Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioner~ttach <br />Attach <br />. Targets should be set in consultation with government agencies responsible for <br />taking action on pedestrian safety. <br />. Baseline measures for targets should be indicated and/or collected. <br />Ambitious targets may sometimes be appropriate, for example, to raise public <br />awareness of the road safety problem in order to increase pressure on stakeholders to <br />strengthen their efforts (r6). <br />Performance indicators <br />Performance indicators are used to measure progress towards the objectives. They <br />indicate changes and improvements in the baseline conditions being addressed, for <br />example, the number of pedestrian fatalities and injuries or the amount of funding <br />allocated to pedestrian safety. Performance indicators help to define key activities, <br />deliverables and outcomes for the action plan. Each performance indicator should <br />have specific targets, either quantitative or qualitative. <br />A realistic timeline and milestones <br />A plan of action needs to indicate the timeline for executing different activities <br />and milestones that can be used to measure progress. Some flexibility is required, <br />however, to adjust the timeline as needed to accommodate changes that may occur <br />during implementation. <br />Adequate resources <br />Successful implementation of the action plan depends on adequate resource <br />allocation. The plan should identify and when possible allocate funding for each <br />component. Resources may come from reallocation of existing funds or mobilization <br />of new funds at the local, national and/or international levels. <br />A monitoring and evaluation system <br />Continuous assessment of progress requires definition of a monitoring and <br />evaluation system that incorporates the performance indicators and targets. The plan <br />should specify data collection and analysis methods, dissemination channels, and a <br />framework for utilization of the results to adjust pedestrian safety activities. <br />Sustainability <br />In addition to considering immediate resource allocation priorities, the plan will <br />be most effective if it includes mechanisms to ensure adequate funding levels <br />on an ongoing basis. Public demand for pedestrian safety can put pressure on <br />politicians and government officials to demonstrate long-term political and financial <br />commitment, which can in turn strengthen the sustainability of the action plan. The <br />plan might therefore include some indicators to gauge public demand for pedestrian <br />safety and government response. <br />An example of a pedestrian safety plan of action is presented in Box 3.4. <br />57 <br />