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					SHSP Key Components
									**Lead Agency:**
						Connecticut Department of Transportation
        
									**Time Period Plan Covers:**
						2017
-2021
				
        					**Vision:**
						All users of Connecticut’s transportation system will arrive safely at their destinations.
				
        					**Mission:**
						Provide a safe transportation system by using partnerships to coordinate education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency response initiatives.
				
        					**Plan's Goals:**
						Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads in Connecticut 15 percent by 2021. (This reduction will be measured between the 5-year moving average for 2010-2014 and the 5-year moving average for 2017-2021.)
		
    			**View State's SHSP**
		
					Emphasis Areas
        **Critical Roadway Locations**

        **EA Type:**
      	Infrastructure**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	Intersection fatality and serious injury objective: Decrease fatalities and serious injuries 20 percent over the 5-year period of the SHSP (ending in 2021). This will result in preventing 209 combined fatalities and serious injuries per year.Roadway Departure fatality and serious injury objective: Decrease fatalities and serious injuries 20 percent over the 5-year period of the SHSP (ending in 2021). This will result in preventing 126 combined fatalities and serious injuries per year.**Strategies (by type):**Engineering
    Identify and implement low-cost, systemic safety countermeasures, and implement location-specific and proven safety countermeasures on Connecticut’s State, local, and Tribal roads.
    Identify and implement spot location-based safety countermeasures on Connecticut’s State, local, and Tribal roads using the Suggested List of Surveillance Study Sites (SLOSSS) process.
    Incorporate safety elements and countermeasures into all roadway and intersection project designs and maintenance improvements.
    Support and strengthen engineering solutions that can affect driver behaviors that contribute to roadway departure and intersection crashes (e.g., speeding, traffic signal violations).
  Education
    Improve driver awareness and compliance with traffic control devices.
    Provide education, training, and outreach to safety stakeholders and the public about roadway departure and intersection safety through the Safety Circuit Rider and other similar programs.        
      **Driver Behavior – Aggressive Driving**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the number of speed-related fatalities from the 5-year (2010-2014) moving average of 82 in 2014 to a 5-year (2014-2018) moving average of 76 in 2018.**Strategies (by type):**Education
    Support statewide police traffic enforcement training such as Speed Management, Safe Communities, Work Zone Safety and Data Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS).
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Purchase speed measuring devices for law enforcement agencies to use during speed enforcement.
    Support High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) events that address speed and aggressive driving.
    Use Law Enforcement Liaisons (LEL) to link the Highway Safety Office, law enforcement agencies and other safety partners. LELs assist in organizing enforcement efforts and helping police agencies with other traffic safety activities.        
      **Driver Behavior – Distracted Driving**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	To maintain or increase the number of police agencies participating in High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) distracted driving enforcement from 50 in 2016 to 60 in 2018.**Strategies (by type):**Education
    Educate the driving public regarding the dangers of distracted driving through media campaigns, public awareness campaigns, grassroots outreach and public information campaigns, and educational programs.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Increase enforcement especially High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) of Connecticut’s hand-held mobile phone ban for drivers. The number of citations written during grant funded overtime for hand-held mobile phone use will be used as a tracking measure for this strategy.        
      **Driver Behavior – Substance-Involved Driving**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	To decrease alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (BAC of 0.08 or higher) from the 5-year (2010-2014) moving average of 107 in 2014 by 5 percent to a 5-year (2014-2018) moving average of 102 in 2018.To decrease alcohol-related driving serious injuries from the 5-year (2010-2014) moving average of 130 in 2014 by 5 percent to a 5-year (2014-2018) moving average of 124 in 2018.To increase the number of Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) practitioners in Connecticut from 31 in 2016 to 45 in 2018.**Strategies (by type):**Education
    Increase law enforcement recognition and conviction of various types of impaired driving beyond alcohol impairment by providing Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training.
    Increase the number of certified Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) Practitioners and Instructors by providing ongoing statewide coordination of SFST training to law enforcement.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Increase successful prosecution and conviction of DUI offenders, which will lower the percent of adjudications resulting in verdicts other than guilty.
    Increase the number of cooperating law enforcement agencies participating in high-visibility regional driving under the influence (DUI) enforcement.
    Increase the number of law enforcement agencies receiving impaired driving enforcement grants beyond the 76 that participated in 2016.
    Support all national high-visibility impaired driving holiday mobilizations by providing funding for overtime enforcement and media buys.        
      **Driver Behavior – Unrestrained Occupants**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the number of unrestrained occupants in fatal crashes from the 5-year (2010-2014) moving average of 64 in 2014 by 10 percent to a 5-year (2014-2018) moving average of 58 in 2018.To increase the statewide observed seat belt use rate from 85.4 percent in 2015 to 88 percent or above in 2018.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Support the Highway Safety Office’s Seatbelt Initiatives Working Group Committee to help increase Connecticut’s belt use rate.
  Education
    Communicate the importance and correct use of child restraint systems through educational programs, outreach events, and public information campaigns.
    Coordinate a comprehensive media campaign to include paid and earned media targeting high-risk groups (e.g., young males and pick‐up truck operators). Safety belt messages and images will include “Buckle Up CT” and “Click It or Ticket.”
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Conduct seat belt observation surveys before and after enforcement waves to measure the enforcement effects and to determine the statewide safety belt use rate.
    Participate in the National High Visibility Enforcement of safety belt and child safety seat enforcement mobilization: “Click It or Ticket” (CIOT) as well as sustained seat belt enforcement using statewide safety belt enforcement checkpoints and roving/saturation patrols during both day and night-time hours.        
      **Motorcyclist Safety**

