US Regional Vision Zero Implementation

This project aims to asses how Vision Zero (VZ) is being implemented nationwide at a regional level, with or without a plan, and identify strengths and weaknesses of differing approaches to safety programming. The project team proposes developing systems thinking-based content and guidance materials to strengthen the implementation of VZ and Safe Systems approaches. The project team will address this project goal through a mixed-methods design, using quantitative and qualitative methods, with the intention of producing guidance for regional entities interested in initiating VZ. This proposed project builds upon several CSCRS projects: R1 (completed), R17 (completed), and RR2 (in progress to June 2021). In addition, the project team will continue to update the VZ library of plans that was initiated on the R17 project. This project will develop materials that help stakeholders establish a firm foundation and deepen their understanding of the system (of policies, norms, funding streams, equitable/inequitable processes, etc.) underlying their road safety outcomes, setting the stage for more effective VZ planning and implementation.

• Record URL:
  https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/research/projects/2021r33/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • CSCRS2021R33

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $97463
• Contract Numbers:

  69S3551747113

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27514
• Project Managers:

  Sandt, Laura

• Performing Organizations:

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  UNC-CH New East Building
  Campus Box #3140
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina  United States  27599-3140
• Principal Investigators:

  Evenson, Kelly

  LaJeunesse, Seth

  Naumann, Rebecca

• Start Date: 20210601
• Expected Completion Date: 20221231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Guidelines; Plan implementation; Policy; Regions; Safety programs; Stakeholders; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Vision Zero
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01771200
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
• Contract Numbers: 69S3551747113
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 4 2021 9:56AM