Safety Technical Assistance for Counties and Cities

The Alabama Department of Transportation is partnering with the Alabama Transportation Assistance Program at Auburn University to administer a Safety Technical Assistance for Counties and Cities (STACC) program. STACC provides technical support, training, and other activities to Alabama counties and cities to support their efforts to reduce fatalities and injuries on city and county roads. STACC also supports the goals of both the Alabama Strategic Highway Safety Plan and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Towards Zero Deaths strategy (TZD).

In Alabama, counties and cities are responsible for about 88% of the public road mileage. However, some of these local governments, particularly smaller jurisdictions, may lack the personnel resources and/or expertise to perform safety reviews and analyses. The STACC program makes road safety technical assistance services available to cities and counties that otherwise would be unobtainable due to their limited resources. The program’s focus is primarily for counties with a population of less than 50,000 and cities with a population of less than 20,000 but is intended to be valuable to all local governments.

 

 

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

STACC is managed through the Alabama LTAP Center at Auburn University. It is integrated into the Alabama Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP) located within the Highway Research Center under the Department of Civil Engineering at Auburn University. Support for STACC is provided by the Federal Highway Administration through ALDOT's Office of Safety Operations.

The program's focus is primarily for smaller counties and cities in predominantly rural areas with limited resources. The target jurisdictions are counties with a population less than 50,000 and cities with a population less than 15,000. However, applications from jurisdictions slightly larger than those thresholds will also be considered as resources allow.

STACC can assist agencies that have safety concerns with high crash locations on their local roads. STACC can help by evaluating safety deficiencies and recommending right-sized solutions as well as cost-effective countermeasures. The ATAP staff can assist with compact projects where the scope is limited to an intersection or road segment. For more extensive projects, STACC may enlist services of a consultant with highway safety expertise to examine the site, review the relevant crash history, diagnose problems, and recommend potential countermeasures and solutions.