About the program

About Washington State's Corridor Safety Program

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) is the lead agency for the Corridor Safety Program that is a joint undertaking between the Commission and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The Washington State Patrol is also a major partner in the program.

Goal of Program
The goal of the Corridor Safety Program is to reduce fatal and disabling collisions on roadways using low-cost, near-term solutions through partnerships with community groups, business, engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency services organizations. The programs are locally led and coordinated in each community.

Road Selection Process
Corridors are selected for designation based on two things:

1. Statistical evidence (established by WSDOT) that a section or set of roadways has a significant crash problem. The problems to be addressed must have potential fixes that are low cost, near term solutions.

2. Local level support to undertake a corridor project.

Forming a Task Force
Once a roadway is selected, a task force is formed that includes law enforcement agencies, public works and state highway agencies, emergencies response agencies, businesses, schools, civic organizations, citizen activists, appropriate federal agencies and interested political entities such as county commissioners or city officials. All agencies work together as equal members of the local corridor project task force. A typical corridor program lasts from 18 to 24 months.