Safety innovations have been a cornerstone of the Every Day Counts (EDC) program since 2011, resulting in their rapid deployment and institutionalization.  The upcoming EDC Safety Summit Series will build on that momentum.

The Featured EDC initiatives are:

• Sept. 1: Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)
• Sept. 8: Data-Driven Safety Analysis (DDSA)

• Sept. 15 Roadway Departure including Focus on Reducing Rural Roadway Departures (FoRRRwD), High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) and SafetyEdge^(SM)

• Sept. 22: Intersection and Interchange Geometrics
• Sept. 29: Road Diets

September 15th is all about Roadway Departures

There will be 3 roadway departure initiatives covered: FoRRRwD, HFST, & SafetyEdge^SM.  The summit will include conversations with practitioners as well as breakouts sessions for participants to ask questions. 

Focus on Reducing Rural Roadway Departures (FoRRRwD)

The FoRRRwD initiative has 4 pillars and we will be exploring each of them during the summit.  All Public Roads - Ed Spilker from Washington State DOT and Aaron Simmons from Douglas County Washington  Systemic Approach - Derek Leuer and Girman Feyissa from Minnesota DOT and Victor Lund from St. Louis County, Minnesota Safety Action Plans - Robert Peterson from Caltrans and Tom Matteson from Humboldt County, California Proven Countermeasures - These conversations will only cover the SafetyEdgeSM and HFST, which were previous EDC initiatives.

High Friction Surface Treatments (HFST) HFST was an EDC2 innovation that has been proven to be very effective for reducing crashes at curves - an 83% reduction in wet road crashes!  The conversation will feature Mike Vaughn from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

SafetyEdgeSM The SafetyEdgeSM was the first safety innovation included in EDC round 1.  The SafetyEdgeSM has been shown to reduce 21% of Run-off-Road crashes and 19% of Head-On crashes. The conversations will include Shawn Troy from North Carolina DOT, Todd Kinney from Clinton County, Iowa, and Derek Snead and Todd Postel from Jones County, Iowa.

Please join us to learn how others have implemented these life-saving initiatives and to share your experiences. 

For more information on FoRRRwD contact Cate Satterfield or Dick Albin 

For more information on HFST contact  Joe Cheung

For more information on SafetyEdge^SM, contact Cate Satterfield,

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Every Day Counts, a state-based initiative of the Federal Highway Administration's Center for Accelerating Innovation, works with state, local and private sector partners to encourage the adoption of proven technologies and innovations to shorten and enhance project delivery.

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