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California Strategic Highway Safety Plan

California Strategic Highway Safety Plan. SAFETEA-LU requires all states to develop a Strategic Highway Safety PlanMetropolitan Regional Transportation Plans must be consistent with the State Strategic Highway Safety Plan.. California SHSP 16 Challenge Area Teams. 1: Reduce Impaired Driving Relate

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California Strategic Highway Safety Plan

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    1. Planning and Policy Technical Advisory Committee May 31, 2007 California Strategic Highway Safety Plan

    2. California Strategic Highway Safety Plan SAFETEA-LU requires all states to develop a Strategic Highway Safety Plan Metropolitan Regional Transportation Plans must be consistent with the State Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

    3. California SHSP 16 Challenge Area Teams 1: Reduce Impaired Driving Related Fatalities 2: Reduce the Occurrence and Consequence of Leaving the Roadway and Head-on Collisions 3: Ensure Drivers are Licensed and Competent 4: Increase Use of Safety Belts and Child Safety Seats 5: Improve Driver Decisions about Rights of Way and Turning 6: Reduce Young Driver Crashes 7: Improve Intersection and Interchange Safety for Roadway Users 8: Make Walking and Street Crossing Safer

    4. SAFETEA-LU requires that the Region’s plan be consistent with the California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)

    5. System Metrics Group, Inc. Fatal and injury collisions have been steadily declining in California, but safety improvements have slowed over the last decade

    6. System Metrics Group, Inc. The SCAG Region comprises roughly half of all fatal and injury collisions and mirrors statewide trends

    7. System Metrics Group, Inc. The collisions have grown fastest in the Inland Empire, but this is likely due to population growth

    8. System Metrics Group, Inc. The SHSP has identifies incident hot spots in the SCAG Region, which include highway locations, intersections, and ramps

    9. System Metrics Group, Inc. Area 2: Leaving roadway and head-on collisions occur less frequently and are less severe in the SCAG region than for the state as a whole

    10. Area 8: Pedestrian Fatalities are Significant

    11. System Metrics Group, Inc. Area 9: Collisions involving older roadway users tend to be less severe in the SCAG region than the state as a whole

    12. System Metrics Group, Inc. Area 9: They also occur less frequently relative to population or vehicle-miles traveled (with the exception of minor injuries)

    13. System Metrics Group, Inc. Area 11: Statewide, there was a decline in fatality and injury collisions involving trucks from 1995 to 2004

    14. Area 13: Bicycling fatalities are greater percentage than rest of state, but injuries are lower.

    15. California Strategic Highway Safety Plan Previous Activities 2005 Though 2006: Development of Challenge Areas and Strategies November 2006 to Present: Development of Challenge Area data and Performance Outcomes Current Activities Develop Safety Needs Action Plans for each Challenge Area Refine 5% areas of roadways exhibiting highest safety need Final Strategic Highway Safety Plan finalized late 2007.

    16. California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (Strategies) Challenge Area 8: Make Walking and Street Crossing Safer Incorporate pedestrian roadway users into smart growth, land use planning, and other local plans. Enhance the enforcement of violations of pedestrian law by pedestrians and motorists. Educate all roadway users regarding the rights and responsibilities of pedestrians. Promote and improve roadway safety infrastructure for pedestrians including the use of advanced technology. Improve the visibility of pedestrians on the roadway. Improve the safety of pedestrians traveling to and from schools. Improve data collection and analysis regarding pedestrian trip characteristics, level of service, injuries and fatalities on California roadways. Improve pedestrian safety expertise among transportation professionals. Consider pedestrian needs in all roadway and transit projects.

    17. California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (Issues) Challenge Area 8: Make Walking and Street Crossing Safer Limited funding to complete pedestrian infrastructure (e.g. sidewalks, refuge medians, etc.). Limited funding for effective means to educate all roadway users about the rights of pedestrians on California’s roadways. Limited existing statutory means to require the incorporation of pedestrian needs into land use planning, design, construction, and maintenance projects. Limited data on pedestrians and walking trips that is relevant to roadway safety. The constraints of existing right of way available for pedestrian infrastructure. Limited coordination/collaboration/partnership among agencies and stakeholders concerned with pedestrian safety.

    18. Safety Needs Action Plan Sample Template

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