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AASHTO Vision for Highway Safety

AASHTO Vision for Highway Safety. Joel McCarroll, P.E. AASHTO Chicago, Illinois July 28, 2009. AASHTO Safety Goal. In May 2008, the AASHTO Board of Directors established a Towards Zero Death safety goal. The goal is to reduce fatalities by half in 20 years. Outreach Efforts.

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AASHTO Vision for Highway Safety

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  1. AASHTO Vision for Highway Safety Joel McCarroll, P.E. AASHTO Chicago, Illinois July 28, 2009

  2. AASHTO Safety Goal In May 2008, the AASHTO Board of Directors established a Towards Zero Death safety goal. The goal is to reduce fatalities by half in 20 years.

  3. Outreach Efforts AASHTO has worked with other safety organizations to achieve a national consensus on the safety goal. The State Safety Partners (GHSA, IACP, AAMVA, and CVSA) have all adopted this goal or a similar goal. AASHTO is working to include the safety goal as a national safety goal in the new authorization. Development of a National Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

  4. Authorization Proposals Increased Funding for Safety Efforts Commitment to the Strategic Highway Safety Plan Effort National Center for Safety Excellence Performance Management Flexibility Research

  5. Internal Efforts Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety Subcommittee on Safety Management Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering (Safety Task Group) Subcommittee on System Operations and Management (VII, ITS) Standing Committee on Performance Management

  6. Subcommittee on Safety Management The goal of the Subcommittee is to support the national goal of reducing fatalities by half in 20 years. Task Groups Technical Information & Resources Technical Safety Publication Oversight & Outreach Oversight of National Strategic Highway Safety Plan Safety Data Systems & Analysis and Workforce Development Safety Informational Packages and Implementation of the SHSP Research

  7. Support for the HSM Completing the HSM and making it an AASHTO publication. Identifying data gaps and other user concerns for future editions of the HSM. Safety Analyst – AASHTOware

  8. Support for the HSM (Cont.) www.highwaysafetymanual.org will become an AASHTO maintained website. Research Support Keeping AMF/CRF’s up to date Developing new AMF/CRF’s where none exist today International and Domestic Scans to Identify New or Cutting Edge Solutions

  9. Other Safety Activities Updating the Series 500 Guides Promoting networking and information sharing: Standing Committees and Subcommittees Safety Leadership Forums http://safety.transportation.org

  10. AASHTO Contacts for Safety and the Highway Safety ManualKelly Hardykhardy@aashto.orgKen Kobetskykenk@aashto.orgJim McDonnelljimm@aashto.org

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