Safety Technical Advisory Group (STAG)
The Safety Technical Advisory Group (STAG) is made up of City Mayors; City Council Members; City Staff including Planners, Engineers, and Parks; First Responders; Transit Agencies; Schools; Chambers of Commerce; Trail Boards; and Advocacy Groups.
The role of the STAG is to meet regularly throughout the development of the Safety Action Plan to represent community views and values, discuss key safety concerns and ideas, provide input on preliminary data and findings, review countermeasures and programs for feasibility, and distribute announcements to their communities and the general public about upcoming events, information, and requests for feedback.
Information on upcoming STAG meetings and materials from past meetings can be found below.
The First meeting of the STAG took place on July 8, 2025. At this meeting, the group made introductions, and was presented with an overall project overview for the development of the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, the role of the STAG, and safety goal/target setting.
The second meeting of the STAG took place on October 21, 2025. At this meeting, the group reviewed crash data, public input received, and the resultant high injury and high risk networks.
The STAG will meet to review and discuss proposed safety countermeasures and prioritized safety improvement projects.
The STAG will meet to discuss and provide feedback on the draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
Crash Data Dashboard
The Crash Data Dashboard is an interactive online map created for this project using ArcGIS. It shows crash data for all seven communities included in the study, based on reports submitted to the Iowa Department of Transportation / Public Safety. The data comes from the Iowa Crash Analysis Tool (ICAT) and includes all reported crashes from 2015 through 2024.
Users can explore the map by zooming in on their city to see where crashes have occurred. The menu along the top right of the dashboard allows you to filter the data by city, year, or crash severity.
The dashboard also includes charts that summarize crash data by various categories, including:
- Crash severity: Fatal, severe injury, minor injury, possible injury, or property damage only
- Location: Intersection or roadway segment
- Type of crash: Rear-end, broadside, sideswipe, and others
- Road type: State highways or local municipal streets
- Crash type: Involving vehicles, pedestrians, or bicyclists
- Speed limit: At the location of each crash
This tool is designed to help community members, planners, and officials better understand local crash trends and safety concerns.
Related Efforts
- MAPA was awarded additional funding through the Safe Streets for All program to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for an area that includes Douglas and Sarpy Counties in Nebraska, as well as the cities of Council Bluffs, Carter Lake, Crescent and McClelland in Iowa. This plan was completed in June 2025. For more information on that project, visit www.mapacog.org/projects/ss4a.
- Each county in Iowa is developing a safety plan for county roads. This effort is funded through a separate grant from the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. County plans will be considered during CSAP development.
- The City of Omaha’s Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) is complete and available at www.omahavisionzero.com. MAPA supported development of the plan and will work to support plan implementation. The MAPA CSAP will incorporate the Omaha VZAP, and extend the safety planning process to the remainder of the MAPA SS4A Study Area.
