Safety Planning Boot Camp Turning Safety Ideas into Reality

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Safety Planning Boot Camp Turning Safety Ideas into Reality presented to

Louisiana Transportation Conference Participants presented by

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

SAFETY PLANNING

Susan Herbel, Nicole Waldheim, and Pam Beer

February 19, 2013

Transportation leadership you can trust.

● Military training

● Listen to the 1980s band, Bootcamp ● Get inspired by Billy Blanks’ military exercise program ● Address research findings

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● Define Transportation Safety for the state and regions

● Learn strategies for better incorporating safety into the planning process, also known as transportation safety planning (TSP) ● Brainstorm and identify methods for better integrating safety into transportation planning and programming documents

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● Name

● Agency ● Expectations

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● Connection to decision-makers

● Analytic skills and tools ● Commitment to the public good ● Holistic perspective of the transportation network ● Ability to prioritize and program regional transportation investments

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● Defining Safety

● History, Background, and Challenges ● The Seven Principles ● Implementing the Seven Principles ● Next Steps and Adjourn

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Current Thinking

End Result

Everything We Do is Safe

Safety Will Be a Priority in the LongRange Transportation Planning Process

● Safe Transportation Projects » Any transportation project inclusive of safety benefits, such as cost effective mobility solutions – – – –

Sidewalks Multiuse trails Bicycle lanes Roadway operational upgrades

● Safety Projects » A safety project addresses a specific safety need on the transportation network – Median barriers to reduce head-on collisions – Shoulders and rumble strips/stripes to prevent running off the road 8

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● ISTEA

● TEA-21 » TSP working group – Safety conscious planning forums – Conference panels and presentations – Research – NCHRP 08-44, 08-44(2), 08-76, etc.

● SAFETEA-LU » SHSP » Safety Conscious Planning

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Transportation Safety Planning

● Highway Safety Improvement Program maintained » SHSPs remain centerpiece of program

● Safety maintained as planning factor for states/MPOs ● USDOT will establish performance measures and standards within 18 months of enacting MAP-21 » States/MPOs will establish performance targets

● HSIP – States will track safety PMs for » Serious injuries and fatalities per vehicle mile traveled » Number of serious injuries and fatalities 11

Newer Concept

Competing Priorities Safety Initiatives are Reactive

Often Takes the Backseat

Funding Silos Limited Staff and Tools Institutional Resources Lacking No Ribbon Cutting in Safety Other Documents Address Safety

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● NCHRP 546 Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation Planning ● NCHRP 08-76 Institutionalizing Safety in the Transportation Planning Processes ● NCHRP B08-76 Implementing the Framework 13

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Include safety expertise on transportation planning committees

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Define and include safety in the vision, goals, and objectives in transportation planning documents

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Include safety in the context of other transportation goals and objectives (i.e., bicycle, pedestrian, highway, transit safety)

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Establish safety performance measures

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Collect and analyze safety data

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Establish safety as a decision factor

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Monitor safety performance and evaluate safety programs and policies

Traditional Transportation Planning Process Engage Multidisciplinary Committee

Invite safety stakeholders to attend meetings and keep them engaged throughout the planning process

Define the Visions, Goals, and Objectives

Ensure safety is a major goal of the organization, with commitment to it at the highest level

Establish System Performance Measures

Identify the needed safety improvements in the transportation system and identify performance measures

Identify Transportation Improvement Strategies and Alternatives

Collect and analyze safety data

Evaluate and Prioritize the Strategies

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How/where to incorporate safety into transportation planning

Use the data to identify specific transportation safety issues. If the problem is large enough, a standalone plan addressing the issue could be warranted

Establish safety as a decision factor for the selection of transportation projects by including safety as a goal in the LRTP and considering it in the scoring and ranking process

Develop the Long-Range Transportation Plan (S/TIP) Develop the Transportation Improvement Program (S/TIP) Undertake Project Development Implement Projects Monitor and Evaluate System Operations

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Use safety data and policies from other planning documents to develop a safety goal in the LRTP Use safety data and performance measures to help prioritize programs and projects identified in the LRTP Design standalone safety projects or consider safety elements in the analysis (i.e., NEPA) and design (i.e., MUTCD) for TIP projects

