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Corporate Creators:
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Metropolitan Planning Organizations Safety Programs Transportation Planning Transportation Safety
Publication/ Report Number:
FHWA-SA-19-019
Resource Type:
Brief
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Abstract:
Safety is a national transportation performance goal area, but more importantly, it is the number one priority for all transportation system users. For this reason, every state Department of Transportation (DOT), metropolitan planning organization (MPO), and many local jurisdictions are investing in programs and projects to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. Alaska is addressing transportation safety through a “Toward Zero Deaths” approach, which focuses on zero fatalities and the promise to move residents and visitors to their destinations safely. Many different stakeholders play a role in achieving this commitment, with transportation planners leading the way on stakeholder coordination, crash data analysis, prioritizing and programming investments, and tracking and evaluating results. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety and Office of Planning provide technical assistance to their partners to address transportation safety. The Transportation Safety Planning (TSP) Workshops project is one such effort that facilitated open discussions between safety and planning practitioners to further the collaborations on saving lives and eliminating fatalities and serious injuries. In May 2018, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) hosted a workshop in Anchorage, Alaska, with participants from the MPOs, local safety and transportation partners, and FHWA. The workshop was a part of a yearlong project that also included a pre-workshop webinar to introduce participants to the concepts of transportation safety and planning integration, and prioritize topics to emphasize during the workshop; a post-workshop technical assistance webinar to discuss opportunities and challenges identified by participants at the workshop; and a peer exchange webinar to share successful practices and broaden collaboration with other states who were participating in this yearlong project around the same time.
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PDF
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Federal Highway Administration
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55618/dot_55618_DS1.pdf
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