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					SHSP Key Components
									**Lead Agency:**
						Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works’ (PRDTPW)
        
									**Time Period Plan Covers:**
						2019
-2023
				
        					**Vision:**
						Zero Deaths Vision. That all users of the transportation system in Puerto Rico can move safely and effectively to their destination.
				
        					**Mission:**
						Enhance the safety, mobility and accessibility of all people using the roadway network in Puerto Rico by working together and integrating efforts in the 4Es.
				
        					**Plan's Goals:**
						Achieve a reduction in fatalities and serious injuries caused by traffic crashes in Puerto Rico.
		
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					Emphasis Areas
        **Emergency Medical Services**

        **EA Type:**
      	Incident Management/EMS**Goals:**
      	Improve EMS response capabilities.**Objectives:**
      	Increase the number of ambulances (Type III or equivalent according to FMCSA's standards) in Puerto Rico from 442 to 450 in the next 5 years.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Promote a law amendment to prohibit the use of strobe lights in regular vehicles (not first responders).
  Education
    Continue the educational programs and trainings to enforcement and emergency response personnel for crashes and incident management.
    Educate drivers about emergency vehicles’ priority.
  Incident Management/EMS
    Continue improving the coordination of emergency medical services personnel with other support and rescue agencies (TIM).
    Improve the accessibility of the State ambulance stations.
    Promote Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to identify the crash locations and facilitate emergency response.        
      **Lane Departure**

        **EA Type:**
      	Infrastructure**Goals:**
      	Reduce fatalities related to lane-departure crashes.**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the 5-year moving average of traffic fatalities related to lane-departure crashes from 105 to 88 within the next 5 years.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Evaluate the effectiveness of the PRDTPW's motor vehicle inspection process.
    Evaluate the need to amend the law to avoid street sales on shoulders or roadside clear zones.
  Engineering
    Implement engineering countermeasures to improve lane delineation and pavement condition.
    Implement engineering countermeasures to remove and/or protect fixed objects in the roadside clear zone.
  Education
    Educate about the most common causes for lane departure and the risks associated.
  Data
    Continue analyzing the data to identify high-risk locations.        
      **Negligent Driving**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	Reduce speeding-related fatalities.**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the 5-year moving average of speeding-related fatalities from 98 to 78 within the next 5 years.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Strengthen the driver's license points system and the tools to support it.
  Engineering
    Include engineering countermeasures (i.e. traffic calming, work zones, school zones) that discourage speeding and other negligent driving actions.
  Education
    Educate about the impact of negligent driving actions in the number of traffic crashes.
    Include highway safety as one of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) meetings' topics.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Coordinate preventive police patrolling in highway segments prone to negligent driving.
  Incident Management/EMS
    Promote the use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to support negligent driving enforcement.        
      **Pedestrian**

        no result**Goals:**
      	Reduce the number of pedestrian's fatalities and serious injuries.**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the 5-year moving average of pedestrian fatalities from 100 to 92 within the next 5 years.To reduce the 5-year moving average of pedestrian serious injuries from 311 to 277 within the next 5 years.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Aid communities and non-profit organizations for the development and implementation of local highway safety improvement projects.
    Incorporate pedestrian safety into land use planning and other local design plans and guides (e.g., PRHTA Comprehensive Cycle and Pedestrian Plan, LRTP, etc.).
  Engineering
    Improve the highway infrastructure to accommodate people who are walking (e.g. add sidewalks, install lighting, elevated crossings, pedestrian -only phases at intersections, etc.).
  Education
    Educate the public about the impact of pedestrians hit on public roads (i.e. statistics, locations).
    Strengthen educational programs at all levels.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Evaluate the needs for compliance with traffic laws and regulations of people who walk on public roads.
    Modify the identification system /driver's license to facilitate pedestrian enforcement.        
      **Personnel Safety Gear**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries of occupants and motorcyclists not using safety gears (seat belt, child restraint, and helmets).**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the 5-years moving average of unrestrained occupant fatalities from 81 to 74 within the next 5 yearsTo reduce the 5-years moving average of unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities from 28 to 23 within the next 5 years.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Conduct enhanced observational studies on the use of personal safety gears.
    Continue the implementation of "Child Restraint System Inspection Station (s)".
    Modify the identification system/driver's license to facilitate law enforcement.
    Promote having emergency equipment in every vehicle (e.g., cones, vests, triangles, lamps).
  Engineering
    Promote new signage or the use of portable messages signs promoting the use of protective gear on public roads.
  Education
    Reinforce education about the importance of the correct use of personal safety gear (i.e. seat belts, motorcycle helmets, etc.).
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Continue the law enforcement regarding the required use of personal safety gear for different road users.        
      **Traffic Records Systems**

