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EP 28: Designing Safer Roads: Implementing FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures

Episode 28

EP 28: Designing Safer Roads: Implementing FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures

Imagine you're driving home after a long day at work. As you approach an intersection, you notice a bright yellow signal border that immediately catches your attention, prompting you to slow down. Without even realizing it, you've just interacted with a “Proven Safety Countermeasure”—one of 28 strategies that the Federal Highway Administration has identified to reduce crashes and save lives. But why aren’t these simple solutions implemented everywhere? 

On this episode of Infrastructure Insights, we’ll dive into that answer with B&N’s Kendra Schenk and Megan Valentine to discuss what communities and engineers are doing to proactively improve safety for everyone.? 

As mentioned in the episode, you can read Kendra and Megan’s synthesis report here.

Kendra Schenk, PE, PTOE, RSP2I, Safety Engineer

Kendra Schenk, PE, PTOE, RSP2I 
Safety Engineer

Kendra Schenk, PE, PTOE, RSP2I, is a nationally recognized safety engineer with over 12 years of experience, specializing in traffic studies, transportation management plans and traffic safety. Since joining Burgess & Niple in 2014, she has served as a project manager on numerous safety projects for state department of transportations. Kendra holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and is certified as a Road Safety Professional Level 2, one of fewer than 100 in the United States. Her expertise in safety analysis, particularly using predictive analysis from the Highway Safety Manual, has led to significant improvements in traffic safety, earning her accolades such as the 2019 WVDOT Engineering Excellence Award.

Megan Valentine, PE, RSP2I, Traffic Safety Engineer

Megan Valentine, PE, RSP2I 
Traffic Safety Engineer

Megan Valentine, PE, RSP2I, is a Traffic Safety Engineer with 11 years of experience in transportation engineering, specializing in traffic signal, roadway and drainage design, as well as highway safety analysis. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and is a certified Road Safety Professional Level 2. Megan is passionate about the Highway Safety Manual and routinely serves as a highway safety subject matter expert, conducting crash data trends analysis and benefit-cost analyses for clients across Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic Region, including various state DOTs and municipal clients. Her leadership roles include serving as a board member for the Women's Transportation Seminar and leading traffic signal box art projects.