Work with professors and students at colleges and universities to raise awareness and build a culture of transportation safety in all aspects of transportation programs and classes.
| Number | Title | Priority | Champion | Contact | Status |
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| SE-1 | Safety in Higher Education | High | Education Council | Pete Savolainen (pete@msu.edu) |
Active The Education Council prepared an article discussing its role in embedding safety in transportation education: https://ite.ygsclicbook.com/pubs/itejournal/2026/march-2026/live/#p=21 The Education Council is planning the 2026 ITE Educator's Workshop which will continue to focus on integrating transportation safety in higher education. |
| SE-2 | Safety in Student Chapters | Medium | ITE Staff (Student Membership) |
Ongoing ITE Staff organized a student-focused webinar title From Principles to Practice: How Safety Actually Gets Implemented that was presented in April 2026. The goal is to have webinars like this twice a year aimed at students and younger members. Recording is available here: https://youtu.be/9uwjmOObIEs?si=Exj5fKvlBgFMcrTE |
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| SE-3 | Safety Focus in the ITE Traffic Bowl | Medium | IBOD (Traffic Bowl Committee) |
John Davis (JADavis@dmgov.org) |
Active The Traffic Bowl committee has made safety a focus of the traffic bowl with many questions on transportation safety. |
| SE-4 | K-12 Safety Education Resources | Low | IBOD (STEM Committee) |
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Enhance and provide professional development and training opportunities to equip ITE members with the latest transportation safety knowledge and skills.
| Number | Title | Priority | Champion | Contact | Status |
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| PD-1 | Value of Safety Certifications | Medium | ITE Staff (TPCB) |
Alyssa Thomas (athomas@ite.org) |
Active The TPCB has begun developing a new Road Safety Audit certification program as complementary to the Road Safety Professional (RSP) certification. ITE staff are supporting the TPCB in developing the new RSP2A (Audit) certification. |
| PD-2 | Access to Systemic Safety Resources | Low | Safety Council | Sign Up | Not Started |
| PD-3 | Highway Safety Manual Training | High | ITE Staff (Safety Council Liaison and CTO) |
Matt Hardy (mhardy@ite.org) |
Active ITE will work with AASHTO on promoting the second edition of the HSM once it is published in 2027. ITE also plans to support AASHTO in developing and delivering training on the Second Edition HSM. |
| PD-4 | Road Safety Audit Training | Medium | Safety Council (Road Safety Audit GIG) |
Alyssa Thomas (athomas@ite.org) |
Ongoing ITE has developed the ITE RSA Fundamentals Training Course. The course was piloted in April 2026. Initial course offerings include Detroit (July 2026), Kalamazoo (October 2026), and Northern New England (Fall 2026 or Spring 2027). More information is available at https://www.ite.org/professional-and-career-development/learning-hub/road-safety-audit-rsa-fundamentals-training-course/ |
| PD-5 | Multimodal Impact & Training Updates | High | ITE Staff | Dan Hennessey (dhennessey@srcity.org) |
Active Transportation Planning Council (MTIA Working Group) is reviewing training materials provided by ITE/instructors. Review ITE MTIA for outdated references, missing sections related to Safe Systems Approach |
Advance initiatives that ensure ITE Councils, Committees, and staff consider transportation safety in all aspects of the work they do.
| ID # | Action | Priority | Champion | Contact | Current Status |
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| I-1 | Annual Transportation Safety Peer Discussions | High | Safety Council | Alyssa Thomas (athomas@ite.org) |
Active ITE has developed an annual safety peer discussion taking place during the TRB and ITE annual meetings. |
| I-2 | ITE Duty of Care | High | CLT | Alex Rixey (Alex.Rixey@montgomeryplanning.org) |
Completed The ITE Beyond Duty of Care (BDoC) working group developed guidelines for implementing a BDoC mindset into key Council Leadership Team (CLT) publications including Quick Bites, Technical Briefs, Informational Reports, and Recommended Practices. More information is available at https://www.ite.org/councils/council-leadership-team/ |
| I-3 | Council & Committee Coordination | High | CLT | Lindsey Van Parys (lindsey.vanparys@ghd.com) |
Ongoing The Council Leadership Team requests that all ITE Council develop a Council Action Plan. As part of that plan, councils including how they are addressing actions within the ITE Safety Roadmap and Action Plan. The CLT uses this as a way to coordinate safety activities among the council, committees, and great idea groups. Council Action Plans are available at each council landing page which can be accessed at: https://www.ite.org/councils/technical-councils/ |
| I-4 | Industry Safety Campaigns | High | ITE Staff (Communications) |
Sign Up | Not Started |
| I-5 | Transportation Safety Policies Update | High | ITE Staff | Sign Up |
Ongoing ITE updated its limited transportation reauthorization policies which included an update to the transportation safety policies. ITE has responded to various USDOT and Congressional information requests on surface transportation safety policy topics. ITE responses can be found at https://www.ite.org/ITEORG/assets/File/AA%20Published%20on%20Site/Administration%20Docs/ITE%20Reauth%20Principles%202025.pdf ITE is a member of Safe System Consortium which advocates for transportation safety policies. Recommendations are currently available at https://publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-03/recommendations-of-the-safe-system-consortium.pdf |
| I-6 | ITE Safety Pledge | High | IBOD | Peter Koonce (peter.koonce@portlandoregon.gov) |
Completed The ITE Safety Partner Pledge was launched in January 2026. The pledge is available at https://www.ite.org/safetypledge/
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Engage in the development of technical resources and publications to advance safety technologies and solutions.
