Factors Influencing Policy and Political Leadership in Improving Roadway Safety

Details

• Creators:
  Munnich Jr., Lee W. ; Schmit, Matthew P
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Corporate Contributors:
  Roadway Safety Institute ; University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Countermeasures
  • Crash injuries
  • Fatalities
  • Highway safety
  • Leadership
  • Policy making
  • Campaigns
  • Traffic safety
  • Safety
  • Highway Safety
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CTS 18-07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  West North Central States ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  1667801
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Roadway Safety Institute ; University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Description:
  This study built on recent work to examine further the factors influencing policy and political leadership in adopting evidence-based policy countermeasures and integrated performance-based approaches such as Toward Zero Death (TZD) to reduce road fatalities and serious injuries. Specifically, this study sought to increase understanding of the policy context for safety and how special interest group influence at the state and local level plays a part in roadway safety policy promotion and adoption. The study focused on six states in the Midwest – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin – and engaged legislators, state agency officials, and special interest stakeholders to better understand the challenges and opportunities for improving roadway safety through public policy. The study expanded on an assessment tool applied to quantifying policy countermeasure adoption in each of the six study states and created a similar tool for gauging special interest group activity.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT13-G-UTC35 ; Work unit # 2015027
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39599/dot_39599_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7830ee696f9d2d68b34add05b4a8b9e808546aa43570ee87b2aac27eb10bdd64