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In California, the Office of Traffic Safety fostered a partnership with the University of California, Berkeley Traffic Safety Center* to administer HVE campaigns to target impaired driving and non-use of seat belts. Several benefits have resulted from this partnership, including 1) streamlined, electronic administration of HVE grants featuring the use of user-friendly computer and Internet technology to process online applications, grant documents, and administrative processes, which resulted in problematic applications (due to errors) being reduced to zero, 2) planned increase in HVE program effectiveness by targeting high-risk areas and issues, and 3) increased flexibility in program planning and administration.

In addition to improving service delivery for the HVE programs in California, this model will provide useful lessons learned as the State plans automated grant management systems.

High-Visibility Enforcement Programs: California’s State and University Traffic Safety Partnership Abstract | Full text download of the paper (09-3042)
Jill F. Cooper, Irene Kan, Akilah Cadet, Sharleen Rauch and Christopher J. Murphy, California Office of Traffic Safety. Presented at the TRB 2009 Annual Meeting

*(WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that, starting October 26, 2009, the Traffic Safety Center has a new name, SafeTREC, the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center.

Our new name more accurately reflects the manner in which our mission has grown since our founding nearly 10 years ago to encompass safety and travel risk in a multi-modal transportation system; a robust and diverse research agenda across multiple disciplines; and development and enhancement of curriculum, training, and outreach on the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as for professionals and members of the community.)