        **EA Type:**
      	Vulnerable Users**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	Decrease the number of motorcyclist fatalities from the 5-year moving average of 50 in 2014 to an average of 47 in 2018.Decrease the number of unhelmeted fatalities from the 5-year moving average of 29 in 2014 to an average of 27 in 2018.Decrease the percentage of fatally injured motorcycle operators with BACs greater than or equal to 0.01 by 5 percent from the 5-year moving average of 40 percent in 2013, to an average of 38 percent in 2017.**Strategies (by type):**Education
    Conduct a targeted media campaign informing riders of the dangers of riding impaired. This campaign None for the Road will employ a web video bus boards and brochures. It will also be promoted through rider education courses at dealerships and in local rider organizations.
    Conduct a targeted media campaign promoting helmet use by all riders, not just the young riders covered under the existing law.
    Continue to expand motorcycle rider education programs specifically the Connecticut Rider Education Program (CONREP), by updating curriculum to focus on rider responsibility and risk awareness.
    Maintain a website www.ride4ever.org aimed at changing unsafe riding behaviors.        
      **Non-Motorized Road Users – Pedestrians, Bicyclists**

        no result**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	Pedestrians: Decrease pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries 15 percent over the 5-year period of the SHSP (ending in 2021). This will result in preventing 32 combined pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries per year.Bicyclists: Decrease bicyclist fatalities and serious injuries 15 percent over the 5-year period of the SHSP (ending in 2021). This will result in preventing 10 combined bicyclist fatalities and serious injuries per year.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Aim to reduce distraction by all road users.
    Allocate a designated percent of safety-related funding for pedestrian and bicycle crash locations.
    Renew the Safe Routes to Schools program.
  Engineering
    Consider road diets, single-lane roundabouts, refuge islands, bike facilities, countdown and accessible pedestrian signals, sidewalks and traffic calming designs on State, local, and Tribal roadways.
    Create methods and plans to improve environments along all public roadways for safe walking and bicycling through implementation of engineering treatments, land-use planning and system wide countermeasures.
    Identify and study areas with high incidences of non-motorized serious injuries and/or fatalities. Include recommended countermeasures on a location-specific basis.
  Education
    Improve public awareness of non-motorized users and methods to promote the safety of non-motorized users.
    Increase attention to non-motorized safety issues at the State, local and private levels.
    Increase involvement at the State, local and private level to ensure that all users understand non-motorized safety laws and practices.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Ensure law enforcement is properly trained in the enforcement of safe use of roadways by non-motorized users.
    Promote the use of traffic enforcement to increase compliance with traffic safety laws by all road users.
  Data
    Determine causes of non-motorized crashes through improved data collection and enhanced data analysis.
  Incident Management/EMS
    Improve the emergency response to pedestrians and bicyclists involved in crashes, including the ability of the general public to assist victims until EMT personnel arrive.        
      **Other Topics – Special Environments**

        **EA Type:**
      	Other**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.**Strategies (by type):**no strategy        
      **Other Topics – Special Vehicle Types**

