Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation Planning (2006) / Chapter Skim
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• Use of Seat Belts (Including Innovative Seat Belt Programs) • Highway Safety Data Improvements • Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety Program: The Florida Pedestrian and Bicycle Program promotes safe walking and bicycling in Florida by improving the environment for safe, comfortable, and convenient walking and bicycling trips as well as improving the performance and interaction among motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
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: This program is a diverse partnership of highway safety practitioners in engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency services dedicated to reducing the number and severity of accidents on Iowa's roadways. • Highway Work Zone Safety: A series of training videos were developed that present an honest, true-story, documentary look at the dangers of the work zone and the safety considerations critical for all workers.
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• Kansas Clicks STEP: This campaign was initiated in Kansas during 2000 to provide financial support to law enforcement agencies for overtime occupant protection enforcement. The STEP program is dedicated to increasing enforcement of the state's safety belt and child safety seat laws during peak holiday travel times throughout the year.
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• Safety Management Systems • Prevent and reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents. • Ensure that all opportunities to improve highway safety are considered.
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• Safenet: The Nebraska Department of Roads uses Safenet extensively in safety assessments, which provides commercial truck accident data for the Federal Highway Administration's SAFETYNET database, oversees the State Property Damage System, and maintains the Department of Roads' Employee Accident Reporting System. NEW MEXICO TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU • Traffic Safety Problem Identification and Information Program (Traffic Records)
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: Operate a strong motorcycle training program that includes interaction with community traffic safety initiatives. NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM • Booze It & Lose It: As part of the "Booze It & Lose It" campaign, law enforcement officers conduct sobriety checkpoints in every county of the state.
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• Pedestrian Safety Program: This program creates awareness among pedestrians about safety. • Law Enforcement for Traffic Safety committee: The committee is charged with assisting the Safety Division in the review of a variety of statewide law enforcement issues including: Review of accident data and statistics, making recommendations for law enforcement projects and equipment purchases, legislation, and other issues of interest to the Traffic Law Enforcement Program.
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and the GHSA Representative on safety issues in a variety of disciplines. WASHINGTON STATE • WST2 - Safety Management: Transportation safety in emergency services, law enforcement, and education within local agencies has been organized into a single system with the help of the safety management system.
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• Save a Life Program: Safety Program to improve traffic safety in Texas • Highway Performance Plan: Specific data such as location, driver, vehicle, roadway, and causative factors is collected from the preceding year's accident data records files and are compiled and maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety. These data include health, injury, safety belt, and child passenger safety seat usage data from local and statewide observational surveys; emergency response data from the Texas Department of Health; and vehiclemiles-traveled information from TxDOT.
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Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation-Planning Appendix A: Example State Safety Initiatives WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • Alcohol-impaired driving • Aggressive driving • Bicycle safety • Pedestrian safety program • Child passenger safety • Distracted driving • Drowsy driving • Drug-impaired driving • Emergency medical services (EMS) • Large truck safety • Motorcycle safety • Occupant protection • Older drivers and mobility • Pedestrian safety • Pupil transportation safety • Rail crossing safety • Safe communities • Speeding drivers • Winter drivers • Young drivers 84
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