MAKING SAFETY AN EXPLICIT CONSIDERATION IN CORRIDOR PLANNING

In 1998, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) undertook five pilot projects to test the value of explicitly considering safety in planning projects in small communities. Smithers, a town in the northwest of the province, was the site of a corridor planning exercise. The town experiences harsh winters, with heavy snowfall. It is predominantly a pulp and lumber mill town but also has a high tourist trade because of its location on the Highway 16 route to Alaska and the northwest of BC. The interaction of long distance and local traffic was one of the major concerns for ICBC. The existing highway through Smithers was mostly rural four-lane design. The Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoTH)--the highway owner--was planning highway improvements in the study area, and the town was concerned about how the highway would affect their local economy and mobility. An informal examination was conducted by a working team. Relevant documentation and policies were collected and reviewed. Plans developed by MoTH were used as a starting point. The working team identified a number of jurisdictional and physical issues that were to be addressed in the concluding stages of the study.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Skene, M
• Conference:
  • Enhancing Transportation Safety in the 21st Century ITE International Conference
  • Location: Kissimmee, Florida
  • Date: 1999-3-28 to 1999-3-31
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Four lane highways; Highway safety; Improvements; Pilot studies; Rural highways; Small towns; Traffic safety; Transportation corridors; Transportation planning; Transportation safety
• Identifier Terms: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
• Geographic Terms: British Columbia; Canada
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768866
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1999 12:00AM