        **EA Type:**
      	CMV/Heavy Vehicles**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.**Strategies (by type):**no strategy        
      **Traffic Incident Management**

        **EA Type:**
      	Incident Management/EMS**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	To promote the safety of all transportation users by reducing secondary crashes and associated fatalities and serious injuries caused by traffic incidents.To increase participation of first responder personnel in incident management training by 50 percent by 2021.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Evaluate expansion of ITS infrastructure to additional regional corridors based on prioritized need.
    Identify staffing needs and training resources for CTDOT staff and emergency responders.
    Include Weather Responsive Traffic Management (WRTM) strategies, such as Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS).
  Education
    Continue to conduct public awareness programs to support effective on-scene traffic incident management by road users.
    Promote best practices for traffic incident management and provide accessibility to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) tools.
    Support regular multi-disciplinary TIM training and exercises.
  Data
    Support the development and tracking of TIM performance metrics following national standards and definitions.
  Incident Management/EMS
    Conduct After-Action Reviews to improve response and scene management.
    Establish a statewide TIM program with a lead agency to administer clearly defined responsibilities that meet the requirements of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
    Implement a statewide NIMS-based Unified Response Manual (URM).
    Improve Traveler Information to the media and public.
    Reduce incident duration, which is achieved through (a) reducing the time to detect incidents, (b) initiating an expedient and appropriate response, and (c) clearing the incident as quickly as possible.        
      **Young Drivers**

        **EA Type:**
      	Vulnerable Users**Goals:**
      	The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.**Objectives:**
      	To decrease the number of drivers aged 20 or younger involved in fatal crashes from the 5-year (2010-2014) moving average of 23 in 2014 to a 5-year (2014-2018) moving average of 21 in 2018.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Improve laws and regulations for young drivers who are not subject to Connecticut’s Graduated Driver License (GDL) restrictions. (Other young drivers, ages 18-25)
    Improve laws and regulations that are driven by enhanced stakeholder collaboration to enhance teen safety. (Novice drivers ages 16 and 17)
  Education
    Develop statewide communications strategies to increase the involvement of parents and the general public in encouraging safer teen drivers. (Novice drivers ages 16 and 17)
    Develop strategies to address risky driving behavior exhibited by young drivers through enhanced media, education, and enforcement of applicable laws. (Other young drivers, ages 18-25)
		
    			Participants/Stakeholders
        State Gov't - Department of Transportation
    Connecticut Department of Transportation
  State Gov't - Motor Vehicle Administration Agency
    Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
  State Gov't - Education
    Connecticut Department of Education
  State Gov't - EMS
    Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
  State Gov't - Public Health/Human Services
    Connecticut Department of Public Health
  State Gov't - Other
    Division of Criminal Justice
    Judicial Branch
    Legislative Commission on Aging
  Regional Planning Agency
    Northeastern CT COG
    Western CT COG
  Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Capitol Region Council of Governments (COG)
    Naugatuck Valley COG
    Southeastern Connecticut COG
  Regional Transportation Agency
    Greater Hartford Transit District
  Tribal Gov't
    Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
    Mohegan Tribe
  Local Gov't (county, city, town)
    City of Stamford
    Town of Canton
    Town of Durham
    Town of East Hartford
    Town of Groton
    Town of Manchester
    Town of New Milford
    Town of Stafford
    Town of Watertown
    Town of West Hartford
  Local EMS/Fire/Rescue
    Cheshire Fire Rescue
    West Haven Fire Department
  Local Law Enforcement
    Cheshire Police Department
    Clinton Police Department
    Enfield Police Department
    Fairfield Police Department
    Hartford Police Department
    Naugatuck Police Department
    Norwich Police Department
    Somers Police Department
    Stafford Police Department
    Stamford Police Department
    Westport Police Department
  Federal Gov't - Transportation
    FHWA
    FMCSA
    NHTSA
  LTAP/TTAP
    Connecticut Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
  University/Transportation Research
    University of Connecticut
  Advocacy/Non-Profit
    AARP Connecticut
    Bike Walk Connecticut
    Connecticut Cycling Advancement Program
    Connecticut Main Street Center
    Connecticut Motorcycle Riders Association
    Farmington Valley Trails Council
    MADD Connecticut
    Towing and Recovery Professionals of Connecticut
  Hospital/Medical
    Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Hospital
  Private Company
    AAA Allied
    AAA Northeast
    Leidos, Inc.
    Private Consulting Companies U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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