Construct standalone safety projects or incorporate safety elements into other TIP projects Routinely track and monitor safety programs and projects to evaluate successes or identify course corrections, assess progress towards performance targets, and use tracking information to continually revise and refine the entire planning process

● Three Step Process for Each Principle » What does the research say? (NCHRP 08-76) – Challenges – Opportunities – Example

» What are you currently doing? (Open Discussion) » What else could you be doing? (Action Plan Development)

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● Transportation Committees » Focus on highways, transit, ITS, bike, pedestrian, and freight » Safety usually not a primary focus

● Safety Committees » Working knowledge of safety issues » Knowledge of SHSP » Focus on HSIP or 402 planning and funding

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● Identify and meet statewide and regional safety stakeholders (4 E’s) ● Invite safety representatives to join existing committees or develop a new safety committee

● Make safety a regular agenda item during meetings ● Collaborate to identify and define the role of safety planners in the transportation planning process Invite safety stakeholders to join MPO and DOT committees 21

● Regional Transportation Safety Stakeholders Group » Federal Highway Administration, Arizona Department of Transportation, Arizona Department of Public Safety, AAA Arizona, AARP, Arizona State University, and 17 local agencies

● Provide Guidance on Safety Plan and LRTP

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● Safety is a primary planning factor, but it is not always given equal consideration in the LRTP vision, goals, and objectives » It is implied rather than explicitly stated » SHSP goals are simply adopted, but not customized » Objectives are not developed, which provide the framework for project selection and performance measure selection

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● Establish safety as a priority early in the process

● Identify the necessary resources (e.g., data, tools) and partnerships to comprehensively develop safety as a goal with measurable objectives ● Demonstrate key safety needs to the public, stakeholders, and decision-makers (use maps, crash data, etc.) ● Use the SHSP emphasis areas as a guide ● Review the relevant safety goals, policies, and strategies in standalone transportation plans or safety plans Create a vision, goal(s), and accompanying objectives inclusive of safety to set the stage for identifying safer programs and projects 25

● Sample Vision – The region’s multimodal transportation system will be safe, efficient, accessible, and affordable ● Sample Goal – Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users

● Sample Objectives » Improve safety on facilities and in operations » Reduce roadway and multimodal crashes » Increase safety at transit stops and intermodal stations and connections » Implement Safe Routes to School program 26

● The SHSP and stand alone safety plans are critical documents but are: » Strategic plans with targeted strategies » Focused on safety specific countermeasures » Do not identify strategies to better integrate safety into future transportation projects

● The LRTP often does not identify strategies to better integrate safety into future transportation projects » References SHSP or regional stand alone safety plan » Assumes safety will be considered during design phase

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● Collaborate with stakeholders to identify the key multimodal safety needs, beyond those established in the SHSP ● Establish transportation safety goals for highways, transit, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, freight, etc with specific objectives ● Expand upon SHSP strategies and actions ● Consider safety elements, in addition to other factors such as mobility, accessibility, sustainability, etc., when developing goals, objectives, strategies, and actions in planning documents Consider safety in the context of ALL transportation issue areas 29

● Adopted applicable goals from SHSP and customized strategies to meet regional needs ● Developed additional goals and strategies in LRTP to meet all safety needs » Pedestrian safety is not in the SHSP, but is an important regional transportation safety need

● Stand-Alone Pedestrian Plan has a strong safety focus 30

● States and MPOs will generally track one or more of the following measures » » » » »

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Number of fatalities/fatal crashes Number of serious injuries/serious injury crashes Fatality rate (fatalities per 100M VMT) Serious injury rate (serious injuries per 100M VMT) Crash rate (crashes per 100M VMT)

● Reach agreement on the issues that need to be measured (refer to goals and objectives) ● Identify candidate performance measures ● Determine if the data exist to support the candidate performance measure ● Collect and analyze the data for developing achievable safety performance measures

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● Determine whether to invest in data collection

● Ensure a strategic data collection plan is in place with appropriate quality assurance/quality control procedures ● Assign responsibility for data collection, analysis, and tracking

Develop and align performance measures based on the safety elements of the planning goals and objectives

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Goal – Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users

