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 Safety Action Plan to identify priority actions and changes to target the most significant and urgent problems.
Why is it taking place?
The City of Goodyear has received a federal SS4A grant to develop a 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 that specific locations or street corridors will be outlined which are unsafe and a plan on how to mitigate the hazards will be put into place. This is just one step in the process to improve safety within the city.
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). An analysis of equity will occur to highlight underserved areas in each of our communities and how these populations utilize the transportation network.
What kinds of projects will be developed?
Strategy and Project Selection
The project team will identify projects and treatments that address localized and systemic safety issues enumerated through 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 treatments.
Additional groups will be brought in to help refine project selection. They consulted with local government staff and the public for project identification and selection.
Policy and Process Changes
To enact real change, the Safety Action Plan must position the City of Goodyear for the successful and easy implementation of safer streets. An evaluation of existing frameworks against national best practices and identifying inconsistencies or barriers to implementation will occur. The 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. The toolkit could be adopted by member governments or used to inform local design standards or guidelines changes.
Plan Development and Adoption
The project team will develop comprehensive 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. The team will present the Safety Action Plan to the City of Goodyear management for approval.
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 Safety Action Plan. This website will be kept up to date during the project's duration. Contact information coming soon!