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NDOT outlines safety work, high-injury network and operational limits; staff and funding identified as bottlenecks
Summary
NDOT Director Diana Alarcon described the department's work on Vision 0, the high-injury network, the traffic management center and quick-build programs; she said staffing, procurement rules and the capital-versus-operating budget structure limit how fast some safety projects can be delivered.
The Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) told council and advisory committees it is using a Safe Systems approach to address a high-injury network that disproportionately concentrates deaths and serious injuries, but department leaders said staffing, capital funding rules and procurement timelines slow some work.
Director Diana Alarcon said NDOT has adopted a Vision 0 framework that identifies a high-injury network where roughly 6% of roads account for about 60% of traffic deaths and serious injuries. NDOT has pursued a package of engineering and programmatic tools described in the Vision 0 Action Plan: pedestrian hybrid beacons (HAWKs), leading pedestrian intervals, quick-build safety improvements, protected bikeways, sidewalk construction…
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