Measure of Effectiveness

Objective – Improve safety on facilities and in operations

Level of investment in safety projects

Objective – Reduce roadway and multimodal crashes

Number of accidents (highway, bicycle, and pedestrian)

Objective – Increase safety at transit stops and intermodal stations and connections

Number of accidents at transit stops and stations

Objective – Implement Safe Routes to School program

Implementation of Safe Routes to School programs

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● Data should be used to inform the goals, objectives, strategies, and performance measures, but difficulties include » Data inaccuracies » It is difficult to convey to the public » It can deter a proactive approach to safety – shows where the problems are now » May differ amongst agencies, lowering level of trust » Data do not match public preferences » Analysis tools may be lacking or expertise to use them

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● Identify available data at the state, regional, and local levels

● Identify data gaps, e.g., what are the perceived needs and are data available to support these needs? ● Develop a data collection strategy

● Develop formats to demonstrate the data in meetings ● Use the data to focus on the top needs to support goal and objective development Collect crash and injury data to identify the key transportation safety needs

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● Determine what safety analysis tools are available and which are most appropriate for your agency ● Leverage existing analysis capabilities within the state ● Publish the results of the analysis annually to educate stakeholders, the public, and decision-makers

Identify and select the data analysis tool most relevant to your needs

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● Highway Safety Manual » SafetyAnalyst » Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) » Crash Modification Factor (CMF) Clearinghouse

FHWA 9 Proven Safety Countermeasures ● Safety Edge

● Road Safety Audits (RSAs) ● Rumble Strips and Rumble Stripes ● Median Barriers

● Proven Safety Countermeasures

● Roundabouts ● Left- and Right-Turn Lanes ● Yellow Change Intervals

● Systemic Approach

● Median and Pedestrian Refuge Areas

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● Bicycle goal – Increase the mobility, accessibility, and safety of bicycle users in the region/state ● Bicycle objectives – Improve on-road bicycle facilities ● Short-term bicycle safety strategies – Install low-cost countermeasures at high-crash locations ● Long-term bicycle safety strategies – Identify ways to incorporate bicycle improvements at new developments

● Performance measures – Number of bicycle fatalities ● Prioritization – A bike project has a better opportunity to advance if it also decreases the number of bicycle crashes 41

● The safety goals and objectives are not well defined, precluding safety from being a strong consideration during project prioritization

● Safety projects are identified and ranked only against other safety projects ● Safety factors are not considered in the context of all transportation projects ● Safety is considered in the design stage, not the planning and project prioritization stage

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● Ensure the established ranking or scoring system for transportation projects reflects safety ● Clearly state the goals and objectives of the plan in project solicitation forms and the ranking criteria for each element (including safety) ● Explain to the community the purpose and importance of the safety rating to ensure community buy-in Weight safety equally with other planning factors when prioritizing transportation projects

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● Including safety in the decision process for transportation project selection

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Does the project address or help address a safety concern?

Project Scoring

The project clearly addresses a significant road-safety concern

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The project improves safety

10 points

It is not clear if the project will improve road safety

4 points

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● Technical Selection Criteria

● Highways (25 points) » Crash Rate/Frequency » Crash Severity » Incident Management

● Transit (15 points) » Points on an integer scale by assigning points for every safety feature or provision.

● Bike/Ped (25 points) » Level of Service » Crash History 47

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● Tracking progress relies on » » » » »

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Data collection Data quality Data management systems Staff time Well defined performance measures

● Identify what to track –include the identified performance measures, as well as general progress on strategies and objectives by goal area ● Create a tracking document to measure the desired achievements ● Discuss the evaluation results often to determine whether changes in policies or programs are appropriate ● Regularly (at least annually) report on program and project effectiveness to the decision-makers, stakeholders, and partner agencies Monitor and evaluate system performance to refine the safety elements of goals, objectives, and performance measures 51

● Track progress towards goals and objectives (implemented strategies)

● Track progress on performance measures

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Susan Herbel

Nicole Waldheim

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

[email protected]

[email protected]

(202) 494-5539

(301) 347-9132

Pam Beer Cambridge Systematics, Inc. [email protected] (301) 347-9145

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Thanks for attending the boot camp Keep in touch!

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