Strategy |
Focus/Emphasis Area |
Safe System Approach Objective |
Estimated Crash Reduction (crash types) |
Install Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) or similar person-activated beacons at enhanced crossings. |
Walking and rolling |
Safer roads |
10-56% (crashes harming people walking or rolling) |
Install median refuge islands to reduce crossing distances. |
Walking and rolling |
Safer roads |
26-31% (crashes harming people walking or rolling) |
Continue support for Safe Routes to School programs. |
Walking and rolling, Bicycling, Road-user age |
Safer people, Safer roads |
n/a |
Expand the network of buffered bicycle lanes, protected bicycle lanes and multi-use paths. |
Bicycling |
Safer roads |
36-59% (crashes harming people bicycling) |
Install or upgrade street lighting along roads and at intersections. |
Bicycling, Walking and rolling |
Safer roads, Safer speeds |
28-42% (all nighttime crashes) |
Install leading pedestrian intervals (LPIs) at intersections with traffic signals (adding an earlier signal phase for people walking and rolling, so they cross before people driving take off). |
Intersections, Walking and rolling |
Safer roads |
37-45% (crashes harming people walking or rolling) |
Install pedestrian countdown timers (PCTs) and accessible push-buttons at intersections with traffic signals. |
Intersections, Walking and rolling |
Safer roads |
70% (crashes harming people walking or rolling) |
Install green pavement markings to increase awareness of bicycle-lanes and reduce motor-vehicle/bicycle conflicts. |
Intersections, Bicycling |
Safer roads |
35-39% (crashes harming people bicycling) |
Narrow lane widths to encourage slower speeds, where feasible. |
Speeding |
Safer roads, Safer speeds |
n/a |
Implement speed enforcement programs (what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration calls "High Visibility Enforcement," or HVE). |
Speeding |
Safer roads, Safer speeds |
n/a |
Install automated speed enforcement cameras. |
Speeding, Intersections |
Safer speeds |
n/a |
Maintain and refine the SKATS Safety (Crash) Dashboards and High Injury Network Mapping available to the public and member agencies. |
Cross-cutting — planning and collaboration (a SKATS regional effort, complimenting the Safe Systems Approach) |
SS4A - Analysis and Collaboration |
n/a |
Establish an interagency safety committee. |
Cross-cutting — planning and collaboration (a SKATS internal effort, complimenting the Safe Systems Approach) |
SS4A - Analysis and Collaboration |
n/a |
Improve visibility of traffic lights and signs. Use high-visibility road markings and lane lines. |
Road-user age; Impairment-Distraction |
Safer Roads, Safer People |
20-30% (all crashes) |
Align updated crosswalks with bus stops and improve accessibility to stops. |
Walking and rolling |
Safer Roads, Safer People |
n/a |
Create an educational campaign targeting prevention of risky and illegal driver behaviors such as speeding, impaired driving, distracted driving, and drowsy driving. |
Impairment and distraction |
Safer Speeds, Safer People |
n/a |