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					SHSP Key Components
									**Lead Agency:**
						Hawaii Department of Transportation
        
									**Time Period Plan Covers:**
						2019
-2024
				
        					**Vision:**
						All Hawaii’s road users arrive safely at their destinations.
				
        					**Mission:**
						Save lives and reduce injuries on Hawaii’s roadways through strategic partnerships and implementation of the SHSP.
				
        					**Plan's Goals:**
						Working together, we will reduce the fatality rate from 7.2 to 6.5 fatalities per 100,000 population, or less, by 2024, with the ultimate goal of zero traffic deaths.
		
    			**View State's SHSP**
		
					Emphasis Areas
        **Building Safer Roadways by Design**

        **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
    Improve safety of roadway infrastructure through the development and implementation of policies, guidelines and procedures to ensure traffic safety is incorporated into each roadway project.
  Engineering
    Improve roadway infrastructure by installing countermeasures to reduce intersection crashes.
    Improve roadway infrastructure by installing countermeasures to reduce lane departure crashes.
    Improve roadway infrastructure to increase safety for vulnerable road users.        
      **Combating 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
    Adapt priorities, training and initiatives to emerging impaired driving-related trends and issues.
    Align with priorities identified by the Impaired Driving Task Force or similar groups.
    Establish and maintain a forensic toxicology lab to conduct testing for alcohol and drug-impaired driving cases.
    Establish and/or maintain partnerships with government agencies, community coalitions, the private business sector, other industries, etc. to combat impaired driving, including collaboration on and incorporation of other group’s strategic plans.
    Evaluate and improve the entire impaired driving process from prevention to post-adjudication, including but not limited to e-search warrants, establishment of a state forensic toxicology lab, ignition interlock, DWI court and laws pertaining to OVUII.
  Education
    Develop and implement prevention, communications and community outreach initiatives.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Establish and implement e-warrant system.
    Strengthen the ignition interlock program in Hawaii.
  Data
    Improve upon collection, analysis and application of impaired driving-related data.        
      **Enhancing First Responder Capabilities**

        **EA Type:**
      	Incident Management/EMS**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
    Conduct NHTSA EMS assessment and apply resulting assessment recommendations.
  Education
    Provide training, education, equipment and technologies to improve first responder capabilities for traffic-related crashes.
  Data
    Improve and expand EMS data capabilities through Hawaii Emergency Medical Services Information System, or HEMSIS).
  Incident Management/EMS
    Expand EMS capacity to meet the population and community demand (ambulance units and staff).
    Expand voluntary bystander training programs to targeted communities and drivers (such as compression-only CPR, and Stop The Bleed initiative).        
      **Ensuring Motorcycle, Motor Scooter and Moped**

        **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
    Encourage safety activities with the public and partners as a part of a comprehensive plan that includes centralized program planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation to maximize the effectiveness of programs.
    Maximize the opportunities for existing funds for all motorcycle, moped and motor scooter safety initiatives, and continue to identify and utilize new funding sources.
    Support helmet usage legislation and judicial initiatives as well as those laws and regulations that improve motorcycle, motor scooter and moped safety.
  Engineering
    Manage motorcycle safety through engineering practices as a part of a comprehensive plan that includes centralized program coordination, planning, design, implementation and evaluation to maximize the effectiveness of programs and practices.
  Education
    Continue to outreach and partner with law enforcement on impaired and speeding riders.
    Ensure that the public has access to basic and advanced rider safety courses as well as identify unendorsed riders, and develop strategies and incentives to encourage riders to obtain proper endorsement.        
      **Improving Data and Safety Management Systems**

        **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):**Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
    Obtain funding needed to improvement data and information flow, and develop an effective safety management system including TRCC.
    Support the goals and priorities of the Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC).
  Data
    Improve data/information and the process to track, monitor and assess the progress in each of the other emphasis areas.
    Improve existing processes to turn data into useful information for law enforcement and other traffic partners, to be used for problem identification and evaluation; to direct resources in enforcement, education and engineering; and to make positive behavior changes.
    Improve linkage and integration of data.
    Improvement upon the six core traffic records data systems – crash, vehicle, driver, roadway, citation/adjudication, and EMS/injury surveillance.        
      **Protecting Vehicle Occupants**

        **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
    Advocate for occupant protection resources for child passenger safety initiatives.
    Conduct focus groups in low-use areas.
    Enact policies and legislation to enhance enforcement and adjudication of occupant protection laws to reduce crashes that result in serious injury or death.
    Identify and maintain key partnerships to promote occupant protection.
  Education
    Outreach education to increase restraint and seat belt use through media and community activities.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Support of law enforcement to continue their enforcement and education efforts, with emphasis on nighttime enforcement.        
      **Putting the Brakes on Speeding**

