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10 The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Road to Zero Coalition’s Safe Systems Explanation and Framework articulate that to anticipate human mistakes, a Safe System seeks to: • Separate users in a physical space (e.g., sidewalks, dedicated bicycle facilities), • Separate users in time (e.g., pedestrian scramble, dedicated turn phases), • Alert users to potential hazards, • Accommodate human injury tolerance through interventions that reduce speed or impact force Creating a Safe System means shifting a major share of the responsibility from road users to road designers. “Individual road users have the responsibility to abide by laws and regulations” and do so by exhibiting due care and proper behavior on the transportation system. While road users are responsible for their own behavior, this is a shared responsibility with those who design, operate, and maintain the transportation network: including the automotive industry, law enforcement, elected officials, and government bodies. In a Safe System, roadway system designers and operators take on the highest level of ethical responsibility. This LRSP reflects the Safe System approach through a data driven process that considers the following when analyzing citywide collisions and safety-focused solutions: • Collision Trends: Review of collision statistics to evaluate when, where, and why collisions occur and who is involved. • Collision Profiles: Combination of collision factors to identify 8 prevalent collision types.