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					SHSP Key Components
									**Lead Agency:**
						Maryland Department of Transportation
        
									**Time Period Plan Covers:**
						2021
-2025
				
        					**Vision:**
						Vision Zero
		
    			**View State's SHSP**
		
					Emphasis Areas
        **Distracted Driving**

        **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
    Support legislation and adjudication efforts to reduce distracted driving.
  Engineering
    Identify, promote, and support the implementation of effective engineering and technological approaches to reduce distracted driving.
    Improve roadway environments to reduce distracted driving through the support of system-wide countermeasures, engineering treatments, and land-use planning.
  Education
    Promote a systemic safety culture through the support of outreach initiatives including public awareness, education, training, and media campaigns focused on reducing distracted driving.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Support the improved enforcement of distracted driving laws, as well as support enforcement initiatives that promote safe behaviors.
  Data
    Use the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data on all roads in Maryland to identify distracted driving safety issues, key audiences, and locations of concern, as well as support the improvement of the data quality (accessibility, accuracy, completeness, integration, timeliness, uniformity).        
      **Impaired Driving**

        **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
    Support legislation and adjudication efforts to advance the goals of the impaired driving Emphasis Area .
  Engineering
    Improve roadway environments for the impaired driving Emphasis Area through the support of system-wide countermeasures, engineering treatments, and land-use planning.
  Education
    Promote a systemic safety culture through the support of outreach initiatives including public awareness, education, training, and media campaigns focused on the concerns of the impaired driving Emphasis Area .
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Support the enforcement of laws pertaining to the impaired driving Emphasis Area, as well as support enforcement initiatives that promote safe behaviors.
  Data
    Use the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data on all roads in Maryland to identify impaired driving safety issues, key audiences and locations of concern, as well as support the improvement of data quality (accessibility, accuracy, completeness, integration, timeliness, uniformity) of impaired driving related data.        
      **Infrastructure**

        **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
    Address the safety of vulnerable user groups (e.g. , bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists, older and younger drivers, etc.).
    Identify, develop, and implement of system-wide improvements to reduce fatalities and serious injuries at high-risk locations, corridors and with roadway elements(lighting, signage, etc.)
    Reduce the number and severity of infrastructure-related crashes (e.g. , intersection-related, run-off-the-road, workzone related, etc.).        
      **Occupant Protection**

        **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
    Support legislation and adjudication efforts to advance occupant protection for all ages.
  Engineering
    Identify, promote, and support the implementation of effective engineering and technological approaches to advance occupant protection.
    Improve roadway environments related to occupant protection through the support of system-wide countermeasures, engineering treatments, and land-use planning.
  Education
    Promote a systemic safety culture through the support of outreach initiatives including public awareness, education, training, and media campaigns focused on adult and child occupant protection.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Support the improved enforcement of occupant protection laws, as well as support enforcement initiatives that promote safe roadway behaviors.
  Data
    Use the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data on all roads in Maryland to identify occupant protection safety issues, key audiences and locations of concern, as well as support the improvement of the data quality (accessibility, accuracy, completeness, integration, timeliness, uniformity).        
      **Pedestrians and Bicyclists**

        no result**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
    Support policy, legislation, and adjudication efforts to advance pedestrian and bicycle safety.
  Engineering
    Identify, promote, and support the implementation of effective engineering and technological approaches to support the prevention of collisions involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
    Improve roadway environments related to pedestrians and bicyclists by influencing the implementation of system-wide countermeasures, engineering treatments, and land-use planning.
  Education
    Promote a systemic safety culture through the support of outreach initiatives including public awareness, education, training, and media campaigns focused on pedestrian and bicycle safety.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Support the improved enforcement of pedestrian- and bicycle-related laws, as well as support enforcement initiatives that promote safe behaviors.
  Data
    Use the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data on all roads in Maryland to identify pedestrian and bicycle safety issues, key audiences and locations of concern, as well as support the improvement of the data quality (accessibility, accuracy, completeness, integration, timeliness, uniformity).        
      **Speed and Aggressive Driving**

        **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
    Support legislation and adjudication efforts to reduce speed and aggressive driving violations.
  Engineering
    Identify, promote and support the implementation of effective engineering and technological approaches to support speed and aggressive driving countermeasures.
    Improve roadway environments to reduce speed and aggressive driving behaviors by supporting the implementation of system-wide countermeasures, engineering treatments, and land-use planning.
  Education
    Promote a systemic safety culture through the support/solicitation of outreach initiatives including public awareness, education, training, and media campaigns focused on reducing speed and aggressive driving behaviors.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Support the improved enforcement of speed and aggressive driving laws, as well as support enforcement initiatives that promote safe behaviors.
  Data
    Use the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data on all roads in Maryland to identify speed and aggressive driving related issues, key audiences and locations of concern, as well as support the improvement of the data quality (accessibility, accuracy, completeness, integration, timeliness, uniformity).
		
    			Participants/Stakeholders
        State Gov't – Highway Safety Office/Governor’s Representative
    Maryland Highway Safety Office
  State Gov't - Department of Transportation
    Maryland Department of Transportation
    Maryland State Highway Administration
  State Gov't - Motor Vehicle Administration Agency
    Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
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    Carroll County Department of Health
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    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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    Chesapeake Region Safety Council-NSC
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    Crash Center for Research and Education
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    AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
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