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					SHSP Key Components
									**Lead Agency:**
						Kansas Department of Transportation
        
									**Time Period Plan Covers:**
						2020
-2024
				
        					**Vision:**
						Drive to Zero—Every One Matters
				
        					**Mission:**
						The mission of the Kansas SHSP is to drive strategic investments that reduce traffic injuries and deaths and the emotional and economic burdens of crashes, utilizing the 4E’s (education, enforcement, engineering and emergency medical services) in a collaborative process.
				
        					**Plan's Goals:**
						The overall goal of this five-year plan is to achieve a fatal and injury crash rate of less than 35 crashes per 100-million vehicle-miles travel by 2024.
		
    			**View State's SHSP**
		
					Emphasis Areas
        **Data Support**

        **EA Type:**
      	Data**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):**Data
    Collect and inventory roadway data to support crash analysis, project analysis and application of policies.
    Create processes to monitor changes in roadway data sources.
    Interface Crash Data with Khub.
    Link crash data to the trauma registry (to improve serious injury data).
    Promote web-based mapping tool for local jurisdictions, traffic safety coalitions, and others to access and view crash data.
    Replace the Traffic Records System (TRS) and the KCARS crash database with a new portal and database.
    Revise official Kansas Motor Vehicle Crash Report form based on the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC).
    Use safety management process tools such as Safety Analyst to couple data analysis with engineering solutions.        
      **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):**Enforcement/Adjudication
    Equip Kansas forensic crime labs to test oral fluids to allow for courtroom evidence.
    Institute a state-wide enforcement unit with Kansas Highway Patrol for offender compliance enforcement of ignition interlock devices (IID).
    Institute legally permissible roadside oral fluids testing program for drug impaired driving.        
      **Intersections**

        **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
    Continue promoting countermeasures at stop sign controlled intersections that are focused on speed differential management.
    Continue promoting low-cost countermeasures for reducing crashes at stop sign controlled intersections.
    Promote construction of traditional and alterative intersection types which reduce the number of conflict points.
    Promote systemic low-cost countermeasures for reducing crashes at traffic signal-controlled intersections.
  Education
    Develop education material for new intersection types and new traffic control devices relevant to intersections.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Promote strategic enforcement at intersections with safety issues.        
      **Local Roads**

        **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):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Complete up to 20 County Local Road Safety Plans (LRSP) per year until all Kansas counties have a plan.
    Promote the Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP).
  Engineering
    Identify strategies to improve safety on gravel roads.
    Prioritize projects identified in LRSPs for HSIP/HRRR funding.
  Education
    Address driver behavior on the locally owned road system through educational efforts.
    Provide local roadway safety training and technical assistance.        
      **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
    Enhance existing primary seat belt law to include all seating positions, increase fines and assess court costs.
    Provide funding and other forms of support for law enforcement efforts to uphold occupant protection laws.
  Education
    Collaborate with state and local partners, including employers, to promote seat belt usage through education and incentive programs.
    Create a targeted media campaign directed toward pickup drivers.
  Data
    Analyze existing and new data sources to define and support the prioritization of strategies.        
      **Older Drivers**

        **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
    Establish mandatory physician and law enforcement reporting for drivers of any age who no longer have the necessary physical or mental capacity to effectively operate a motor vehicle.
    Establish Mobility Managers at locations throughout the state to work with regional transit agencies to cooperatively meet the longer-distance travel needs of transit-dependent populations, including older drivers.
  Education
    Conduct training for older drivers on how to access and use the public transit system as transportation option.
    Educate members of the medical community about how physical and cognitive issues facing older drivers can affect their driving ability.
    Partner with and provide educational materials about older drivers to stakeholders, including senior centers, law enforcement agencies, Kansas legislature, city and county governments, Chamber of Commerce groups, and the state’s Area Agencies on Aging.
    Promote CarFit as an important training opportunity.        
      **Pedestrians & Cyclists**

