The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP), and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) each are extremely concerned about the number of deaths and injuries on Kansas roadways and continue to work hard to reduce the numbers. In response to this epidemic, the heads of these agencies have joined together in a unique cross-agency endeavor, the Kansas Safe Driving Campaign.

The Kansas Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is an evaluation of the current status and future needs of all modes of the Kansas transportation system, including state highways and the local road network, transit, rail, aviation and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The drafting of this plan is timely, given that the state’s Comprehensive Transportation Program (CTP) expires in 2009. It’s important to understand that while this LRTP does not set forth a new transportation funding proposal; it does provide a framework for future discussions about a new transportation program.