Texas
SHSP Key Components
Lead Agency:
Texas Department of Transportation
Time Period Plan Covers:
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Vision:
Texas envisions a future with zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Mission:
Texans will work together on the road to zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Emphasis Areas
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Data
Utilize data and information to communicate the dangers of distracted driving to teens, their parents, employers, public officials, and others.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Improve and increase enforcement capabilities for addressing distracted driving.
Engineering
Increase installation of engineering countermeasures known to reduce distracted driving.
Use technology to reduce distracted driving crashes, serious injuries, and fatalities.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Education
Increase education for all road users on the impact of impaired driving and its prevention.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase officer contacts with impaired drivers through regular traffic enforcement.
Increase data, training, and resources for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, toxicologists, judges, and community supervision personnel in the area of alcohol and/or other drugged-driving.
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Engineering
Expand intersection safety practices through planning, design, and implementation.
Reduce intersection violations.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase occupant restraint use through short term, high-visibility enforcement.
Education
Improve education and outreach efforts.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Prioritize efforts geographically and demographically based on lower use rates.
EA Type:
Other
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Data
Improve data collection and analysis techniques.
Incident Management/EMS
Increase and improve emergency responder training.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Facilitate current and future State and Metro TIM teams meetings.
Engineering
Utilize technology, policy, and available personnel to investigate and report crashes more efficiently to enable rapid crash scene clearance.
Identify and implement engineering solutions where possible to reduce response times.
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Engineering
Keep vehicles from encroaching on the roadside or opposite lane.
Minimize the consequences of vehicles leaving the road.
Minimize the likelihood of crashing in adverse conditions.
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Establish a target speed limits and road characteristics to reduce speeding on state, county & local roadways.
Data
Improve quality of crash data contributing factors related specifically to speed.
Leverage data to improve engineering, education, and enforcement.
EA Type:
Vulnerable Users
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Education
Improve driver and vulnerable road user safety awareness and behavior.
Engineering
Reduce vulnerable road user crashes on urban arterials and local roadways.
Improve vulnerable road user networks.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Develop strategic pedestrian safety plans tailored to local conditions.