In addition to traffic engineers and planners, it is also meant to serve the information needs of budget and financial programmers, as well as the broader traffic safety community which includes law enforcement, public health, researchers, public information, and educators. Most, but not all, of the its components are working and in place at the University of Hawaii, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. The principal databases have been constructed, most have been linked through the use of a state of the art records linkage software program known as Automatch. This module contains the goals, objectives, priorities, decision criteria, and standards pertaining to traffic safety in Hawaii. Goals are broad statements which encompass the values and preferences of those affected and served by traffic safety.
Objectives are more narrow statements of desired ends or targets for traffic safety.
Priorities involve the ranking of goals and objectives. Decision criteria give general rules for deciding among competing interests. Standards are specific performance measures which have been adopted by the State of Hawaii. Once the overall goals and objectives of the traffic safety management system have been identified, it is possible to begin the identification of more specific problems which are not adequately addressed by current programs or policies. In many cases, problems could overlap several domains.