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TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IN THE PRESENT Kevin S. Murphy Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Transaction 2015
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Have past innovations in safety had an effect on what’s to come in the future? I think so: Safety Culture Data & Technology
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Safety Culture
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No loss of life is acceptable http://www.visionzeroinitiative.com/ http://www.visionzeroinitiative.com/ Vision Zero-Sweden Safety Culture
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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.”
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TOWARD ZERO DEATHS – NYC Vision Zero-NYC Safety Culture
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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
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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)
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Data & Technology
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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
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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
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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
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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
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HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV/STATICFILES/SAFETYTECH/ST_LANDING_CA.HTM Vehicle Safety Technologies Data and Technology Safercar.gov powered by NHTSA
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MERCEDES Vehicle Safety Technologies Data and Technology PRE-SAFE® A vision of the immediate future: Preparing for an accident before it happens.
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What does the future hold?
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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 19106-1520 215.238.2864 | www.dvrpc.orgwww.dvrpc.org
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