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Safer Mobility: Embracing Technology and Pilot Programs through the Safe System Approach

Florida Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri
Emerging innovations offer new opportunities to align with the safe system approach. Broward County, Florida identified 35 technologies for safer roads. Louisville, Kentucky developed strategies for safer speeds. MassDOT’s virtual reality pop-up experience strengthened outreach for safer people. Missouri’s predictive layered operations initiative (PLOI) enhanced post-crash care.
AASHTO Safety Summit Poster 2025Broward County Safety Action PlanLouisville Speed Management PlanMassDOT Empathy at the IntersectionData for Road Safety, EUFinal Report, MoDOT PLOI

TETC Multi-State Bridge Hit Mitigation Media and Strategy Campaign

Alabama Connecticut Delaware Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts North Carolina Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia
Several states and D.C. created a regional “bridge hit” media campaign targeted at drivers hitting low clearance bridges and restricted parkways. The campaign received significant engagement and media coverage.
AASHTO Safety Summit 2025Bridge Strike Media and Strategy ToolkitNews Article

A Comprehensive Approach for Friction-Enhancing Treatment Selection

Kentucky
Kentucky replaced a needs-based, hot-spot approach with a more precise, systemic, “solutions-based” approach to friction-enhancing treatments and improved pavement safety performance.
AASHTO Safety Summit Poster 2025Kentucky LTAP VideoStudy DocumentFHWA Case Study

Buckle Up Phone Down Campaign (Kentucky)

Kentucky
KOHS developed a mass campaign with the message "Be safe Kentucky. Buckle up. Phone down." to address traffic fatalities from distracted driving and not buckling up.
Buckle Up Phone Down WebpageTZD Case Study

Implementing Complete Streets in Kentucky

Kentucky
When KYTC implemented Complete Streets, they found large reductions in fatalities and serious injuries at two-way stop and signalized intersections.
KYTC Press ReleaseKYTC Complete Streets Webpage2023 Safety Summit Poster

Data for Proactive Road Safety: Continuous Pavement Friction Measurement

Kentucky
Pavement Friction Management (PFM) using Continuous Pavement Friction Measurement (CPFM) is a proactive approach for managing pavements for safety throughout the roadway lifecycle. Taking a lifecycle approach to designing, specifying, and maintaining friction performance saved Kentucky more than $1 billion annually and reduced fatal and severe crashes by up to 24%.
FHWA Case StudyPresentation SlidesUSDOT Flyer2024 Safety Summit Poster
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