Synectics offers a range of planning-related services, assisting clients in:

• Assessing the safety outcomes of regional planning alternatives and decisions;
• Formulating, implementing and monitoring strategic safety plans aimed at reducing collision frequency and severity at a network level;
• Identifying and mitigating the safety impacts of development proposals; and
• Quantifying the safety risks and benefits of transportation improvement alternatives.

Safety-conscious Planning – involves actively considering the safety outcomes of planning-level alternatives.

Synectics offers planning-support services in:

• Predicting the safety impacts of planning alternatives;
• Identifying opportunities for safety improvement in planning decisions; and
• Incorporating quantitative safety analysis into the planning process.

Road Safety Program Formulation and Policy Development – Synectics staff assists road agencies in developing and implementing strategic road safety programs and policies that focus engineering, education, enforcement, and ergonomics (human factors) towards reducing the frequency and severity of road crashes.
 

Safety Program Evaluation – Synectics assists road authorities in benchmarking safety performance; setting measurable, attainable objectives and monitoring program achievements.

Safety Impact Studies – Complement traffic impact analyses by identifying and examining opportunities to mitigate the undesirable safety impacts, considering both the site itself and the adjacent public road network.

Synectics is a recognized leader in this field, having developed safety impact study guidelines and conducted first-in-jurisdiction safety reviews of development proposals.

Safety Risk Analysis in Environmental Assessment (Class EA’s) – When trade-offs are required, quantifying the impacts of transportation improvement alternatives is crucial. Synectics provides quantitative insights into the future safety performance of improvement options, allowing safety outcomes to be considered explicitly in the EA process.