Citation

Flores M, Park PY, Gardiner A, Nyen J. Case Stud. Transp. Policy 2015; 3(4): 372-381.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, World Conference on Transport Research Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cstp.2015.06.001

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Many jurisdictions have developed a high-level traffic safety policy document, such as the American "Strategic Highway Safety Plan" (SHSP) or the Canadian "Traffic Safety Action Plan" (TSAP). A SHSP and TSAP are both a scientific, data-driven, four to five year comprehensive safety document that is designed to identify a jurisdiction's areas of safety concern known as "emphasis areas" and establish target safety goals (i.e., collision reduction goal(s)) for each chosen emphasis area. A TSAP often includes additional information, such as network screening results and general safety strategies/programs for each chosen emphasis area. Most of the existing literatures focus on describing the process or outcome of the development of a state or province-level policy document and has little resources specifically for a small municipality. This study discusses the development of a TSAP for a small municipality through a case study for the City of Saskatoon. This study used the most recent ten years (2001-2010) of collision data in the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The study provides knowledge for those who wish to develop a TSAP by describing the process and highlighting the challenges in developing a TSAP for a small municipality.

Language: en