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					SHSP Key Components
									**Lead Agency:**
						Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
        
									**Time Period Plan Covers:**
						2018
-2022
				
        					**Vision:**
						Alaska’s VISION is Toward Zero Deaths and Serious Injuries so all public roadway users arrive safely at their destination.
				
        					**Mission:**
						To improve the safety of all roadway users through a collaborative approach that focuses resources on the most effective solutions using evidence-based engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response initiatives.
				
        					**Plan's Goals:**
						Using a five-year rolling average, the goal for the overall plan is to reduce fatalities from 79 in 2017 to 67 in 2022 and serious injuries from 392 in 2016 to 331 in 2022.
		
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					Emphasis Areas
        **Driver Behavior**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**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):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Pursue programs to ensure enhanced occupant protection – Ensure child seat programs such as the booster seat program and child passenger safety are funded and continue.
    Pursue programs to ensure outreach and education to young drivers – Initiate the groundwork for implementation of a mandatory Alaska Driver’s Education program that focuses on the state’s unique driving environment and challenges facing road users.
    Reduce the number of aging road user involved fatal and serious injury crashes – Expand the Car Fit program statewide and promote how it can help aging road users be safe behind the wheel.
    Reduce the number of aging road user involved fatal and serious injury crashes – Update the procedures for assessing medical fitness to drive and designate the responsible party as medical professionals, family, DMV, and law enforcement.
    Reduce the number of impaired driving fatal and serious injury crashes – Conduct a review of current mandatory server/seller program and work with the State and local restaurant/bar association to improve the effectiveness of the program in preventing over serving.
    Reduce the number of impaired driving fatal and serious injury crashes – Determine the feasibility of establishing a screening and brief intervention program for individuals injured in alcohol-related crashes and/or convicted of an impaired driving offense.
    Reduce the number of impaired driving fatal and serious injury crashes – Determine the shortcomings in the current ignition interlock program and make recommendations for improvements.
    Reduce the number of impaired driving fatal and serious injury crashes – Identify solutions to improve the collection and quality of data on distracted driving.
  Education
    Pursue programs to ensure enhanced occupant protection – Target low seat belt users for education programs.
    Pursue programs to ensure outreach and education to young drivers – Implement media education to curtail risky driving behavior of young males.
    Pursue programs to ensure outreach and education to young drivers – Implement programs to encourage young people to speak up if someone is drinking and driving and other risky behaviors, i.e., seat belt use, texting and driving, etc.
    Pursue programs to ensure outreach and education to young drivers – Promote and educate young drivers and parents on Alaska’s graduated drivers licensing law and work with law enforcement and the judiciary to ensure greater compliance.
    Reduce the number of aging road user involved fatal and serious injury crashes – Promote alternative transportation options to enable aging road users to get to where they need to go.
    Reduce the number of aging road user involved fatal and serious injury crashes – Provide information to visitors, particularly those age 65+, about the differences of driving in Alaska and how to be safe on the roadway.
    Reduce the number of aging road user involved fatal and serious injury crashes – Work with nonprofits to educate older drivers and inform them of services and other programs, such as Car Fit, that can help them be safe and mobile.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Pursue programs to ensure enhanced occupant protection – Implement high visibility enforcement of occupant safety laws including the non-use of child passenger safety.
    Reduce the number of impaired driving fatal and serious injury crashes – Encourage the continued use of saturation patrols in urban areas when possible.
    Reduce the number of impaired driving fatal and serious injury crashes – Pursue increased enforcement and prioritized prosecution of drivers who crash due to impairment or distraction with increased penalties – particularly for drivers who hit special users.        
      **Roadways**

        **EA Type:**
      	Infrastructure**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):**Engineering
    Implement HSIP qualified projects – Improve roadway safety through HSIP qualified activities and projects.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury Intersection crashes – Complete research on red light camera feasibility and the use of other automated enforcement techniques.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury Intersection crashes – Continue research on improving skid resistant crosswalk paint and high friction treatments and develop a policy when appropriate.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury Intersection crashes – Develop a priority system/tool to forecast upgrades and other changes at signalized and unsignalized intersections and roundabouts.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury Intersection crashes – Review the current state of practice, determine the need to update 1190, and develop ways to manage access points particularly on heavily traveled highways.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Conduct systemic safety analysis and implement projects where appropriate, i.e., surface treatment to prevent crashes, Safety Edge where feasible, upgrades to signing, delineation of roadway curves, widening of shoulders, flatten roadside slopes, passing and turn lanes, and improving clear zones.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Develop a statewide policy on the availability and construction of turnouts and improve existing turnouts to improve safety.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Install median barriers or buffers to protect pedestrians.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Review and revise state policy to determine the need to install medians and other barriers (multilane and divided highways) to provide better separation between traffic in opposing directions.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Revise the current policy on rumble strips to expand their use including centerline and shoulder rumble strips as needed.
  Education
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Produce a coordinated statewide public communication effort on lane departure crash reduction efforts.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury lane departure crashes – Use 511 and traveler information systems to disseminate roadway safety messages.
  Data
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury animal-vehicle crashes – Implement public facing data access to improve crash data analysis and distribution of data on Alaska specific issues to users.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury animal-vehicle crashes – Improve crash data collection procedures and methods including real-time data.
    Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury animal-vehicle crashes – Improve monitoring of and links to other transportation data including trauma registry data, prosecution, and adjudication, vehicle and driver information, etc.
    Utilize data and information data systems to improve traffic safety – Implement public facing data access to improve crash data analysis and distribution of data on Alaska specific issues to users.
    Utilize data and information data systems to improve traffic safety – Improve crash data collection procedures and methods including real-time data.
    Utilize data and information data systems to improve traffic safety – Improve monitoring of and links to other transportation data including trauma registry data, prosecution, and adjudication, vehicle and driver information, etc.        
      **Special Users**

