Services

The TSRC was established to function as an extension of the NJDOT's Division of Traffic Engineering & Safety and support the Division's efforts in service provision of technical assistance and outreach to local agencies. The TSRC is a multi-agency collaborative approach to addressing travel safety needs on New Jersey roadway systems.

The goal of the TSRC is to become a one-stop resource center with a major focus on traffic safety concerns of local governments in New Jersey. The TSRC aims to provide technical support and training services to local agencies to help them achieve the goal of reducing crashes and fatalities on New Jersey roadways. Some of the objectives include:

• Provide engineering support services to select local agencies
• Develop customized statistical crash analysis software and support its use
• Support development of a statewide strategic safety management system
• Provide technical support and training services to MPOs in the use of Plan4Safety which will enable them to prioritize safety projects that will be funded through the Local Aid Program.
• Develop a dynamic decision support framework for the cost/benefit evaluation of safety projects.

Traffic & Safety Engineering Services

Services include technical assistance for safety related requests and traffic safety engineering support to local agencies in implementing low-cost, quick-fix counter-measures to reduce crash frequency and severity. The services may include technical support to help local government agencies effectively use crash data and newly developed software and/or supplying locals with crash reports generated from NJDOT crash database that identify primary crash locations within the municipality. This unit also coordinates the software development efforts with the needs of the NJDOT. These services may include:

• Planning level traffic engineering services to local agencies for safety related projects
• Assistance with safety related improvements
• Assistance for modification of traffic regulations
• Crash analysis services to local agencies
• Assistance and training in use of software developed by TSRC

Application Development & IT Services

Services include the development of a decision making model that may serve as a framework for MPOs to fund safety projects, and enhancing the GIS capabilities of the Bureau of Safety Programs. Crash analysis software has been developed (Plan4Safety); further work includes building a layer of functionality to provide a decision support system. The statistical analysis and data mining system will utilize multivariate statistical and data mining models to quantify traffic accident patterns, and establish statistically valid relationship between various explanatory variables and the risk of crashes. The database will later be expanded to create a statewide Integrated Safety System (SIS), which utilizes EMS Run Reports, hospital data, rehabilitation data along with traffic crash data. IT services may include:

• Develop customized statistical analysis tool to analyze crash data
• Build a layer of functionality on top of statistical tool to enable cost/benefit evaluation of alternatives
• Work with the NJDOT to create a statewide Safety Injury System (SIS)
• Provide other technical support/database management services as needed
• Develop customized software as needed