This tool offers strategy on how to formulate policies that improve the safety and accessibility of rural streets. Rural residents tend to be older, lower income, and more at risk of accidents related to transportation systems; creating safer streets will decrease the risk of accidents to these already at risk groups. This tool requires the support of the local government and can be costly.

This tool from Smart Growth America can be accessed here: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/complete-streets/implementation/factsheets/rural-areas-and-small-towns/