Learnings from Phase One of WALGA's Local Government Safe System Project

WALGA’s Local Government Safe System Project was established in May 2009, with the goal of increasing the uptake of safe system principles by local government, in a shared responsibility approach, for the implementation of Towards Zero. The first phase of the project focused on raising awareness and understanding of the safe system approach within local government; clarifying the current level of capacity of local governments to adopt a safe system approach; identifying the barriers and enablers for local governments to move towards this approach; and developing a set of safe system principles to provide relevant guidance for local governments. These strategies were designed to achieve the targets set for Phase One, which were to: Increase the awareness of the Towards Zero strategy within local governments by 10 per cent by May 2011; Increase the knowledge of the safe system approach within local government by 10 per cent by May 2011; Increase the adoption of the safe system approach into local government strategies, plans and policies by 5 per cent by May 2011. This paper will consider the outcomes of the first phase of the Local Government Safe System Project, and measure the progress towards the goal and targets of the project. Key learnings from Phase One will be explored, and the way forward for Phase Two of the project will be outlined.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/
• Authors:
  • Smithson, A
  • Russell-Weisz, L
  • Wernham, R
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 2011, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2011-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Driving research, policy and action towards zero deaths and injuries: Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 2011, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 6-9 November

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Highway safety; Local government; Policy; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (roads)
• Geographic Terms: Western Australia
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Evaluation; Local government; Policy; Road safety
• Subject Areas: Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01381491
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 12:13PM