| ID # | Action | Priority | Champion | Contact | Current Status |
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| TR-1 | Methods and Practices for Setting Speed Limits Update | High | Traffic Engineering Council | Doug Noble (dnoble@ite.org) |
Active Included in the Traffic Engineering Council Action Plan as project 2025-SAP-06: Update to the Methods and Practices for Setting Speed Limits Informational Report. |
| TR-2 | Near-Miss Analysis Resources | High | Safety Council (Data-Driven Safety Analysis Committee) |
Alyssa Thomas (athomas@ite.org) |
Active The DDSA Committee is working on the Informational Report Critical Conflict and Near-Miss Analyses Informational Report (2025-SAP-04). |
| TR-3 | Safe System Technical Brief for Non-Technical Audiences | Medium | Safety Council | Sign Up | Not Started |
| TR-4 | Transportation Safety in Land Use Planning | Medium | Planning Council | Dan Hennessey (dhennessey@srcity.org) |
Ongoing Publications: Upcoming:
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| TR-5 | Implementing the Safe System Approach Recommended Practice | High | Safety Council | Alyssa Thomas (athomas@ite.org) |
Active The ITE IBOD Executive Committee approved the development of the Safe System Approach for Public Agencies recommended practice. People interested in participating and learning about the project should visit: https://www.ite.org/technical-resources/topics/standards/recommended-practices/implementing-the-safe-system-approach-for-public-agencies/ This project is listed as 2025-SAP-02 in Safety Council Action Plan.
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| TR-6 | Vision Zero Success Stories | Medium | Safety Council (Vision Zero Committee) |
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| TR-7 | Automated Enforcement Informational Report | High | Traffic Engineering Council | Doug Noble (dnoble@ite.org) |
Active Oversight group has been established and development of the informational report has begun. This is listed as project 2024-TENC-16 in the Traffic Engineering Council Action Plan. |
| TR-8 | Safety Focus in ITE Journal | High | ITE Staff (ITE Journal Editor) |
Matt Hardy (mhardy@ite.org) |
Ongoing This is an ongoing initiative. ITE has designated the February issues of the ITE Journal to focus on safety moving forward. Previous editions of the journal that focused on safety include the following: January 2025: Innovative Pathways to Safer Transportation (https://ite.ygsclicbook.com/pubs/itejournal/2025/january-2025/live/#p=1) |
| TR-9 | Data-Driven Safety Analysis Handbook | Medium | Safety Council (Data-Driven Safety Analysis Committee) |
Alyssa Thomas (athomas@ite.org) |
Active The DDSA Committee has developed an annotated outline of a DDSA Handbook. ITE staff are currently discussing various approaches to writing the handbook. |
| TR-10 | Design Flexibility within the MUTCD Informational Report | High | Traffic Engineering Council | Doug Noble (dnoble@ite.org) |
Active The ITE Traffic Engineering Council is working on this project as part of its Council Action Plan. The project is listed as 2025-SAP-07. |
| TR-11 | Street Lighting and Safety Informational Report | High | Traffic Engineering Council | Doug Noble (dnoble@ite.org) |
Not Started The ITE Traffic Engineering Council is working on this project as part of its Council Action Plan. The project is listed as 2025-SAP-08. |
Collaborate and work with partners and stakeholders across all levels of government, the private sector, and community organizations to achieve shared safety goals.
| Number | Title | Priority | Champion | Contact | Status |
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| P-1 | National Safety Partner Engagement Plan | Medium | ITE Staff (Communications) |
Sign Up | Not Started |
| P-2 | New Safety Partnerships | High | ITE Staff (CTO and Safety Council Liaison) |
Sign Up | Not Started |
| P-3 | National Center for Advancing Transportation Safety | High | ITE Staff (CTO) |
Sign Up | Not Started |
| P-4 | National V2X Deployment Plan Implementation | High | ITE Staff (CTO and TSMO Liaison) |
Matt Hardy (mhardy@ite.org) | Active |