State Aid for Local Transportation

Traffic safety

Local Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

Application and information

• 2028-2031 guidebook: Greater MN (Word)
• Traditional application form: Greater MN 2028-2031 (Word) - Now open closes on 11/25/2026
• Pilot rumble strip project application - Closes 11/25/2026
  • Application form (Word) - Required for ALL applications
  • (Example) application form (PDF)
  • Application form: multiple location listing spreadsheet (Excel) - Required, if applying for multiple locations
  • (Example) application form: multiple location listing spreadsheet (PDF)
  • LPA agreement template (Word)
• Countermeasure eligibility (PDF)
• Countermeasure service life for replacement (PDF)
• Benefit cost worksheet (Excel)
• Solicitation webinar presentation (PDF)
• Solicitation webinar (YouTube)
  • Webinar useful links (PDF)
• Information sheet (PDF)
• Projects - getting started (PDF)
• Award recipient FAQ (PDF)
• Construction projects through the federal process (Word)
• HSIP for cities - eligibility and how to apply (PDF)

Forms

• Federal safety documentation (Word)

County Roadway Safety Plans (CRSP)

• County Road Safety Plans
• Engineering fact sheets (one pagers)

Road safety audits examples

• Letter of interest (Word)
• Project memo (Word)

Community safety meetings

• Agenda (PDF)
• Presentation (PowerPoint)

Before and after summaries

• Rural road safety: roadway improvement - example (Word)
  
• Routes of regional significance - example (Word)
• Rural road safety: intelligent transportation systems example (Word)
• Data collection short form (Word)

Selected project listings

• 2027-2030 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2026-2029 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2025-2028 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2024-2027 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2023 short award projects (Word)
• 2023-2026 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2022-2025 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2021-2024 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2020-2023 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2019-2022 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2018-2021 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2017-2020 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2016-2019 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2015R-2016R projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2014R-2016 projects (Greater MN) (PDF)
• 2012R - 2014 projects: D3, D4, D6 & D8 (PDF)
• 2012R - 2013 projects: D3 and D6 (PDF)
• 2011R - 2012 projects: Greater MN (PDF)
• 2010R - 2011 projects: Greater MN (Excel)
• 2009 - 2010 projects: Greater MN (PDF)
• 2009 - 2010 projects: Metro (PDF)
• 2007 - 2008 projects (PDF)
• 2005 - 2006 projects (PDF)

Pavement marking & sign retroreflectivity

• Federal requirements
• Pavement marking retroreflectivity
  • Introductory guide (Word)
  • LRRB methods for maintaining pavement marking retroreflectivity guide - training video
  • Federal register final rule
  • Methods for maintaining pavement marking retroreflectivity (PDF)
• Sign retroreflectivity
  • Sample traffic sign policies
  • Traffic sign expected life project
  • Implementation toolkit
  • Township Sign Program
  • Minnesota's Best Practices for Traffic Sign Maintenance/Management Handbook
    • Navigable PDF
    • Accessible PDF
      

Sign supports

• Clear zone
• Crashworthiness
• Frequently asked questions
• Mailbox supports

Work zone safety

• Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
  • Webinar: Overview of the MN MUTCD, 11th Edition (YouTube)
    • Webinar slides (PDF)
• Minnesota Temporary Traffic Control Field Manual
  • Field manual resources
• Temporary traffic control trainings

Minnesota Crash Mapping Analysis Tool

• MnCMAT2

Local roads traffic safety

• Traffic safety education and resources
• Low-cost skew correction (PDF)
• Safety funding applications FAQ (PDF)

Keypoints (formerly Logpoints)

• Keypoints
• Keypoints presentation (PDF)

Crash data information

Red Yellow Green (RYG) sheets

Crash rates (2021-2025)

• All route systems by county (Excel)
• Trunk Highway only by county (Excel)
• CSAH and CR by county (Excel)
• All route systems by MSAS city (Excel)
• MSAS and MUN by MSAS city (Excel)

Intersections tool kit (green sheets)

• 2020-2024 (Excel)

Sections tool kit (green sheets)

• 2020-2024 (Excel)

High risk rural roads programs

• 2008 list of eligible segments (Excel)
  

Funding resources

• Safety funds for county engineers (Word)
  

Reference materials

• Best practices for pedestrian/bicycle safety (PDF)
• Safety strategies best practices and policies guidance
• Safety edge
• Intersection control evaluation
• Traffic signal warrant analysis (Excel)
• MnDOT D6 - horizontal curve signing guidance (PDF)
• Wright County - rural intersection lighting policy (PDF)
  
• 2015 Traffic Safety Fundamental Handbook
  (PDF, 40 MB)
  (PDF, 10 MB)
  (PowerPoint, 60 MB)
• Behavioral traffic safety challenges: countermeasures
  • Navigable PDF
  • Accessible PDF
    

Mini roundabouts

• FHWA brochure (PDF)
• FHWA presentation (PDF)
• FHWA technical summary
• North American Cities and Transit Agencies mini roundabouts

Video examples

• Camper
• Long truck and boat
• Long truck turns
• Simultaneous entries
• Small truck and driver confusion

Resource links

• Center for Excellence in Rural Safety
• Federal Highway Administration
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• MnDOT Traffic Engineering
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Strategic Highway Safety Plan
• Toward Zero Deaths