Formulas, Takedowns, and Setasides - Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

Formulas, Takedowns, and Setasides
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Modified SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Passed House TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Under current law, the purposes of this program are addressed by the safety setaside from the Surface Transportation Program which funds the Hazard Elimination Program and the Rail-Highway Crossing Program	Replaces the safety setaside from the Surface Transportation Program with a new core program.	Continues the Surface Transportation Program safety setaside through FY 2004.Beginning in FY 2005, the HSIP is an umbrella over the existing Hazard Elimination and Rail-Highway Crossing Programs, each of which has its own formula.See separate pages for those formulas.1/3 of the authorized amount is apportioned under the Rail Crossing program and 2/3 under the Hazard Elimination Program. [1101]	Replaces the safety setaside from the Surface Transportation Program with a new core program.
Takedowns:
No comparable provision	FHWA Administrative takedown of 1.4%	FHWA administrative takedown limited to STP only. [1103]	FHWA takedown eliminated in favor of a direct authorization [1103]
No comparable provision	FMCSA takedown eliminated in favor of a direct authorization	Same as Administration bill [4101]	Same as Administration bill
No comparable provision	Metropolitan Planning - 1%	Same as current law	Metropolitan Planning - 1.5% [1103]
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	See Rail-highway Crossing Program formula page	Operation Lifesaver $535,849 (currently takedown from STP) [1402]
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Safe Routes to School authorized directly, not as takedown	Safe Routes to School - $62,515,723 per year [1405]
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	See Rail-highway Crossing Program formula page	Elimination of Hazards and Protective Devices at Rail-Highway Crossings - $178,616,352 per year. [1401]
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	No comparable provision	New Strategic Highway Research Program - $2,679,245 per year [2001]
Formula Factors:
No comparable provision	25% lane miles of Federal-aid highways	See separate pages for formulas for Rail-highway Crossing and Hazard Elimination Programs	25% lane miles of Federal-aid highways
	40% VMT on Federal-aid highways		40% VMT on Federal-aid highways
	35% contributions to the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund		35% contributions to Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund
Minimum Apportionment:
No comparable provision	1/2%	NA	1/2%
Setasides:
No comparable provision	State Planning & Research 2.5%	NA	State Planning & Research 2.0%
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	NA	Bicycle and pedestrian improvements - an amount equal to at least the amount apportioned times the percentage that fatal crashes involving bicyclists and pedestrians in the State are of all fatal crashes in the State. [1401]

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