Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Black Hawk County MPO understands our shared responsibility in eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes for all roadway users. We are committed to a holistic approach in how we think about transportation safety and how we prioritize investments across the entire transportation system so that we can build a safer and better system for all users and all modes of transportation. Through expanded collaboration with regional stakeholders and community members, as well as guidance from FHWA’s Safe System approach and SS4A’s Action Plan Components, the MPO and the City of Waterloo will develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that is founded upon the following: • Stakeholder and public engagement plan, with a strong emphasis on equity and outreach to historically underserved and vulnerable populations. • Data collection and review, including a summary of existing programs, policies, and studies. • Identification, evaluation, and prioritization of high-risk corridors and locations, along with potential programs and physical safety countermeasures, guided by the Safe Systems Approach, to improve safety within those identified areas. • Project concept reports including conceptual design and cost estimates that prepare the City of Waterloo and the MPO for future SS4A Implementation Grant funding opportunities and/or other implementation resources. • Recommended improvements to existing MPO and City of Waterloo local policies and practices related to roadway safety with a strong focus on the Safe Systems Approach. • Transportation equity review, including an assessment of equity indicators related to accessibility, connectivity, environment, health, engagement, and effectiveness, and how transportation systems affect and/or influence safe and equitable outcomes.
