Best Practices for Rural Traffic Safety Webinar Series
Corridor Safety and Target Zero Manager Programs
A webinar sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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About the Event
In Washington State, highway safety efforts are guided by the Target Zero Plan, which provides a comprehensive framework of goals, objectives, and strategies for reducing the number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero by the year 2030. An important delivery system for the strategies in this plan is Washington’s network of local Target Zero managers. The state's Corridor Safety Program has also been a mainstay in the fight to reduce traffic crashes in Washington for over 20 years.
These locally led projects work to reduce collisions by developing engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency services strategies and partnerships to implement low-cost, near-term solutions. This webinar offered an overview of these two programs and illustrated their important role in Washington's overall strategic highway safety plan.
Speakers
Matthew Enders is the technical services manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation Highways and Local Programs Division. Enders has managed the Corridor Safety Program, served as the state expert on rumble strips, chaired the state’s rural road safety committee, and led the development and implementation of the state’s Highway Safety Improvement Program and High Risk Rural Roads Program for local agencies. He also serves as the state Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) director.
Angie Ward is a program manager for the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, the highway safety office for Washington State. She manages the education and enforcement components of the Corridor Safety Program as well as all the statewide enforcement campaigns for DUI, speed, and seat belts.
Sponsors
This seminar is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Excellence in Rural Safety, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.
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