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Draft Roadway All-User Crash Elimination Plan (RACE)

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 below.

Take our quick survey and provide feedback on the draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (RACE Plan).

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About Roadway All-User Crash Elimination Plan (RACE)

GBNRTC is developing a Comprehensive Roadway Safety Action Plan, the Roadway All-User Crash Elimination Plan (RACE), to guide how the region will work to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all roadways in Erie and Niagara counties.  

The goal is to help make Erie and Niagara Counties safer for all road users including people who drive, walk, bike, or ride transit.   

This Plan utilizes an innovative data-driven approach that analyzes roadway characteristics, traffic volumes, and local crashes to understand the KEY FACTORS affecting safety outcomes throughout the transportation network. Additionally, the safety analysis will be conducted to tell a story through data tables and figures about where, when, and why crashes are occurring in the region. As a part of this safety analysis, the project team will evaluate individual corridors and intersections and prepare a prioritized list of location-specific and systemic network treatments.   

Equity and inclusion considerations are a priority for each step of the Plan development including the analysis, engagement, location prioritization, and improvement selection process. This will improve the strategies by more accurately representing existing challenges and opportunities while ensuring an emphasis on equitable countermeasure implementation.   

The final deliverable will be a toolkit of best practices to address the KEY FACTORS, including:

• Create a prioritized list of projects

• Recommendations for improving safety beyond infrastructure solutions

• Final report and implementation plan

Throughout this process, the project team will work with transportation safety stakeholders, coordinate with state partners, and seek input from residents across Erie and Niagara Counties. For more information on various aspects of this project please review the project resources page and follow the links in the announcements below. 

For more information on this project, review the resources page and follow the links below.

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Questions, comments and concerns can be directed to: Hector Boggio (716) 856-2026 x320 hboggio@gbnrtc.org