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presented by

Toward Zero Deaths Regional SHSP Road Show Meeting

December 1, 2016

Virginia Strategic Highway Safety Plan

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Welcome & Introductions

Purpose of the Meeting

Objectives & Key Outcomes

Agenda

» SHSP Overview

Infrastructure Solutions

Behavioral Solutions

» Regional Initiatives

» Safety Challenges in the Region

» Breakout Sessions

» Results

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Introductions

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SHSP Overview

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Comprehensive, multi-stakeholder plan that sets goals and strategies to reduce highway deaths and injuries:

Statewide, multimodal highway safety plan

Coordinated framework for reducing deaths and serious injuries

Involvement of Federal, state, local, and private sector stakeholders: 4Es

Required to be updated every five years

What is an SHSP?

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Vision

» Toward Zero Deaths. All roadway users should arrive safely at their destinations

Mission

» To save lives and reduce injuries through a data driven strategic approach that uses enforcement, education, engineering, and emergency response strategies

Goal

» To reduce highway deaths and serious injuries by half by 2030

5 Year Objectives

» To reduce deaths and serious injuries by 3 percent per year

2012-2016 Vision, Mission, Goal

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Coordinated Planning

Transportation Improvement

Program(Metropolitan)

Statewide Transportation Plan (Long-Range Plan)

Metropolitan Transportation Plans

State Strategic HighwaySafety Plan (SHSP)

Highway Safety Improvement

Program

Commercial Vehicle

Safety Plan

Highway Safety Plan

State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

Other State Plans

TransitRail

Bike/Ped

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SHSP

Strategies &

Action Steps

Highway Safety

Improvement

Program

Projects

Highway Safety

Plan

Programs &

Activities

Infrastructure

Projects

Behavioral

Safety Grants

Safety Funding

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2016 Update

Conduct SWOT

Identify emphasis areas

Review data & propose new 5 year objectives

» 2% reduction per year for fatalities & fatality rate

» 5% reduction per year for serious injuries & serious

injury rate

Emphasis area team meetings

» Identify strategies and action steps

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2017-2021 Emphasis Areas

Identify emphasis areas

» Roadway Departure

» Intersections

» Impaired Driving

» Occupant Protection

» Speed

» Young Drivers

» Pedestrians

» Bicyclists

Special Safety Areas

» Data

» Connected /

Autonomous Vehicles

» EMS

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SHSP Update and Safety Reporting

Update SHSP

Get local/ public input

Establish Executive Committee

Charter

Finalize SHSP

Executive Committee

and/or Governor Endorses

SHSP

2017-2021 Implement and

regularly evaluate SHSP performance and progress

E.C. reviews performance report and provides

leadership direction

Prepare for next SHSP

update

Road Show Meetings (November - December)

» Nine regional meetings

» Gather input into any additional changes or revisions to

statewide plan

» Identify ways to implement the plan locally

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Draft updated plan prepared (Nov/December)

Steering Committee Meeting (January 2017)

» Review and approve updated SHSP

FHWA approval and SHSP Signing event (March 2017)

Statewide and regional implementation begins (Apr 2017)

State submittal of 2018 (first annual) safety targets to NHTSA and FHWA (May-Aug 2017)

MPOs support VA-wide or submit own 2018 targets (March 2018)

SHSP Update and Safety Reporting

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SHSP

Measurable

Objectives

Highway Safety

Improvement

Program Report

Targets

VDOT

Highway Safety

Plan Targets

DMV

Identical Annual

Targets

Fatalities

Serious Injuries

Fatality Rate

Serious Injury Rate

Bike + Ped Fatality and

Serious Injuries

MPOs

Set own targets

Adopt state targets

Annual Safety Targets

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Statewide Safety Solutions

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Infrastructure Solutions

Roadway Departure

» Reduce the likelihood of leaving the travel lane(s) Identify routes and segments, provide training; post

appropriate speed limits

Expand use of centerline, edge line, and shoulder rumble strips and stripes, pavement markings, markers, and other devices

Improve shoulders, roadway geometry, and enhance pavement friction

Implement roadway conversions/road diets, medians, and other complete streets principals

» Minimize the adverse consequences Incorporate the use of roadside safety devices

Promote improving ditch and back slope designs

Remove, relocate, shield, or delineate trees, utilities, and other fixed objects

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Infrastructure Solutions

Intersections

» Reduce intersections and interchange crashes

Deploy enhanced traffic signal control technologies; adjust signal timing; apply access management practices, provide training

Assess for alternative geometric design; consider traditional innovative designs; provide for pedestrians and bicyclists

» Improve compliance with traffic control devices

Improve knowledge and comprehension; enhance signs, signals, markings, and markers, rumble strips/stripes, lighting, and ITS enhancements; promote corridor reviews; reduce red-light running

