Project Background
In February 2023, the NJSEA was awarded a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grant to develop the MAP4S.
MAP4S will provide a robust plan for constituent municipalities within the district to identify current and future roadway safety needs and establish a systematic and proactive safety plan to reduce crashes, particularly those resulting in fatalities or serious injuries.
Project Tasks
- Developing a community outreach program
- Establishing and engaging a dedicated Safety Task Force (STF) consisting of representatives from state, county, and municipal government agencies, schools and hospitals, non-profit organizations, and pedestrians/bicyclists’ advocacy groups to assist in the development of MAP4S.
- Engaging the public, particularly disadvantaged communities, through public events, activities, and an online interactive mapping exercise to identify locations with safety concerns.
- Collecting and evaluating historic crash data in the District and identifying focus crash types and risk factors that may contribute to crashes, especially fatal and serious injury crashes.
- Developing targeted safety improvement projects by identifying risk factors and safety concern areas to reduce and ultimately eliminate severe crashes and enhance roadway safety.
- Defining metrics and a methodology to prioritize safety countermeasure projects.
- Recommending safety policies to promote the Zero Fatality initiative.
- Developing a Safety Assessment Tool to assist local municipalities in analyzing their safety needs, prioritizing safety projects, and assessing the effectiveness of safety improvement projects.
- Establishing the first adopted Safety Action Plan for the Meadowlands District.
MAP4S Schedule
Spring 2024: Develop public/community outreach plan
Summer 2024: Data collection and analysis, public/community outreach activities
Fall 2024: Public/community outreach activities (continued), roadway safety evaluation, identification of roadway safety treatments
Winter/Spring 2025: Development and prioritization of targeted roadway safety improvement projects, safety policy assessment and recommendations
June 2025: SAT Beta testing and user training (Virtual)
July 2025: Final MAP4S-STF meeting (Under consultant support)
November 2025:
1) Publish the Draft Final Plan
2) Public presentation
December 2025: Plan Adoption