        **EA Type:**
      	Vulnerable Users**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):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Reduce the number of bicycles fatal and serious injury crashes – Update the DOT&PF policy to build cycle tracks, and bike paths separate from traffic versus the use of sharrows (a shared lane marking indicating the area for cycling) where possible.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Clarify and strengthen language in driver’s manual on sharing the road with bicycles, pedestrians, motorcycles, and trucks.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Encourage local communities to develop policies and designs that address non-motorized users.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Encourage local laws or ordinances to increase the fine for distracted driving in high pedestrian and bicycle crash locations.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Encourage local laws, ordinances, and implementation of physical structures that decrease speeds in high crash locations.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Explore the development of a Safe Routes for Seniors Program.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Explore the inclusion, if necessary, of bicycle and pedestrian questions on the licensing exam.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Investigate the development of a statewide bicycle and pedestrian task force.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Review and revise statewide policy on snow and brush removal/ice safety, including a requirement for property owners to clear pedestrian walkways, and access to bus stops.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Update the state’s policies and designs to cover all users including non-motorized.
  Engineering
    Implement education/awareness practices to enhance motorcyclist safety – Increase the visibility of motorcycle operators and increase their use of protective equipment.
    Reduce the number of off-road vehicle (ATV/snowmobile) fatal and serious injury crashes – Increase the visibility of off-road vehicles operators and increase their use of protective equipment.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Conduct audits in locations where there are high numbers of pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injury crashes.
  Education
    Implement education/awareness practices to enhance motorcyclist safety – Develop public safety campaigns that point out successes in special user groups such as motorcyclists who are less likely to be in drinking crashes. To learn from what’s going right.
    Implement education/awareness practices to enhance motorcyclist safety – Encourage returning motorcycle riders to get refresher training and attend Beginning Riders Course II or advanced riding course.
    Implement education/awareness practices to enhance motorcyclist safety – Identify corridors that are most heavily used by motorcycle riders as a way to focus education and enforcement efforts.
    Implement education/awareness practices to enhance motorcyclist safety – Promote rider education and licensing of all motorcycle riders
    Implement education/awareness practices to enhance motorcyclist safety – Raise awareness of motorcyclists’ safety needs among motorists.
    Reduce the number of bicycles fatal and serious injury crashes – Develop a bicycle education campaign that includes helmet use for children (<19).
    Reduce the number of bicycles fatal and serious injury crashes – Implement bike safety courses taught by instructors certified by the League of American Bicyclists.
    Reduce the number of off-road vehicle (ATV/snowmobile) fatal and serious injury crashes – Develop an off-road vehicle education campaign that includes helmet use for children (<19).
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Develop a pedestrian safety campaign that is relevant to Alaska Natives.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Educate bicyclists and pedestrians to promote the use of high visibility gear to make sure motorists can see them.
    Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes – Promote school education and other efforts to underscore issues surrounding trucks and commercial vehicles.
  Data
    Reduce the number of bicycles fatal and serious injury crashes – Explore improvement in data collection of bicycle-vehicle collisions. e.g., more elaboration on “unknown” conditions, streamlining reporting, etc.
    Reduce the number of off-road vehicle (ATV/snowmobile) fatal and serious injury crashes – Develop strategies to improve the collection of crash data in rural Alaska
		
    			Participants/Stakeholders
        State Gov't - Department of Transportation
    Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
  State Gov't - Motor Vehicle Administration Agency
    Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles
  State Gov't - EMS
    Alaska Emergency Medical Services
  State Gov't - Law Enforcement/Public Safety
    Department of Public Safety, Alaska State Troopers
  State Gov't - Public Health/Human Services
    Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health
  Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions (AMATS)
    Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System
  Regional Transportation Agency
    Sourdough Express
    SPAN Alaska Transportation
    United Freight and Transport
  Tribal Gov't
    Tanana Chiefs Conference
  Local Gov't (county, city, town)
    City of Fairbanks
    Fairbanks North Star Borough
    Mat-Su Borough
    Mat-Su Services for Children and Adults
    Municipality of Anchorage
  Local Law Enforcement
    Anchorage Police Department
    Fairbanks Police Department
    Juneau Police Department
  Federal Gov't - Transportation
    Federal Highway Administration, Alaska Division
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  Education
    A.B.A.T.E. of Alaska (Alaskan Bikers Advocating Training and Education)
  Advocacy/Non-Profit
    Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police
    Alaska Injury Prevention Center
    Alaska Statewide Violence and Injury Prevention Partnership
    Alaska Trails
    Alaska Trucking Association
    Bike Anchorage
    Center for Safe Alaskans
    Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 942
    Sitka Bicycle Friendly Community Coalition and Walk Sitka
  Hospital/Medical
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
    Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
    Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Injury Control & EMS
  Legal
    Alaska Court System
  Private Company
    Alaska Railroads Corporation
    Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
    Colville Transport
    Crowley Fuels LLC
    CRW Engineering Group, LLC
    Horst Expediting and Remote Operation
    Kittelson & Associates
    MGTech Writing
    R&M Consultants, Inc.
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