Springfield Safe Communities

An Effective Practice

Description

In 1998 the Illinois Department of Transportation chose the city of Springfield to provide statewide leadership in reducing alcohol-related crash fatalities, and increasing the seat belt use rate. The DOT worked with community members to educate residents about driving under the influence of alcohol and to help them start a pilot program where local taxi companies and liquor establishments offered an alternative to impaired driving. The program also included education around bicycle safety and iniatives encouraging child safety seat and seat belt use.

Goal / Mission

The goal of the Springfield Safe Communities project was to reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic crash fatalities, and to increase seat belt use throughout the city and surrounding areas.

Results / Accomplishments

The Springfield Safe Communities program provided safety information, bicycle helmets, and child safety seats to Springfield community residents, in addition to providing more than 500 taxicab rides to Springfield residents through Alert Cab in 1999 alone.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Illinois - Springfield Safe Communities
Primary Contact
John Moulton
(217) 782-5853
Topics
Community / Transportation
Community / Public Safety
Organization(s)
Illinois - Springfield Safe Communities
Source
U.S. Department of Transportation, Safe Communities
Date of implementation
2000
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Springfield, IL
For more details
http://www.nhtsa.gov.edgesuite-staging.net/Driving...
Target Audience
Children

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An Effective Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.