Promoting Positive Traffic Safety Culture in RITI Communities through Active Engagement: Implementation Guide and Outreach Activities

CSET Year-1 and Year-2 research activities at the University of Idaho (UI) documented the characteristics of traffic crashes for Rural, Isolated, Tribal, or Indigenous (RITI) communities in Idaho and identified possible intervention measures. A CSET Year 3 project at the UI shifted to research focus into training and educational tools that promote and cause a significant positive change in the traffic safety culture in these communities. The primary goal of this Year 3 project has been to promote and strengthen a positive traffic safety culture among RITI communities in Idaho through active engagement activities and attempted to achieve two objectives: document lessons learned from previous active community engagement activities in tribal and rural communities that attempted to promote and positively impact the traffic safety culture in these communities, and develop guidelines for best practices to promote and positively impact the traffic safety culture in RITI communities highlighting both opportunities and barriers.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $110000
• Contract Numbers:

  Grant # 69A3551747129

• 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:

  Center for Safety Equity in Transportation

  University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Idaho, Moscow

  Department of Civil Engineering
  P.O. Box 441022
  Moscow, ID  United States  83844-1022
• Principal Investigators:

  Abdel-Rahim, Ahmed

• Start Date: 20210701
• Expected Completion Date: 20220731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Communities; Implementation; Indigenous peoples; Lessons learned; Outreach; Rural areas; Safety culture; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Idaho
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01773223
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Safety Equity in Transportation
• Contract Numbers: Grant # 69A3551747129
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 26 2021 10:59PM