Join the conversation with CPBS about improving transportation system response to crashes
Join our consortium partners at the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) and guest speakers on Tuesday, July 8 at 11am PST to discuss how the new Emergency Streets (ES) protocol enables municipal agencies to respond quickly, visibly, and responsibly to the most serious roadway crashes in their jurisdiction: those resulting in serious injury and/or death.
Redefining normal: A new post-fatal crash response
Description
Learn about the new Emergency Streets (ES) protocol that enables municipal agencies to respond quickly, visibly, and responsibly to the most serious roadway crashes in their jurisdiction: those resulting in serious injury and/or death. The ES approach demonstrates to staff, public officials, and the public at large that when someone dies in a traffic crash, an effective countermeasure is already within reach, and is preferable, rather than a return to "normal" traffic operations on roadways that have proven to be fatal. It highlights reasons why we might not want that road to return to the previous state; spurs new conversations about the purpose of transport services; and demonstrates the feasibility for a safer, alternative design for the very section of road.
The protocol empowers community leaders (who often feel pressured to respond to fatal crashes with more than condolences) to temporarily install a set of quick-build, mobile, and generally reusable traffic-calming infrastructure within hours of a fatal crash. A uniform set of tools is deployed to reduce crash-related kinetic energy—a fundamental reason for fatalities on local roadways—regardless of other factors. Within 48 hours of an incident, a variety of mobile or modular devices and signage would be installed at the crash site to slow motor vehicle traffic by approximately 20 mph.
Visit the CPBS website to learn more and how to join the webinar.
About the CPBS
The Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) is a Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) supported by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and led by the University of New Mexico (UNM). CPBS’s goal is to eliminate pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and serious injuries through research, education, technology transfer, and workforce development.
The UC Berkeley team, led by UC Berkeley SafeTREC director Julia Griswold, is one of five partnering institutions, along with the University of New Mexico, San Diego State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.