Working with partner agencies and benefiting from public input, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has completed a five-year update of the strategic plan for enhancing safety on all public roadways.The Strategic Highway Safety Plan for 2025 through 2029 is a data-driven plan that establishes statewide goals, objectives and key emphasis areas that allow highway safety programs and partners to align goals and leverage resources for engineering, education, enforcement and emergency medical services. The plan also focuses on the responsibility all Arizonans have to help reduce life-altering crashes on local roads and state highways.The effort included public meetings and benefited from thousands of comments and suggestions. As part of the in-depth process, ADOT also created the state’s first Active Transportation Safety Action Plan, which aims to reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities where those activities are along or intersect with the state highway system.
“I’m grateful to the many partners who collaborated on these critical blueprints for reducing life-altering crashes on roadways across Arizona,” ADOT director Jennifer Toth said. “Wherever drivers are traveling, everyone has a role to play by making safety their top priority every day. We will take these findings and engage the public further, working with partners on a campaign to inform the community about ways that simple actions can save lives.”Arizona’s first Active Transportation Safety Action Plan stems from a rise in pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities in Arizona, the vast majority of which occur on local roadways. The plan recommends location-specific projects along the state highway system aimed at improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.“The Strategic Highway Safety Plan and Active Transportation Safety Action Plan are comprehensive, coordinated …
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