Transportation Safety Projects and Programs
2012 Safety Action Plan (SAP)
The 2012 Transportation Safety Action Plan defines seven safety emphasis areas, lists a range of strategies for each, and provides a focused recommendations table to reduce fatalities. The Safety Action Plan was developed with guidance from the multidisciplinary Regional Safety Task Force and is closely coordinated with the Pennsylvania and New Jersey strategic highway safety plans. Each meeting of the Regional Safety Task Force will include reporting back on progress on the implementation table. The Safety Action Plan will be updated regularly.
Archived Safety Action Plans
Safety Programs and Studies
Annual Crash Data Bulletins and Newsletters
- 2012 Regional Crash Data Bulletin - DVRPC's annual safety bulletin provides a snapshot of road safety and crash trends in the nine counties of the Delaware Valley region and the nation, and highlights select emphasis areas from the Safety Action Plan. The goal of the bulletin is to raise awareness of traffic crashes, discuss causal factors, and promote programs and agencies working toward improving safety.
- 2012 County Data Bulletins
Archived Regional Crash Data Bulletins
2011 County Crash Data Bulletins
Local and County Roads Safety Newsletter
Safety Studies
Congestion and Crash Site Analysis Program/Intersection Safety Program
Through crash reduction techniques, signal optimization, and geometric improvements, this effort addresses locations where a demonstrated crash history and congestion are compromising operations. Candidate sites from New Jersey and Pennsylvania are selected through a data-driven collaborative process coordinated with county partners.
Road Safety Audits (RSAs)
Through a collaborative approach utilizing an interdisciplinary audit team, this program generates safety improvement recommendations for roadway segments with a demonstrated history of, or a potential for crashes. Emphasis is placed on identifying low-cost, quick- turnaround safety improvement recommendations. The RSA event typically lasts between one and three days and includes a combination of data evaluation and field work. The success of this program is drawn from the combination of local knowledge and professional experience of the audit team members.
Roosevelt Boulevard
PA 100 Safety Study
Crash Data Review of Rail At-Grade Crossings in the Delaware Valley
The Delaware Valley has a robust network of rail-freight and rail-transit on both sides of the river. Many of these lines cross the roadway network at-grade, at which point the traveling public must yield the right-of-way. This two-phase effort examines the Pennsylvania and New Jersey crash databases for crash trends both between trains and motor vehicles, and between motor vehicles occurring in proximity of at-grade rail crossings. This effort presents the first ever examination of crash trends related to rail activity using the crash databases as the sole reference. This work provides an order of magnitude of these types of crashes in the region, and reveals useful insights on how these crashes are regarded in the databases.
Legislative Initiatives
DVRPC's safety program recognizes the role new and changing legislation plays in the goal of reducing the number and severity of crashes. Legislative initiatives are often the focus of presentations to the Regional Safety Task Force. DVRPC's safety team collaborates with members of the Task Force on ways to recognize and advance legislative initiatives that support DVRPC's Regional Safety Action Plan, and generally promote safe transportation.
New Jersey Transportation Safety Legislative Symposium
This event, held on July 25, 2008 in central New Jersey, successfully facilitated a discussion between safety practitioners and legislators and provided an opportunity to learn about new and advancing legislation, as well as other safety projects and programs. The success of this event set the stage for future legislative initiatives to promote transportation safety, the goals of the Regional Safety Action Plan and DVRPC's safety program.
- Agenda [1.7 MB pdf]
- Video
- More Information [0.1 MB pdf]