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.  
• 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

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
  
  
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