Focused Approach States and MPOs

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✓		Arizona
✓		Maricopa Association of Governments
	✓	California
✓		Kern Council of Governments
✓		Sacramento Area Council of Governments
✓		San Diego Association of Governments
✓		San Joaquin Council of Governments
	✓	Southern California Association of Governments
	✓	Florida
	✓	Greater Tampa/St. Petersburg Region
	✓	Greater Orlando Region
✓		Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
	✓	Greater Miami Region
✓		North Florida TPO
✓		Louisiana
✓		Nevada
✓		Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
✓		New Mexico
✓		Mid-Region MPO
✓		Puerto Rico
✓		Puerto Rico Metropolitan Planning Organization
✓		South Carolina
✓		Texas
✓		Alamo Area

Since 2004, FHWA's Pedestrian and Bicyclist Focused Approach to Safety has been working with agencies around the country to aggressively reduce pedestrian and bicyclist deaths. These efforts include focusing extra resources on the planning organizations and States with a higher proportion of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities. The program originally focused on pedestrians but was expanded in 2015 to include bicyclists. In 2021, FHWA decided pedestrians and bicyclists should be treated separately and selected Focus Approach States and planning organizations based on current crash data analysis.

A complete summary of this and other noteworthy changes made with this update are documented and explained in the October 20, 2021, memorandum and recorded webinar. For more information on how the States and planning organizations were selected visit the Office of Safety's Focused Approach Website.

The Pedestrian and Bicyclist Focused Approach to Safety program also offers free technical assistance and courses to Focus Approach States and planning organizations and free quarterly webinars on pedestrian and bicyclist safety-related topics. The webinars are available for free to all who are interested in improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety. The latest webinar information, as well as past recorded webinars, are available on the “Webinar” tab on the menu.