Primer on the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core Federal-aid program for State Departments of Transportation (State DOTs) administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This is a major source of funding for safety projects on the nation's public roads, including non-State owned public roads. HSIP and the associated Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) development processes are prime opportunities for the National Park Service (NPS) to highlight and build awareness of safety issues within or leading to NPS units, and to engage State DOTs in collaborative and mutually beneficial efforts to address them.