About the Safe Lane Transportation Coalition

The Safe Lane Transportation Coalition (SLTC) is a collaborative group of individuals, organizations, and governmental agencies working to reduce fatalities and severe injuries crashes in Lane County. The Coalition uses the strengths and resources of its members to influence and implement safety education strategies.

The Safe Lane Transportation Coalition believes behavior change methods and techniques are vital tools to decrease the number of preventable deaths and serious injuries caused by risky driving behavior in Lane County. The Coalition focuses on three specific areas of transportation safety: Speed Reduction, DUII Prevention, Safety Education and Outreach.

Speed Reduction Work Group

Speeding is the leading contributing factor in fatal crashes in Lane County and a leading contributing factor in severe injury collisions. The SLTC Speed Reduction Work Group brings together organizations and community members to work towards reducing the number of speed related crashes and injuries in Lane County. 

A dedicated speed reduction work group allows the coalition to nimbly address speeding concerns and projects as the arise. Additional goals for the SLTC Speed Reduction Work Group includes creating a unified speed reduction vision for the Lane County community and bringing in new partner organizations and community members that value safe speeds

DUII Prevention Work Group

Crashes from DUII are a primary cause of death in Lane County. They are 100% preventable and as the access of mind-altering substances increases, the problem will keep growing through our community. The SLTC DUII Prevention Work Group brings together organizations and community members to collaborate and work towards the reduction of DUII related crashes and severe injuries in Lane County. The SLTC DUII Prevention Work Group aims to reduce intoxicated driving and Shift community perspective on driving while under the influence through education

traffic safety education and outreach Work Group

The SLTC Traffic Safety Education and Outreach Work Group aims to identify gaps in general transportation safety knowledge and provide education on safety topics (including but not limited to sharing the road, youth biking training, distracted driving, infrastructure, etc.). By increasing public awareness around vulnerable road uses, the dangers of inattentive driving, and excessive speeding, SLTC Traffic Safety Education and Outreach Work Group hopes the number of severe crashes and fatalities involving people biking and walking will decrease.

Safe Lane Transportation Coalition is committed to building a transportation network that is safe, inclusive, and equitable for all people consistent with the following definitions:

• An equitable transportation system that support transportation options that are affordable, sustainable, safe, and easy to use; is accessible to all populations; and provides decision-making processes that incorporate inclusive public engagement.

• The World Health Organization defines equity as “the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically.” Equity recognizes that members of underrepresented groups experience unique barriers on obtaining equal access to resources that maintain or improve health outcomes.

Transportation-disadvantaged populations are historically underrepresented decision-making processes but often bare transportation burdens, and other barriers to opportunity at disproportionate rates. These populations may have limited access to personal automobiles and be more reliant on walking, bicycling, and riding transit. These populations are also often overrepresented among victims of collisions. For the purposes of this project, transportation-disadvantaged populations include:

• Youth

• Older adults

• Un-housed community members

• Low-income populations

• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

• People with disabilities

• People with limited English proficiency