        **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
    Conduct studies to identify ways to address speeding.
    Develop aggressive driving/speed management programs.
    Enact legislation enabling counties to implement a photo enforcement program.
    Re-examine existing reckless driving and speeding laws to improve conviction rates and effectiveness of penalties.
  Engineering
    Evaluate and/or implement road safety design elements and infrastructure to reduce speeding and speed-related crashes (e.g., speed limits, speed feedback signs, intelligent transportation system technologies, etc.).
  Education
    Develop and implement media campaigns, public service announcements, and public education initiatives that address speeding and aggressive driving.
  Data
    Use timely crash data to identify high-risk locations in order to direct resources in enforcement, education and engineering.        
      **Safeguarding 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
    Expand, improve and maintain state and local pedestrian and bicycle facilities and networks.
    Implement Complete Streets, Vision Zero and other policies and programs to increase safety for all modes of transportation.
    Improve safety for children walking and bicycling to school.
    Maximize the opportunity to use existing funding.
  Engineering
    Evaluate and implement context-sensitive speeds that consider adjacent land use and population to decrease fatalities and serious injuries.
  Education
    Educate all road users to take responsibility for road safety.
  Enforcement/Adjudication
    Improve enforcement in high-crash areas involving people walking and bicycling.
  Data
    Improve data and performance measures.
		
    			Participants/Stakeholders
        State Gov't – Highway Safety Office/Governor’s Representative
    State Highway Safety Council
  State Gov't - Department of Transportation
    Hawaii Department of Transportation
  State Gov't - Education
    Hawaii State Department of Education
  State Gov't - EMS
    Hawaii County Emergency Medical Services
    Hawaii Fire Department
  State Gov't - Law Enforcement/Public Safety
    Hawaii Police Department
  State Gov't - Public Health/Human Services
    Hawaii State Department of Health
  State Gov't - Other
    Hawaii Liquor Commission
  Regional Planning Agency
    Maui County Council Planning and Transportation Committee
  Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
  Local Gov't (county, city, town)
    City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services
    City and County of Honolulu Department of Design & Construction
    City and County of Honolulu Department of Information Technology
    City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney
    City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services
    City and County of Honolulu Public Transit Division <>
    Hawaii County Department of Liquor Control – local government?
    Hawaii County Department of Public Works
    Kauai County Department of Liquor Control
    Kauai County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
    Kauai Department of Public Works
    Maui County Department of Liquor Control
    Maui Department of Public Works
    Maui Traffic Safety Council
  Local EMS/Fire/Rescue
    Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department
    Honolulu Fire Department
    Kauai County Emergency Medical Services
    Kauai Fire Department
    Maui County Emergency Medical Services
    Maui Fire Department
  Local Law Enforcement
    Honolulu Police Department
    Kauai Police Department
    Maui Police Department
  Local Public Health/Human Services
    Department of Community Services -- Honolulu Elderly Affairs Division
    Hawaii County Office of Aging
    Kauai Agency for Elderly Affairs Division
    Maui County Office of Aging
  Federal Gov't - Transportation
    Federal Highway Administration
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  Federal Gov't - Other
    Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii
  University/Transportation Research
    Kapiolani Community College
    Leeward Community College
    UH Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
    UH Department of Psychiatry
    UH Kauai Community College
    UH Maui College
  Task Force/Committee
    Hawaii Traffic Safety Council
    Hawaii Trauma Advisory Committee
    Injury Prevention Advisory Committee
  Advocacy/Non-Profit
    AAA
    AARP Hawaii
    American College of Emergency Physicians -- Hawaii Chapter
    American Institute of Architects Honolulu
    American Society of Civil Engineers, Hawaii Section
    Building Industry Association
    Disability & Communication Access Board
    Hawaii Bicycling League
    Hawaii Partnership to Prevent Underage Drinking
    Hawaii Transportation Association
    Institute of Transportation Engineers Hawaii
    Kauai Path, Inc.
    Ke Ala Hele Makalae Committee
    Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition
    Leeward Oahu Transportation Management Association
    MADD Hawaii
    Mark Scribner, Kauai CPS Instructor
    Maui Bicycling Alliance
    Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii
    Walk Wise Hawaii Coalition
  Hospital/Medical
    Hilo Medical Center
    Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
    Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
    Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific
    The Queen’s Medical Center
  Legal
    Administrative Driver’s License Revocation Office <>
    Department of the Attorney General
    Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
    Hawaii State Judiciary
    Maui County Department of the Prosecuting Attorney
  Private Company
    American Medical Response
    Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.
    Belt Collins Hawaii
    Clinical Labs of Hawaii
    Community Planning and Engineering, Inc.
    Evan Ching, Oahu CPS Instructor
    First Insurance
    GP Roadway Solutions
    Hawaii Centers for Independent Living
    Kaikor Construction Associates
    Montgomery Motors Powersports
    Smart Start
    SSFM International
    Swinerton Builders
    TLC PR
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