Safety

Safety matters to everyone, so DVRPC pursues an active, wide-ranging approach to improve it. Safety is incorporated in a great many of DVRPC's Work Program efforts, from safe routes to school, to use of technology for operations and incident management, to the Long-Range Plan and corridor studies. The broad Transportation Safety and Security program helps coordinate these efforts and also includes many specific tasks. The links below cover these tasks and provide access to additional outside resources.

Transportation Safety Projects and Programs

This page contains descriptions and reports from tasks within DVRPC's Transportation Safety and Security program. Some highlights are:

• 2009 Annual Crash Data Bulletin for the Delaware Valley - The annual safety bulletin provides a snapshot of road safety and crash trends in the nine counties of the Delaware Valley region and the nation, and highlights select emphasis areas from the Safety Action Plan.
• 2009 Safety Action Plan - Coordinates efforts to reduce traffic fatalities in the Delaware Valley through an implementation table that will continue to evolve with input from DVRPC's Regional Safety Task Force (RSTF)
• Road Safety Audits - Focused analysis to make high-crash road sections safer for all users, conducted in close coordination with municipalities, counties, and state agencies
• Legislative Initiatives – DVRPC held a New Jersey Legislative Symposium to help transportation safety professionals and legislators work together
• Security Planning – DVRPC seeks to enhance planning-level communication among efforts throughout the Delaware Valley to prepare the transportation system to deal with natural and manmade emergencies

Regional Safety Task Force

The Task Force is a multi-disciplinary team that meets regularly to share information and offer guidance to DVRPC's efforts. This page contains agendas, summaries, and presentations.

Safety Resources

This page contains important reports and links to help everyone stay on top of safety resources. It includes the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Strategic Highway Safety Plans.

Speaking with One Voice

This page includes established "tag lines" associated with local or national campaigns for most of the seven Emphasis Areas in the 2009 Safety Action Plan. (The two emphasis areas more oriented to engineering improvements, Keep Vehicles on the Roadway, and Improve Intersections, are not listed.)