        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
    Identify and promote the use of best practices when planning and designing transportation facilities for non-motorized modes of transportation.
  Engineering
    Improve network connectivity and operation of pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
  Education
    Improve public awareness of non-motorized road users.
  Data
    Improve non-motorized data collection and analysis.        
      **Roadway Departure**

        **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):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Update and implement a new rumble strip policy.
  Engineering
    Identify and add safety enhancements to pavement preservation projects.
    Promote systemic low-cost countermeasures for reducing crashes at horizontal curves.
  Education
    Create and deliver education campaigns that target factors in roadway departure crashes.
    Provide local roadway safety training and resources through LTAP and direct technical assistance from LTAP’s Local Field Liaison Program.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Develop and implement a safety corridor program.
    Implement the FHWA’s EDC5-Reducing Rural Roadway Departure initiative.        
      **Teen Drivers**

        **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
    Continue to facilitate a conference for teens and teen traffic safety advocates geared to improving novice and inexperienced drivers and improve traffic safety.
    Continue to monitor teen driving laws that are in place, advocate for initiatives that will strengthen or expand existing laws, and work against attempts to alter them in ways that weaken them.
    Expand the SAFE program (Seatbelts Are For Everyone) across Kansas.
    Promote the initiation of teen road safety audits.
  Education
    Continue to utilize annual high visibility statewide high school and middle school neighbor-hood safety restraint enforcement campaigns by local and state law enforcement agencies.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Continue to support Alcoholic Beverage Control and other law enforcement efforts to reduce underage drinking and driving.
		
    			Participants/Stakeholders
        State Gov't - Department of Transportation
    Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
    KDOT Bureau of Construction & Materials
    KDOT Bureau of Design
    KDOT Bureau of Local Projects
    KDOT Bureau of Maintenance
    KDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning
    KDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety & Technology
    KDOT District Two
    KDOT Highway Safety Section
    KDOT Law Enforcement Liaisons
    Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) - KDOT Transportation & Planning Support Group
  State Gov't - Motor Vehicle Administration Agency
    KDOR Division of Vehicles
  State Gov't - EMS
    Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services (BEMS)
  State Gov't - Law Enforcement/Public Safety
    Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP)
    KHP Breath Alcohol Unit (BAU)
  State Gov't - Public Health/Human Services
    Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
    KDHE EMS for Children
    KDHE State Trauma Program
  State Gov't - Other
    Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI)
    Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR)
  Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
  Regional Transportation Agency
    Kansas Turnpike Authority
    Topeka Metro Bikes
  Local Gov't (county, city, town)
    Barton County Engineer Office
    City of Olathe Traffic Engineering
    City of Overland Park Traffic Engineering
    City of Topeka Traffic Engineering
    Pottawatomie County Public Works
    Sedgwick County Public Works
  Local Law Enforcement
    Lyon County Sheriff’s Office
    Riley County Police Department
    Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office
  Local Public Health/Human Services
    DCCCA
    East Topeka Senior Center
    Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging
    Live Well Finney County
  Federal Gov't - Transportation
    Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  University/Transportation Research
    Kansas State University - Department of Civil Engineering
    University of Kansas Transportation Center
  Task Force/Committee
    Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office (KTSRO)
    Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (KTSRP)
  Advocacy/Non-Profit
    AARP Kansas
    Alzheimer's Association
    American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
    Americans for Older Driver Safety
    BikeWalkKC
    BikeWalkWichita
    Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police (KACP)
    Kansas Association of Counties (KAC)
    Kansas Emergency Nurses Association
    Kansas Motor Carriers Association (KMCA)
    Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
    Safe Kids Kansas
    Thrive Allen County
  Hospital/Medical
    Children's Mercy Hospital
    KU Health Partners Driving & Mobility Services
    Stormont Vail Health
    Stormont Vail Trauma Services
    University of Kansas Health System
  Legal
    Office of Kansas Attorney General - State Child Death Review Board
  Legislative
    Silver Haired Legislature
  Private Company
    AAA of Kansas
    Avenues Driving Rehabilitation Program
    TranSystems Corporation
    WSP USA, Inc. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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