Safety of all users of the transportation system - motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, freight carries - is a core function of all transportation agencies. Safety is a broad ranging discipline that includes design functions, human behavior, and legal issues. It is often classified around the "4 E's" of safety: engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response/EMS. Practitioners focus on special users populations like elderly drivers or child pedestrians.

Transportation planners have a significant role to play in safety, from problem identification to project programming. The Safety Working Group has adopted as its mission "to advance initiatives intended to preserve, maintain, and improve traffic safety for all users in New York State". The group includes representatives of New York State's MPOs, NYS Department of Transportation, New York State Police, local law enforcement, Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, and the Federal Highway Administration.

Meeting Information:

2010