Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission
Growing traffic safety culture and adopting the Safe System approach are strategies to support achieving a vision of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries. However, adopting these strategies requires organizational change. Change is more likely to occur and be sustained by growing organizatio...
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| description | Growing traffic safety culture and adopting the Safe System approach are strategies to support achieving a vision of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries. However, adopting these strategies requires organizational change. Change is more likely to occur and be sustained by growing organizational readiness for change. Change readiness is driven by perceptions that 1) the change aligns with the organization’s culture 2) the organization (e.g., leadership, staff), is committed to the change, and 3) the organization has the resources necessary to make the change. The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has been engaged in a change process that focuses on growing traffic safety culture and adopting the Safe System approach for many years. This article shares insights from their journey that other organizations can use to bolster their own change efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94ebab47351e493b94a05dd841523f732022-12-22T03:39:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Future Transportation2673-52102022-07-01310.3389/ffutr.2022.964630964630Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety CommissionJay Otto0Nic Ward1Kari Finley2Shelly T. Baldwin3Wade Alonzo4Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United StatesMontana State University, Bozeman, MT, United StatesMontana State University, Bozeman, MT, United StatesWashington Traffic Safety Commission, Olympia, WA, United StatesWashington Traffic Safety Commission, Olympia, WA, United StatesGrowing traffic safety culture and adopting the Safe System approach are strategies to support achieving a vision of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries. However, adopting these strategies requires organizational change. Change is more likely to occur and be sustained by growing organizational readiness for change. Change readiness is driven by perceptions that 1) the change aligns with the organization’s culture 2) the organization (e.g., leadership, staff), is committed to the change, and 3) the organization has the resources necessary to make the change. The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has been engaged in a change process that focuses on growing traffic safety culture and adopting the Safe System approach for many years. This article shares insights from their journey that other organizations can use to bolster their own change efforts.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffutr.2022.964630/fulltraffic safetyvision zerosafe system approachsafety culturechange readiness (CR) |
| spellingShingle | Jay Otto Nic Ward Kari Finley Shelly T. Baldwin Wade Alonzo Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission Frontiers in Future Transportation traffic safety vision zero safe system approach safety culture change readiness (CR) |
| title | Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
| title_full | Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
| title_fullStr | Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
| title_short | Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
| title_sort | increasing readiness to grow traffic safety culture and adopt the safe system approach a story of the washington traffic safety commission |
| topic | traffic safety vision zero safe system approach safety culture change readiness (CR) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffutr.2022.964630/full |
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