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Beth Wemple is a Senior Transportation Safety Engineer at HDR
“I think a lot of road design engineers feel that safety has been a priority,” Polinsky said. “But I would say it has not been enough of one. Vehicle operations tend to be the priority in conventional design, but the SSA provides a framework for considering safety of all modes throughout the project development process.”
“There's movement by agencies to focus on safe mobility for all users,” Wemple said. “Our challenge is, to meaningfully do this, we will need to think differently, develop different priorities and ultimately make different decisions.”
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