Kansas
SHSP Key Components
Lead Agency:
Kansas Department of Transportation
Time Period Plan Covers:
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Vision:
Reach zero fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads in Kansas.
Mission:
Champion transportation safety on all public roads in Kansas through development and implementation of the DTZ Plan, collaboration amongst public and private sector partners, and growing a culture dedicated to continuously improving transportation safety.
Plan's Goals:
Safety and Security: Eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from traffic crashes. Transportation System Management: Maximize the safety performance of the existing system through investments that incorporate safety co-benefits. Asset Preservation: Address risks and maintain assets through investments that provide high value returns (reduction in loss of life) and make the best use of limited funds. Freight and Economic Vitality: Improve reliability and increase flexibility for safe, cost-efficient movement of people, goods, and information to strengthen the Kansas economy. Stewardship: Continuously improve the transportation system through partnerships and targeted improvements that provide safety benefits/ Workforce: Provide partners involved with transportation safety the tools, resources, and guidance they need to be successful.
Emphasis Areas
EA Type:
CMV/Heavy Vehicles
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – Context-Appropriate Design Guidance/Policies: Develop or update applicable policies and design guidance to consider context-appropriate design.
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Communications
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Post-Crash Care – Outreach to Prosecutors and Judicial Partners: Develop data integration and educational opportunities to ensure reckless drivers and habitual violators are held accountable for their actions.
Education
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Engineering
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
Safer Vehicles – Assessment of Vehicle Inspection Requirements: Research the relationship between vehicle inspection requirements and safety outcomes.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Communications
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer People – Impaired Driving Testing Improvements: Continue to improve testing for substances that impair driving.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Post-Crash Care – Outreach to Prosecutors and Judicial Partners: Develop data integration and educational opportunities to ensure reckless drivers and habitual violators are held accountable for their actions.
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Education
Safer People – Educational Initiatives on Proven Countermeasures: Create education outreach on VRUs and new advancements in proven engineering countermeasures.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – HRUR Program: Establish the High-Risk Urban Roads (HRUR) program, a continuation of prior systemic implementation processes.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – Context-Appropriate Design Guidance/Policies: Develop or update applicable policies and design guidance to consider context-appropriate design.
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – HRUR Program: Establish the High-Risk Urban Roads (HRUR) program, a continuation of prior systemic implementation processes.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – Context-Appropriate Design Guidance/Policies: Develop or update applicable policies and design guidance to consider context-appropriate design.
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Education
Safer People – Educational Initiatives on Proven Countermeasures: Create education outreach on VRUs and new advancements in proven engineering countermeasures.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Communications
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
EA Type:
Vulnerable Users
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Communications
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Vehicles – Assessment of Vehicle Inspection Requirements: Research the relationship between vehicle inspection requirements and safety outcomes.
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
EA Type:
Vulnerable Users
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Education
Safer People – Educational Initiatives on Proven Countermeasures: Create education outreach on VRUs and new advancements in proven engineering countermeasures.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – HRUR Program: Establish the High-Risk Urban Roads (HRUR) program, a continuation of prior systemic implementation processes.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – Context-Appropriate Design Guidance/Policies: Develop or update applicable policies and design guidance to consider context-appropriate design.
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Communications
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Vehicles – Assessment of Vehicle Inspection Requirements: Research the relationship between vehicle inspection requirements and safety outcomes.
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Communications
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer People – Safety Corridor Pilot Program: Continue and enhance the ongoing Safety Corridor Pilot Program through 2028.
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – HRUR Program: Establish the High-Risk Urban Roads (HRUR) program, a continuation of prior systemic implementation processes.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – Context-Appropriate Design Guidance/Policies: Develop or update applicable policies and design guidance to consider context-appropriate design.
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Post-Crash Care – Outreach to Prosecutors and Judicial Partners: Develop data integration and educational opportunities to ensure reckless drivers and habitual violators are held accountable for their actions.
Communications
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
EA Type:
Vulnerable Users
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Education
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Communications
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.
Safer Vehicles – Assessment of Vehicle Inspection Requirements: Research the relationship between vehicle inspection requirements and safety outcomes.
EA Type:
Ped/Bike
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
- Safer People: Encourage safe, responsible driving behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.
- Safer Vehicles: Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
- Safer Roads: Design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate travel by the most vulnerable road users.
- Safer Speeds: Promote safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, targeted education, outreach campaigns, and enforcement.
- Post-Crash Care: Enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management practices.
Education
Safer People – Educational Initiatives on Proven Countermeasures: Create education outreach on VRUs and new advancements in proven engineering countermeasures.
Safer People – Traffic Safety Culture Initiative: Develop culture-based educational and ad campaigns focused on “pro-social” or “social norming” messaging and an index to track cultural changes over time.
Post-Crash Care – Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Improvements/Program Expansion: Develop targeted training materials for high-risk corridors and update training materials for emerging topics.
Communications
Safer Vehicles – Advanced Vehicle Safety Feature Promotion: Promote understanding and adoption of proven vehicle safety features.
Safer Speeds – Speed Feedback Sign Program: Promote speed management resources, such as speed feedback signs, for use by local jurisdictions and law enforcement.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Safer Vehicles – Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Readiness: Support ongoing efforts to prepare Kansas roads for AV pilots.
Safer Vehicles – Connected Vehicle (CV) Enhancements and Pilots: Support CV (e.g., vehicle-to-infrastructure [V2I] and vehicle-to-everything [V2X]) deployments as relating to crash prevention and incident response.
Safer Roads – “Safety Co-Benefits” across Transportation Programs: Enhance and improve incorporation of safety co-benefits into existing transportation programs and/or processes beyond traditional safety set-asides.
Safer Roads – HRUR Program: Establish the High-Risk Urban Roads (HRUR) program, a continuation of prior systemic implementation processes.
Safer Roads – Prioritizing Implementation of Local Safety Plans: Provide technical and funding support to localities and MPOs for implementing and coordinating recommendations from previous safety planning efforts (e.g., LRSPs, Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) studies, and SS4A Action Plans).
Safer Roads – Context-Appropriate Design Guidance/Policies: Develop or update applicable policies and design guidance to consider context-appropriate design.
Safer Roads – KDOT District Safety Plans: Develop a safety plan for state system roads and highways in each of the KDOT districts.
Safer Speeds – KDOT Speed Policies and Practices: Review speed-related policies and practices and determine changes as needed.
Safer Speeds – Transition Zone Effectiveness: Develop guidance for providing visual or physical cues for speed reduction zones in rural-to-urban transition areas.
Incident Management/EMS
Post-Crash Care – Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD-to-CAD) Interoperability: Identify and implement areas of improvement in CAD interoperability to improve crash response.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Safer Speeds – Safety Camera Pilot: Establish a pilot program to test safety cameras to support enforcement activities.
Data
Post-Crash Care – Linking Crash, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Trauma Data: Continue efforts to link crash, EMS, and trauma data.
Post-Crash Care – Assessment of Timeliness and Quality of Care: Improve understanding of geographies where response time or quality of care could be improved.
Engineering
Safer Speeds – Excessive Speeding Initiative: Assess extent and locations of excessive speeding and support educational and policy initiatives to curb this issue.