ITE journal · 2008 · 38 citations · 0 references
EngineeringTechnical SafetySafety ScienceTechnical ConferenceSafety PolicyInjury PreventionSafety ManagementTransport AccidentSystems EngineeringTransportation EngineeringTransportation SystemsTransport SafetyAnalysis Tools TrackPublic PolicyTraffic SafetyInfrastructure SafetyDesignTransportation SafetySafety AnalysisLocal Level
The 2008 Institute of Transportation Engineers Technical Conference served as a forum where agencies discussed safety from federal to local levels, emphasizing the need to quantify safety alongside other planning priorities and highlighting growing use of technology to capture and share safety data. This feature aims to describe the Planning/Data and Analysis Tools track presented at the conference. The track comprised six sessions covering safety research application, safety program development and implementation, and new analysis tools designed to integrate safety into transportation planning.
The Institute of Transportation Engineers 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibit provided a forum for discussion of various aspects of safety from the federal to the local level. This feature describes the Planning/Data and Analysis Tools track at the conference. The six sessions making up this track presented information on the application of safety research; the development and implementation of safety programs; and a range of new analysis tools that will facilitate the incorporation of safety in transportation planning. Safety should be quantified in order to put it on even ground with other priorities that must be balanced in planning. Agencies increasingly are using technology to more effective capture and share safety data.