Strategic Agenda for Reducing Deer-Vehicle Crashes Final rept. (Oct 2005-Jul 2006)

摘要

In October 2005 approximately 65 people involved with or interested in the reduction of deer-vehicle crashes (DVCs) attended the 'Deer-Vehicle Crash Reductions: Setting a Strategic Agenda' conference. The primary objective of this meeting was for the attendees to collaborate and brainstorm strategic agenda action items for DVC reduction research and data collection, funding, partnership building, and technology transfer and education. A focus group was created to discuss each of these subject areas, and the content of this report is a summary of those discussions. Each group was initially asked to identify the concerns/problems they thought should be resolved to help reduce DVCs overall and specifically within their subject area. They were then asked to provide goals/objectives that could be achieved within their subject area during the next three to five years, along with the strategic agenda action items that could help accomplish these goals/objectives. Each group provided a list of concerns/problems, goals/objectives, and strategic agenda action items. These lists are provided in this document. The focus area of each group was different and in some cases their strategic agenda action items were very specific. In other cases, however, similar suggestions were provided from more than one group. Multiple agenda item suggestions show strong support for their inclusion within the strategic agenda by many of the meeting attendees. Four common themes or categories were generally identified among the strategic agenda action items. The first group of action items will help facilitate and guide intra- and inter-agency coordination with respect to the DVC problem. The second group of action items will increase the general awareness of the DVC issue by effectively and efficiently providing the correct message to a wide range of audiences. The third group action items will encourage the consistent collection of DVC-related data, and the fourth group promotes the development, evaluation, and implementation of potential and existing DVC countermeasures. All the action items are provided in this document to assist those individuals and groups interested in advancing the reduction of DVCs.