TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IN THE PRESENT Kevin S. Murphy Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Transaction 2015

Have past innovations in safety had an effect on what’s to come in the future? I think so: Safety Culture Data & Technology

Safety Culture

No loss of life is acceptable Vision Zero-Sweden Safety Culture

TOWARD ZERO DEATHS – NYC City Hall – 6 initiatives Police Department – 9 initiatives Department of Transportation – 23 initiatives Taxi & Limousine Commission – 16 initiatives Department of Citywide Administration Services – 4 initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – 5 initiatives Vision Zero-NYC Safety Culture New York City “The Vision Zero Action Plan is the City's foundation for ending traffic deaths and injuries on our streets.”

TOWARD ZERO DEATHS – NYC Vision Zero-NYC Safety Culture

TOWARD ZERO DEATHS-PA Toward Zero Deaths-Pennsylvania Safety Culture Working Toward Zero Deaths Through the PA Strategic Highway Safety Plan (including): Cultural change to respect safe driving & condemn unsafe/distracted driving Cost-effective, data-driven, science-based and proven effective strategies

Share The Keys-New Jersey Safety Culture Controlling the Keys and Lowering Your Teen’s Crash Risk Research based & data-driven, designed to reduce teen driver crash risks through parental involvement Promotes understanding and compliance of NJ’s Graduated Driver License (GDL)

Data & Technology

University of California, Berkeley TIMS: data and mapping analysis tools for traffic safety related research, policy and planning Requires an account/license agreement 7 tools! Web-mapping Data and Technology

MAPPING Web-mapping Data and Technology UK Department for Transport Campsall Owen, Road Safety Consultants Summary information about individual crashes available for purchase Web map free to the public

Highway Safety Manual presents a variety of methods for quantitatively estimating crash frequency or severity at a variety of locations Part APart A – Introduction, Human Factors, and Fundamentals of Safety; Part BPart B – Roadway Safety Management Process; Part CPart C – Predictive Methods; and Part DPart D – Crash Modification Factors. Analytical Tools Data and Technology

Event Data Recorder, aka the “black box” “It's in 96 percent of new cars sold in the United States, according to industry estimates.” Edmunds.com Event Data Recorder Data and Technology

Vehicle Safety Technologies Data and Technology Safercar.gov powered by NHTSA

MERCEDES Vehicle Safety Technologies Data and Technology PRE-SAFE® A vision of the immediate future: Preparing for an accident before it happens.

What does the future hold?

Thank you! Kevin S. Murphy | Assistant Manager, Safety Programs Office of Transportation Safety and Congestion Management Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission 190 N. Independence Mall West, 8 th Floor Philadelphia, PA |