Truck Driver Training for Safe Urban Operations in San Francisco, CA: Noteworthy Practice

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributor:
  Burnell, Tamiko ; White, John Knox
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Truck drivers
  • Commercial drivers
  • Driver training
  • Traffic safety
  • Urban transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-17-060
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; California ; San Francisco (California)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Description:
  In 2015, in support of the Vision Zero San Francisco policy, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) developed a curriculum and video training for safe operation of large vehicles in urban areas. SFMTA also required drivers of vehicles over 10,000 pounds who were employed, contracted, and permitted by the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) to complete the training. The goal of the training program is to reduce the number of bicycle and pedestrian fatalities caused by collisions with large vehicles. Crashes involving large vehicles and pedestrians/bicyclists are low-frequency, but high-severity events. From 2007 to 2011, large vehicles were involved in only four percent of all vehicle collisions in San Francisco, yet they accounted for 17 percent of all fatalities. Furthermore, pedestrians and cyclists were over eight times more likely to be killed in a crash with a large vehicle than with a car. The training program also encourages private companies to adopt the curriculum and incorporate urban driving safety principles into California's commercial driver licensing curriculum. Over 6,400 drivers are estimated to have completed the SFMTA training since 2015. (More information is available at https://www.sfmta.com/blog/drivebig-truck-heres-how-go-big-safety.)
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/94043/dot_94043_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 636.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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