        **EA Type:**
      	Data**Goals:**
      	Create a data warehouse integrating traffic records systems and improve the accessibility, timeliness and uniformity of the crash system.**Objectives:**
      	Reduce the time for crash data availability from 358 days to 60 days.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Improve communication among the agencies that make up the TRCC committee.
    Improve the capacities and processes to identify repeat drivers due to negligence.
    Improve the capacities and processes to identify repeat drivers for cases of alcohol.
    Improve the processes to obtain notification of the results of Blood Alcohol Contact (BAC).
    Support the implementation of PPR-621.4.
  Data
    Maximize the scope of the six traffic data systems (integration, interface and storage).
    Promote the collection of traffic data (AADT).
    Support activities to achieve the MIRE Action Plan.        
      **Under the Influence of Alcohol and Other Substances**

        **EA Type:**
      	Behavioral**Goals:**
      	Reduce alcohol-impaired driver fatalities.**Objectives:**
      	To reduce the 5-yr moving average of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities from 97 to 90 within the next 5 years.**Strategies (by type):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Evaluate recidivism and identify ways to improve the effectiveness of drunk driver rehabilitation programs.
    Improve notifications of the BAC blood tests in living and/or dead crash victims.
  Education
    Continue prevention and educational efforts on the impact of driving under the influence of alcohol and other controlled substances.
    Orient staff selling alcohol beverages (i.e. liquor stores, bars) about their responsibilities when drunk customers cause a fatal or serious injury crash.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Continue the law enforcement related to drivers under the influence of alcohol and other controlled substances (DUI).
		
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        State Gov't – Highway Safety Office/Governor’s Representative
    Puerto Rico Traffic Safety Commission (PRTSC)
  State Gov't - Department of Transportation
    Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (PRDTPW)
  State Gov't - Motor Vehicle Administration Agency
    Directorate of Drivers Services
  State Gov't - Education
    Department of Education
  State Gov't - EMS
    Puerto Rico Emergency Medical Corps Bureau
    Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps
  State Gov't - Law Enforcement/Public Safety
    Department of Public Safety
    Puerto Rico Police (PRP)
  State Gov't - Public Health/Human Services
    Institute of Forensic Sciences
    Office of the Procurator for the Elderly
    Puerto Rico Health Department (PRHD)
  State Gov't - Other
    Automobile Accident Compensation Administration
  Regional Transportation Agency
    Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA)
  Local Public Health/Human Services
    Administration of Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services
    Independent Living Movement
  Federal Gov't - Transportation
    Federal Highway Administration
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    Federal Transit Administration
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  LTAP/TTAP
    Puerto Rico Transportation Technology Transfer
  University/Transportation Research
    Ana G. Mendez University System
    National University College (NUC)
    Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors
    University of Puerto Rico (UPR)
  Advocacy/Non-Profit
    AARP
    Decade of Action for Road Safety
    Fundacion LSG
    Institute of Civil Engineers
    MAPFRE Foundation
    Metropistas
    Multiple Insurance of Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rican Planning Society
    Puerto Rico Institute of Transportation Engineers (PRITE)
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    Court Administration
    Department of Justice
    NTSP - Transportation and Other Public Services Bureau
  Private Company
    Caribbean Sign Supply
    CEMEX
    Compulsory Insurance Administration
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