In 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) awarded the Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC) a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Planning and Demonstration Grant to develop a Comprehensive Roadway Safety Action Plan (CRSAP). The GBNRTC developed and adopted this CRSAP, the Roadway All-User Crash Elimination Plan (“RACE Plan”), to guide how the region will work to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all roadways in Erie and Niagara Counties for all road users including people who drive, walk, bike, or ride transit.
The RACE Plan follows the Safe System Approach, a national paradigm for eliminating roadway fatalities by addressing human error and vulnerability through multiple layers of protection. It focuses on five key areas: safer people, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer speeds, and post-crash care. The approach accounts for both human mistakes and the human body’s vulnerability in collisions by both preventing crashes and reducing harm when it may occur.
The RACE Plan sets a goal to eliminate roadway fatalities and reduce serious injuries 50% by 2050, in alignment with the GBRNTC Policy Committee Resolution 2022-12. Additionally, this goal is aligned with safety goals identified in 2023 New York Strategic Highway Safety Plan and GBNRTC’s Long Range Transportation Plan.
Public comments will be received for 30 days from 5/16/25 until Close of Business (COB) on 6/16/25.
If you have any additional questions or comments, please email us at staff@gbnrtc.org, or contact us at the address and telephone number above.
To learn more and view the draft plan visit: https://www.gbnrtc.org/safetyactionplan
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