Development of a Traffic Safety Action Plan for a Small Municipality: Case Study for the City of Saskatoon

摘要

Many jurisdictions have developed a high-level traffic safety policy document, such as the American “Strategic Highway Safety Plan” (SHSP) or the Canadian “Traffic Safety Action Plan” (TSAP). A SHSP and TSAP are both a scientific, data-driven, four to five year comprehensive safety document that is designed to identify a jurisdiction’s areas of safety concern known as “emphasis areas” and establish target safety goals (i.e., collision reduction goal(s)) for each chosen emphasis area. However, a TSAP includes additional information, such as network screening results and general safety strategies/programs for each chosen emphasis area. This study discusses the development of a TSAP for a small municipality through a case study for the City of Saskatoon. Many studies investigated selection of emphasis areas and target safety goals for the development of a SHSP, However, there is very few or limited studies that have discussed the approaches specifically for the development of a TSAP for a small municipality. This study used the most recent ten years (2001-2010) of collision data in the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The study provides knowledge for those who wish to develop a TSAP by describing the process and highlighting the challenges in developing a TSAP for a small municipality.