1. Mell Henderson, Director of Transportation & Michael Briggs, Transportation Planner Mid-America Regional Council

2. The Kansas City Region

3. Population Source: U.S. Census and MARC

4. Road Network Characteristics Over 7,900 miles of public streets Rank: 5 th per capita

5. Travel Mode Source: MARC 2004 Regional Household Travel Survey

6. Congestion Levels Percent of Travel in Congested Conditions Source: Texas Transportation Institute

7. MARC’s Role as MPO

8. Policy Framework Regional Goal Create a region where the quality of life rises for everyone

9. Policy Framework Transportation Goals Support a healthy, strong, regional economy Maximize access to opportunity for all area residents Support a quality built and natural environment Promote the safety and well being of the traveling public

10. Data Needs Demographics/community characteristics Transportation system characteristics Transportation system performance

11. Crash Data One type of system performance data Why planners need the data? “Untraditional” planning data No matter the data – do something

12. Crash Data

13. Tier 1 National & State Data Sources National Highway Traffic Safety Administration FARS Web-based Encyclopedia State DOTs Advantages Provides direction/priorities Large amount of information & topics Challenges Not specific to region

14. National & State Data

16. Things to Do Host a Planning It Safe Forum Initiate conversation with safety partners Support national campaigns locally Host Safe Routes to School Workshop Co-sponsor Midwest Bike/Ped Conference Host Safety Conscious Planning Course

17. Tier 2 Regional & County Data Sources State DOTs You! Advantages Paints regional picture of transportation safety Challenges Combining states’ data No adopted national standard

18. Regional & County Data Metropolitan Kansas City Motor Vehicle Crashes Number of Crashes

19. Regional & County Data Pedestrian Crashes Percentage of All Motor Vehicle Crashes 1998-2002

20. Regional & County Data Things to Do Continue to engage safety partners Begin analysis – white papers Establish baselines and examine trends Conduct regional initiative Make the data personal Develop legislative platform Develop measurable goals

21. Tier 3 Location-Specific Data Sources State DOTs Local jurisdictions Advantages Allows corridor analysis Specific examples or case studies Challenges “Geocoding” Accuracy of location information

22. Location-Specific Data

23. Things to Do Calculate crash rates Forecasting safety? Examine by area type Use with other types of data Keep engaging safety partners Target enforcement activities Target education activities Engineering audits

24. Crash DataMARC’s Program MARC’s Three-Tier Approach

25. For more information contact: Mell Henderson: mellh@marc.org Michael Briggs: mbriggs@marc.org Mid-America Regional Council 600 Broadway, Suite 300 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 (816) 474-4240