Frequently Asked Questions
What is this project about?
Safe Streets for All (SS4A) is the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) comprehensive approach to significantly reducing serious injuries and deaths. The approach requires partnering with community stakeholders to commit to a local goal of moving closer to zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries. Central to the effort is the development of a Road Safety Action Plan to identify priority actions and changes to target the most significant and urgent problems.
Why is it taking place?
To create safer roads in Goodyear. The City of Goodyear has received a federal SS4A grant to develop a Road Safety Action Plan that will outline a holistic, well-defined strategy to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries in the city.
What does it mean for my community?
It means roads across the city will be evaluated from various safety aspects and an action plan developed to make the roads in Goodyear safer.
What does the data mean?
The data helps agencies move towards zero fatalities and serious injuries. It identifies crash hot spots, emphasis areas (crash types that occur more often compared to other areas), and vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and wheelchair users).
What kinds of projects will be developed?
Strategy and Project Selection
The project team will identify an action plan based on data analysis. They will use the FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures, Highway Safety Manual Crash Modification Factors, and cost/benefit evaluation to select the most effective strategies.
Policy and Process Changes
An evaluation of existing frameworks against national best practices and identifying inconsistencies or barriers to implementation will occur. The action plan will be heavily influenced by the understanding and information gained through stakeholder and community engagement and data analysis; as such, the findings from those tasks will influence policy, programmatic, and procedural recommendations to eliminate barriers to safer streets.
The development of a safety countermeasures toolkit will occur. This toolkit will identify impactful countermeasures, connect them to prevailing crash types within the city, and detail design and implementation considerations.
Plan Development and Adoption
The project team will develop comprehensive Road Safety Action Plans meeting SS4A requirements for self-certification for the City of Goodyear. The documents will clearly identify the projects and programs—both short-term and long-term—that can be implemented to establish a safe systems approach and reduce fatal and serious injuries.
How can I be involved?
Stakeholder and public engagement will occur throughout the project, and input gathered from the community will be used to inform the Road Safety Action Plan. This website will be kept up to date during the project's duration. For more questions or more information, contact us at SafetyActionPlan@goodyearaz.gov.