What is a Safety Action Plan?

Transportation Safety Action Plan (SAP) is a strategic document designed to improve the safety of transportation systems. It typically includes the following elements:

Assessment of Current Safety Conditions: Analyzing data on transportation-related crashes involving vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists to identify trends and high-risk areas.
Goals and Objectives: Setting specific targets, such as reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries, often aligned with broader initiatives like Vision Zero.
Strategies and Actions: Outlining specific measures to enhance safety, including infrastructure improvements, policy changes, education campaigns, and enforcement strategies.
Implementation Plan: Detailing how the strategies will be executed, including timelines, responsible parties, and funding sources.
Monitoring and Evaluation: Establishing metrics to track progress and effectiveness, with regular updates and adjustments as needed.

These plans are crucial for securing federal funding under programs like the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant, which aims to create safer, multimodal transportation networks.

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Public Workshops

Virtual meeting on June 16 from 2-4 pm.

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Calendar

In Person meeting June 17 from 5:30-7:30 pm. at SECOG Office

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First Public Meeting Presentation

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Crash Data

Explore the Crash Data in the Southeastern CT Region Map Below

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Public Input Map

Below is a map where you can identify safety concerns at specific locations and provide comments.

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How will the Safety Action Plan be developed?

SECOG and its consultants will assess the region’s roadway conditions and analyze historic crash data to identify areas prone to accidents due to physical conditions or driver behaviors. They will collaborate with member municipalities and local residents to pinpoint areas of concern, such as high-risk corridors, intersections, or locations where bicyclists and pedestrians are particularly vulnerable. Based on these findings, SECOG will propose actions and improvements to enhance safety in these areas.

Why is the Safety Action Plan important?

Safety Action Plans document holistic, well-defined strategies to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries. SECOG’s Plan will recommend both location-specific improvements (for example, installing backplates to traffic signals to make them easier to see in all light conditions) and systemic approaches (for example, coordinating with partners to educate parents about car seat laws and hosting car seat clinics).

The plan will also include a map of recommended projects as well as an implementation timeline. Adopting a Safety Action Plan will make SECOG and its member municipalities eligible for project implementation funds through the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant program and other sources.

How can i learn more

As additional information about this project becomes available, it will be posted. Furthermore, a key component of the plan development will be the creation of an interactive mapping platform. This platform will display high crash locations and roadway characteristics, such as speed and traffic volume.

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