Levels to Access ARRA Dollars -Click here to download a sample guide spec - sign replacement - to assist members in accessing stimulus funds.
Click here to visit Recovery.Gov, where you will find up-to-date recovery information from state, local, tribal, and territorial governments on how funds are being distributed and used to create jobs and stimulate economic growth.
The FHWA, ATSSA and NACE Webinar, entitled "Stimulus Program 101: Making It Work for States and Locals" that was presented at 3:30 p.m. EST Wed., Feb. 25, is available for replay - please click here to register and view the webinar (Registration is required to view the webinar).
Click here to download the latest H.R. 1 State-by-State allocation tables.
Click here to download the H.R. 1 Conference Report Summary.
"Low Cost Local Road Safety Solutions" (source: ATSSA and NACE)
Actions That Can Be Taken to Expedite Economic Recovery Delivery (Important Information on the Stimulus Package from the FHWA (dated February 4, 2009)
Business Expansion
- Breakaway Signs
- Low Cost Local Road Safety Solutions-see bottom section on this page for updated brochure W-Beam Case Study
- Top Five Priorities From Strategic Highway Safety Programs for the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and Washington (March 2007)
- Building the Road Safety Profession in the Public Sector TRB Special Report 289. This report examines the growing need for experts at all levels of government to develop and implement systems- and science-based approaches to road safety management.
Breakaway Signs
The Federal Highway Administration issued a brochure, Safer Sign Supports: Are Yours Breakaway Yet? The brochure was designed to help public officials understand Section 2A.19 of the 2000 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which changed the requirements regarding ground-mounted sign support from a should to a shall condition. This section states, in part:
“Ground-mounted sign supports shall (emphasis added) be breakaway, yielding, or shielded with a longitudinal barrier or crash cushion if within the clear zone.”
A target date of January 17, 2013 for the implementation of this requirement on roads with posted speed limits of 80 km/h (50 mph) or higher was established in the 2003 MUTCD. On roads with posted speeds of less than 50 mph, there is no set target date, but every highway agency should include a program to replace non-breakaway supports within the clear zone.
ATSSA assisted FHWA in its outreach effort by mailing a copy of the brochure to all of our Public Official members, along with a cover memo from Jeff Lindley, Director, Office of Safety. A limited number of printed copies of the brochure are available for ATSSA members from the Membership Department at (800) 272-8772. A PDF copy of the brochure as well as a copy of the Lindley cover memo are available via the links below.
Breakaway Signs brochure
Lindley memo