Safety Management
NIRCC maintains a Safety Management System (SMS) for Allen County and the surrounding counties of Adams, DeKalb, and Wells. A SMS is a systematic process that has the goal of reducing the number and severity of traffic accidents by ensuring that all opportunities to improve safety (i.e. highway planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation) are identified, considered, implemented where appropriate, and evaluated.
Safety in transportation planning and project development is a high priority. The increase in available funds for safety improvements supports the importance of safety projects. Improved crash information sources and new analytical tools have created better evaluation tools to identify problematic areas. NIRCC is responding to these changes with additional resources applied to crash data analysis and GIS applications. The goal for transportation planners is to find where the problems exist, make recommendations for improvements and seek funding to implement projects. The first step is often the most difficult, which is to identify what locations are most hazardous within the community.
Safety in transportation planning and project development is a high priority. The increase in available funds for safety improvements supports the importance of safety projects. Improved crash information sources and new analytical tools have created better evaluation tools to identify problematic areas. NIRCC is responding to these changes with additional resources applied to crash data analysis and GIS applications. The goal for transportation planners is to find where the problems exist, make recommendations for improvements and seek funding to implement projects. The first step is often the most difficult, which is to identify what locations are most hazardous within the community.
