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Learn about Clark County's Safety Management Program framework, goals, and project development process for improving traffic safety.
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Clark County, WA Safety Management Program Western District ITE Monterey, CA June 23rd, 2019
Agenda • Background • Goals • Safety Management Program • Systemic Safety Improvement Program
Background • Historically County had used traditional method of managing traffic safety • Vision of a reliable and defensible technique to screen and prioritize projects • Traditional methodology dealt with absolutes in terms of safety improvements • Highway Safety Manual can provide quantitative value for nominal safety improvements resulting in estimates for benefit cost ratio
Goals The Clark County Safety Program was established with the following goals: • Better identify locations for potential safety improvement projects • Use an objective data-driven process to prioritize locations throughout the County • Develop projects for high priority locations • Quantify and compare the benefit-cost ratio of any potential improvements OVERALL: Best use of County Funding
Data – Due Diligence Data located in County’s GIS database: • Crash data • Date • Severity • Crash type • Roadway inventory data • County road log number and mileposts • Functional classification • Traffic volume data (ADT) • Posted speed (miles per hour)
Safety Management Program Framework Based on the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual’s (HSM) Roadway Safety Management Process.
Network Screening – Performance Measures • Crash-Critical Crash Rate Ratio • Frequency of Fatal and Severe Injuries • Excess Proportion of Specific Crash Type • Annual Equivalent Property Damage Only Score Performance measures were selected to account for crash severity, frequency, and types.
Network Screening – Excess Proportion Crash Types *Primary Crash Type
Network Screening – Performance Measures Maximum total score of 5.0
Priority Locations • Top 5% of locations from network screening • 180 intersections • 400 segments • Evaluate top sites based on recent context: • Remove locations where improvements are already identified • Remove locations that may be impacted by other construction
Site Reviews • Field visits at priority intersections and corridors • Includes the following items: • Review crash trends to identify potential problems at the site (collision reports) • Observe traffic operations • Measure sight distances, as needed • Drive approaches or corridors to evaluate from users perspective
Crash Prediction Long-Term Expected Average Number of Crashes • minimizes influence of the randomness of crashes
Project Packages and Benefit/Cost • Two tiers: near-term and long-term project packages • Tier I—Lower cost, higher ease of implementation • New signs and striping • Signal timing and phasing changes • Shoulder rumble strips • Tier II—Higher cost, lower ease of implementation • Intersection lighting • Adding turn lanes • Widening shoulders • Guardrails
Systemic Safety Improvement Program • Provides low cost safety countermeasures that can be applied at various locations with the same risk factors • Toolbox of treatments for County’s most prevalent risk factors: • Rural road curves and grades on high-speed roadways • Rural road fixed objects, including trees, stumps, posts, poles, embankments, or ledges • Rural two-way stop controlled intersections • Urban signalized intersections • Pedestrian crossings on multi-lane urban roadways
Top Locations for Consideration Rural Curves • NE Lucia Falls Rd between NE 172nd Ave and NE Sunset Falls Rd • NE 119th St between NE 119th St and NE 172nd Ave • NE RistoRd between NE 207th Ave and NE 227th Ave Rural Slopes • NE WH Garner Rd to NE Kelly Rd, continuing to NE Yacolt Mountain Rd • NE Sunset Fall Rd between NE Deer Rd and NE Lucia Falls Rd • Rawson Rd between NE 271st Ave and NE 139th St Rural Fixed Objects • NE Lucia Falls between NE 172nd Ave and NE Sunset Falls Rd • Washougal River Rd between County Line and SE 17th St • Connection between NE 27th Ave at NE Blair Rd and NE 39th St at NE 292nd Ave Rural Two-Way Stop-Controlled Intersection Corridors • NW 199th St between 41st Ave and NE 29th St • Intersections created by NE 82nd St, NE 259th St, NE 72nd St, and NE Manley Rd • NE 182nd St between NE RistoRd and NE 119th St • SE Blair Rd between SE Washougal River Rd and WA-500 Signalized Intersections • NE 99th St and NE HWY 99 • NE 78th St and NE HWY 99 • NE St Johns Rd and NE 78th St • NE Covington Rd and NE 76th St Pedestrian Corridor • NE 99th St between NE Hazel Dell Ave and NE 25th St • NE 78th St between NE Hazel Dell Ave and NE St Johns Rd • NE HWY 99 between Minnehaha St and NE 104th St
Questions Ejaz Khan, P.E.Clark County, WashingtonEjaz.Khan@clark.wa.gov Courtney Furman, P.E.Clark County, WashingtonCourtney.Furman@clark.wa.gov