Tier-Three Audits: Performed by licensed attorneys and/or present or former managers for governmental programs related to traffic management
Sidewalks built in the public’s right-of-ways are facilities, and as such, provide a protected right to be reasonably accommodated to travel from Point A to Point B, even for those people with disabilities. Our streets and sidewalks are figuratively the arteries of a vibrant economy, requiring that they frequently by temporarily re-purposed for commercial, governmental, and private activities. To accommodate these temporary encroachments, work zones must comply with the federal, state, and local requirements of the fundamental principles of temporary traffic control, including compliance with the MUTCD. When noncompliance with the MUTCD violates the rights of people with disabilities, Safe Paths Of Travel will often assist victims to learn how they themselves can fight for their rights, or when appropriate, intervene on their behalf.
Safe Paths Of Travel contracts with PROWAG.Inc to evaluate incidents of potential noncompliant temporary encroachments occurring in the public’s right-of-way. Their expert audits primarily focus on a 3-tiered system performed by individuals from differing silos of expertise, which include traffic managers (Tier-1), advocates for those most vulnerable in traffic (Tier-2), and risk managers (Tier-3). Our streets and sidewalks are facilities that are comprised of a stream of multimodial traffic and their very nature has varying risks to the wide range of stakeholders. Those exposed to many of these risks have silos of knowledge that can be shared and it is from these silos of knowledge that PROWAG.Inc. draws their expertise for a multi-tiered auditing system. Safe Paths Of Travel uses the unique perspective and expertise provided by the audits to help educate employers and municipalities about potential risks created by work zones operating in the public’s right-of-way. For a variety of reasons, temporary encroachments in the PROW frequently fail to comply with governmental standards that result in exposing employers, employees and the traveling public to unnecessary risks, often including federal discrimination violations to people with disabilities. Through professional audits Safe Paths Of Travel is able to identify and articulate why work zones are noncompliant, as well as dangerous. Through compliance comes predictable and safe paths of travel, while reducing overall risks.