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Lee County MPO Comprehensive Safety Action Plan

The Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) wanted to produce a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that would act as a playbook to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes within the County. They selected our team to help.

Our crash data collection effort for this study included the use of innovative video analytics tools that track near miss incidents between vehicles, quantifying the frequency and severity of crash risk before a collision takes place. Additionally, we administered the creation of high injury network (HIN) mapping integrated into an interactive crash data dashboard (ICDD), which allowed public review and comment on high crash corridors.

Some of the safety improvements that we recommended through this study involved both policy-based and infrastructure-based measures, ranked in an implementation matrix with information on cost magnitudes, timeframes, and crash countermeasure effectiveness. Engagement efforts as part of this study included bike shop tours, a series of four participant team meetings, and two public meetings. The availability of the ICDD to the public helped facilitate a transparent and helpful planning process.

Assignment of recommended safety measures to various parties, with timeframes and funding strategies, will support accountability between Lee County MPO and their partners in efforts to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes.