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16 Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium • Project: Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest-Phase III • PI: Kevin Chang (UI), kchang@uidaho.edu • Co-Investigators: Yinhai Wang (UW), Robert Perkins (UAF), Ali Hajbabaie (WSU), Shane Brown (OSU) Advancements in data collection capabilities have allowed transportation-related agencies to collect mountains of safety data. There is an immediate need to find out what types of safety data are being collected, what types of safety analysis can be done with the collected data, and what (other) types of safety data and analysis approaches are required to meet the safety objectives. An initial phase of this study developed a comprehensive understanding of needs and priorities with regard to data management and analysis and compiled a comprehensive set of safety data workforce development resources for use and distribution. This phase will test, refine, modify, and update the training tools by administering user surveys and conducting focus groups with practitioners and academicians alike. 2016-2017 Research Projects • Project: Mitigation of Lane Departure Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated Outreach • PI: David Hurwitz (OSU), david.hurwitz@oregonstate.edu • Co-Investigators: Linda Boyle (UW), Leila Hajibabai (WSU), Nathan Belz (UAF), Ahmed Abdel-Rahim (UI) PacTrans has supported a student competition to develop PSAs related to lane departure crashes. This project has spanned three independent phases. Phase I. Competition planning. The issue of lane departure crashes are explored in this phase, along with how PSAs have been implemented in the transportation industry. We prepared guidelines for the college and high school level competitions, which were open to all students in the Pacific Northwest. These guidelines request that the students submit a video, a series of Twitter, memes, or Instagram posts. They were also asked to develop a poster of a comprehensive PSA for lane departure crashes in the Pacific Northwest. This mixed media approach allows for PSA distribution through several social media outlets. Submissions will be reviewed on pre-selected criteria, with monetary awards presented to the winning individuals or teams. Additionally, the advertising materials distributed in the form of flyers and websites are described. Phase II. Evaluation of competition entries. In this phase, the project team collected the competition entries, evaluated them, and made selections for winners. The project team will then distribute and promote the winning materials. Phase III. Expansion. In the third phase, the project team will expand the population of participants in the PSA competition to K-9 students. The general topics will be simplified to answer the following questions: 1) What is a car crash? and 2) What causes a car crash? The submissions will also be redesigned to better match the younger student's abilities. The collective goal of all three phases of this project is to engage the public in the Pacific Northwest regarding the safety issue of lane departure crashes.