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Infrastructure Solutions

Pedestrian

» Identify locations

Improve data collection and use; identify pedestrian infrastructure needs; target improvements; install paved shoulders, sidewalks, shared use paths, or trails; reduce pedestrian roadway crossing exposure

Provide enhancements (high visibility markings, countdown signals, etc.); develop pedestrian action plans

» Educate on driver and pedestrian awareness

Disseminate materials on compliance with traffic control and proper right-of-way; conduct pedestrian safety outreach and education; educate and implement safer walking to schools

» Increase compliance with existing laws

Conduct targeted enforcement

Create or adapt materials for police/public education

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Infrastructure Solutions

Bicycles

» Integrate bicycle safety into the planning, design,

operations, and maintenance

Identify locations with high bicycle activity or collision density; provide training and guidance; reduce bicycle exposure to vehicular traffic and vehicle speeds

» Educate bicyclists and motorists on improving safety

Prepare outreach to advise and educate bicyclists to use head lamps, flashing beacons, reflective material, etc.; promote “Sharing the Roads in Virginia” pocket guides; provide knowledge and practice on cycle safety to children

» Enforce bicycle traffic laws

Enforce dangerous behavior of both motorists and bicyclists

Create videos on bicycle laws for police training/public education

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Highway Safety Plan Overview

Identify Virginia’s traffic safety issues

Description of projects and activities to achieve goals

Performance measures for each goal

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Plan’s Overall Strategies

Program committees to advise on each emphasis area

High visibility enforcement

Paid, earned and owned media

Education and training

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Highway Safety Plan Areas

Occupant Protection: CIOT, Save Your Tailgate, Get it

Together

Impaired Driving: CheckPoint Strike Force, DUI task forces,

DRE program, distracted driving summit/outreach

Pedestrian/Bicycle: Street Smart, Sharing the Road pocket

guide, bike rodeos, RVA Bikeways

Young Drivers: DOE’s Parent-Teen Guide, Partners for Safe

Teen Driving, YOVASO

Speed: High visibility enforcement, media relations

Traffic Records: Problem identification, analysis

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Special Safety Areas Data

» Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC)

» Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS)

» Commercial vehicle crash reporting system (SafetyNet)

» Improved tools and methodologies

Connected/Autonomous Vehicles (CV/AV)

» Maximize potential safety benefits for all users

Partnering with manufacturers and researchers to support CV/AV

Increase awareness of and the benefits associated with CV/AV

Emergency Medical Services

» Develop an effective, consistent, and coordinated incident

response program

» Reduce crash injury severity outcomes

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Discussion

SHSP Strategies & Actions

» Review statewide approach

» Provide suggestions for changes

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Regional Initiatives DMV Highway Safety Office

Department of Transportation Virginia State Police

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Regional Projects

CLICK IT OR TICKET

DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER

LAND AIR AND SPEED

CMV

CHILD SEAT TECHNICIAN

60 GRANTS = $2,270,377

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Safety Challenges

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Annual Fatalities and Serious Injuries and 2010-2016 Objectives

Observed Serious Injuries Serious Injuries Objectives

Observed Fatalities Fatalities Objectives

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Statewide Fatalities & Serious Injuries

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Regional Fatalities and Serious Injuries

See VDOT District specific Safety Data Tables on SHSP page

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Breakout Groups

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Regional Safety Priorities

Identify top safety problems

» Place dots in three of the spaces on the large poster

Breakout groups – Bring your handout

» Meet for 15 minutes

» Move to next breakout group; meet for 15 minutes

» Move to third breakout group

Facilitators to report out

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Breakout Group Instructions

Identify opportunities to advance safety in the region

» Identify SHSP strategies/actions to be implemented in

the region

» Discuss new and ongoing safety plans, programs,

and/or projects in the region

» Identify the top needs in the region to initiate or

implement safety plans, programs, and/or projects in

the region

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Report Out

Key Themes

» Changes to the statewide plan

» SHSP strategies/actions to be implemented regionally

» New strategies and actions for the region

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Next Steps

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How You Can Participate

Join an Emphasis Area Team

» Participate in quarterly meetings

» Discuss progress of action step implementation and

coordinate next steps

» Volunteer to be an action step leader

Work with partners to implement the action step.

Update the EA team leader quarterly on accomplishments

Report progress

Notify the EA team leader of challenges

Participate in regional activities

» Identify an action to implement

» Report on progress

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Next Steps

Statewide Emphasis Area Teams

» Review any changes from regional meetings

Final review of SHSP by Steering Committee

Final approval by SHSP Executive Committee

Launch of updated plan at media event

Statewide and regional action planning and implementation

Contact:

Stephen Read, VDOT

Stephen.read@vdot.Virginia.gov

804-786-9094