CIRTPA SS4A Safety Action Plan

CIRTPA has hired FHU to complete a SS4A compliant Safety Action Plan. Future information on the project can be found here.

Survey and Commenting Map: Safety Action Plan for Central Iowans

Crash Dashboard: CIRTPA Crashes 2018-2022

Project Background

In 2023, CIRTPA received an Action Plan Grant to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) that meets the eligibility requirements of an Action Plan set forth in the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program. The resulting Action Plan will need to meet the specified program criteria required to pursue an SS4A Implementation Grant.

What is a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan?

A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) provides a detailed safety analysis of a project area with a focus on reducing and eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes. The analysis will use roadway characteristics to identify safety problems across the project area to support strategy and project identification to target safety risks. Additionally, the SS4A program has outlined eight components of a CSAP: [1]

  1. Leadership commitment and goal setting
  2. Planning structure
  3. Safety analysis
  4. Engagement and collaboration
  5. Equity
  6. Policy and process changes
  7. Strategy and project selections
  8. Progress and transparency

What streets are included in the CSAP?

All streets and roads (except for Interstate Highways) located in a municipality within the CIRTPA planning area are included in the CSAP. The CIRTPA CSAP will cover 74 municipalities in an eight-county area of Central Iowa.

Communities included in the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (DMAMPO) or the Ames Area MPO (AAMPO) planning areas are not included in the CIRTPA study. Additionally, county roadways are not included in the CIRTPA CSAP. The DMAMPO, AAMPO, and counties are all conducting their own CSAP studies.

Project Schedule:

The CIRTPA CSAP got kicked off in November 2023. The project is anticipated to take 15 months to complete.

Public Open Houses:

Public open houses are anticipated to be held during the June and July 2024. Public open houses will be held in each of the CIRTPA member communities. There will also be two regionally located open houses.

  • Tuesday July 9, 12 – 2pm: Winterset
                    Winterset Public Library – Main Meeting Room, 123 N. Second Street
  • Tuesday July 9, 4 – 6pm: Indianola
                    Wellness Center, 306 E. Scenic Valley Avenue
  • Wednesday, July 10, 12-2pm: Prairie City
                    Prairie City Community Park Building, 503 S. State Street
  • Wednesday, July 10, 4-6pm: Newton
                    Newton City Council Chambers
  • Thursday, July 11, 11:30am-1:30pm: Knoxville
                    Knoxville Public Library (Weiler Room), 213 E Montgomery Street
  • Thursday, July 11, 3:30-5:30pm: Pella
                    Pella Public Library, 603 Main Street
  • Tuesday, July 16, 12-2pm: Huxley
                    Nord Kalsem Community Center, 204 W. 5th Street
  • Tuesday, July 16, 4-6pm: Nevada
                    Nevada City Hall, 1209 6th Street
  • Wednesday, July 17, 12-2pm: Story City
                    Story City Bertha Bartlett Public Library, 503 Broad St. 
  • Wednesday, July 17, 4-6pm: Boone
                    City Hall Auditorium (2nd Floor), 923 8th Street
  • Thursday, July 18, 12-2pm: Adel
                    Adel Public Library, 303 10th Street
  • Thursday, July 18, 4-7pm: Perry
                    Perry Farmer’s Market – Josh Davis Plaza, 1115 2nd Street
  • Tuesday, July 23, 12-2pm: Earlham
                    Council Chambers, 140 S. Chestnut Avenue  

Project Contact Information:

If you have any questions about the CIRTPA CSAP project, please contact:

Andrew Collings, AICP
acollings@midiowaplanning.org
515-304-3524

1 https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/comprehensive-safety-action-plans