Relevant Links

• FHWA Vision Zero Community of Practice
• Safe Streets and Roads for All Clearinghouse
• National Roadway Safety Strategy
• Safe Streets and Roads for All
• ITE Safe System
• ITE Vision Zero
• CSCRS Creating Safer Systems and Healthier Communities: Resource Hub
• NSC Safety for All Roadway Users
• MSU Center for Health and Safety Culture

Outreach Materials

• NEW How Do You Know You Have a Strong Road Safety Culture video shows what a strong organizational safety culture looks like through an illustration of two transportation agencies implementing their road improvement projects.
  • NEW Know Your Agency's Level of Road Safety Culture summarizes key points from the video and provides prompt questions for discussion and reflection. 
• The Safe System Approach Flyer describes the principles and core elements of the Safe System Approach; and the differences between the approach and traditional road safety practices.
• The Safe System Approach Video provides an overview of the approach through a scenario.  
• UPDATED The Safe System Approach Presentation provides an overview of the approach with discussions of its background, principles, core elements, and examples. The presentation contains speaker notes and background information and can also be used for train-the-trainer purposes.
• Public Roads Special Edition on the Safe System Approach elaborates on efforts to advance the Safe System Approach.
• Public Roads article The Role of Traffic Incident Management in the Safe System Approach explains the nexus between Traffic Incident Management and the Safe System Approach.
• Driving FoRRwD to a Safe System shows the connection between the Safe Systemic principles and the FoRRRwD pillars through a conversation between a County Engineer and a State Highway Safety Engineer. The video can be found in the “Videos” Section of the “FoRRRwD” webpage.
• Pedestrians at Crosswalks: What's Speed Got to Do With It? video explains the relationship between vehicle speeds, visibility of crossing pedestrians, and the driver's ability to come to a stop at crosswalks. The video also highlights several countermeasures that can be implemented to improve pedestrian crossing safety and reduce approaching vehicle speeds, such pedestrian refuge islands and curb extensions.
• STEP Countermeasures to Advance Vision Zero poster provides an overview of Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP).

Reports and Toolkits

• Safe System-based Framework and Analytical Methodology for Assessing Intersections Final Report provides a basis to assess intersection alternatives according to SSA principles, using a kinetic energy management approach. The report and tech brief are in the “Technical Materials and Research” section.
• Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists provides transportation agencies a base understanding of the Safe System approach and how it relates to bicycle and pedestrian safety. The document is in the “Resources” section.
• Lessons Learned from Development of Vision Zero Action Plans – This report summarizes the Vision Zero plan development processes of two communities – Daly City, CA and Macon-Bibb County, GA. It draws from their experiences and summarizes the common elements and principles applied, including those of the Vision Zero and Safe System Approaches. The report also includes a section on opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Integrating the Safe System Approach with the Highway Safety Improvement Program report presents areas of alignment between the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and the Safe System Approach; as well as opportunities, noteworthy practices, and next steps for safety stakeholders to advance implementation of the Safe System approach through HSIP.
• State and Local Alignment Toward Zero Traffic Deaths: To promote effective partnerships as a way to advance zero deaths efforts, the FHWA sponsored several State-based workshops where stakeholders discussed their safety priorities and strategies to achieve their shared goal of zero traffic deaths.
  • Texas Report
  • Florida Report
  • Colorado Report
• Vision Zero City Overviews
  • New York City, NY
  • San Francisco, CA
• Transportation Safety Planning and the Zero Deaths Vision: A Guide for Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Local Communities provides references to key information for Metropolitan Planning Organizations and local communities to understand and use the safety planning process to work toward the zero deaths vision.

Case Studies and Success Stories

Notable practices from States and Vision Zero communities:

• NEW Advancing Implementation of the SSA in the SHSP/HSIP – Alaska, Arkansas, and Massachusetts Case Studies
• SGF Yields: A Pedestrian Safety Program - Springfield, MO (Safe System implementation)
• Highway 316 Redesign - Hastings, MN (Safe System implementation)
• Rapid Response Program - Denver, CO (post-crash, infrastructure)
• Systemic Safety Analysis – San Diego, CA (data)
• Rainier Avenue South Redesign – Seattle, WA (infrastructure)
• Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force and Speed Limit Setting Report – California (partnerships)
• Safest Driver Contest – Boston, Massachusetts (behavioral)
• Media Campaign – Boulder, Colorado (communications and outreach)
• Walking Audits – Broward County, Florida (planning, partnerships, and public engagement)
• Traffic Safety Camera Program – Portland, Oregon (behavioral)
• Speed Management Projects – West Palm Beach, Florida (infrastructure)
• Milwaukee Avenue Rapid Delivery Approach – Chicago, IL (planning, implementation, and evaluation)
• Improved Nighttime Lighting – Fremont, CA (infrastructure)
• Fletcher Avenue Complete Streets Redesign – Hillsborough, FL (infrastructure)

Other Materials and Efforts

• A Safe System Guide for Transportation: Sharing this Approach to Lead Your Community to Action by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
• Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund Program led by the Montana DOT Pooled Fund Study TPF – 5 (309)
• NCHRP Projects
  • Advances in Safety Program Practices in Zero-Fatalities States
  • Successful Approaches for the Development of an Organization-Wide Safety Culture in Transportation Agencies
  • Roadmap for Implementing the TZD National Strategy on Highway Safety