Transportation Safety Planning Working Group
The Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (TSPWG), formerly known as the Safety Conscious Planning Working Group, is an informal, ad hoc group of safety and planning professionals. The group began in May 2000 to identify strategies for moving forward on the integration of safety into the long range transportation planning process to reduce the number and severity of crashes on the nation's roadways. Since that time, TSPWG has also added advocacy for the development of Strategic Highway Safety Plans as required by SAFETEA-LU to its plate. It meets every 2-3 months and enjoys representation from professional member organizations such as AASHTO, GHSA, etc., the private sector, academe, the research community, and several federal agencies.
The original purpose of the group was to brainstorm ideas on how to accomplish safety conscious planning. After the first brainstorming session, a limited number of the suggested activities were selected for further pursuit. These included providing a forum for the exchange of information (now known as Transportation Safety Planning forums) and developing a model workshop on safety planning.
TSPWG continues to meet periodically to develop ideas, foster and encourage activities, and gather and exchange information. This website provides ongoing information about these activities along with up-to-date safety planning information, best practices, research results, and safety champions pursuing safety integration into long and short range transportation plans and the development of Strategic Highway Safety Plans.
For more information, visit the TSPWG website.
Links & Documents
Working Committee Partners
- AASHTO
- American Automobile Association AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- American Public Transportation Association
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Federal Transit Administration
- Institute of Transportation Engineers
- Governors Highway Safety Association
- National Association of Regional Councils
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR)
- Transportation Research Board
Other Organizations
- National Technical Information Service (Department of Commerce)
- Centers for Disease Control National Bicycle Safety Network
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- Work Zone Safety Information Clearing House
- Midwest States Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative
- Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
- Roadway Safety Foundation
Training
Tools/Documents
- Implementing the Strategic Highway Safety Plan
- Safety Analyst
- Safety Management Systems: A Synthesis of Highway Practice (NCHRP Synthesis 322)
- Integrated Safety Management Process (NHCPR Report 501)
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