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CVTA technical committee defers transit-safety scoring changes to subcommittee
Summary
The CVTA technical committee reviewed alternatives for scoring transit-safety in the regional project selection framework and agreed to reconvene a subcommittee for one more meeting before making a recommendation to the authority. Members flagged model limitations and possible use of DRPT merit or pedestrian-safety mapping.
The Central Virginia Transportation Authority technical committee on the meeting reviewed options for how transit-safety should be scored in the regional project selection and allocation framework and agreed to delay final action until a subcommittee meets again.
During presentation of the framework, the chair said “the one unresolved issue is transit safety,” and staff outlined why the existing approach—modeled after SmartScale using crash frequency and crash rate—raised concerns because projects on high-volume roads can score better than lower-volume but potentially riskier corridors. Staff presented several alternatives: remove the safety category, refine SmartScale by dropping…
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