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Road Safety Program Management

Road Safety Program Management. Where you are…where you’re going…. Core Competency 5: Module 1: Integrating Safety into the Transportation Planning Process Module 2: Leadership and Safety Champions Module 3: Collaboration and Coalition Building Module 4: Outreach and Communication

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Road Safety Program Management

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  1. Road Safety Program Management

  2. Where you are…where you’re going… Core Competency 5: Module 1: Integrating Safety into the Transportation Planning Process Module 2: Leadership and Safety Champions Module 3: Collaboration and Coalition Building Module 4: Outreach and Communication Module 5: Current Research Supporting Road Safety Management

  3. Transportation Safety Planning Identify strategies for integrating and amplifying safety in the transportation planning process.

  4. Major Topics • Transportation Planning Priorities • Basic Components of the Transportation Planning Process • Safety Integration Opportunities • Transportation Safety Planning Needs • Access to Key Players in the Planning Process

  5. Transportation Safety Consistently listed as the most important goal of transportation agencies around the world

  6. Transportation Planning Priorities • Economic Vitality • Safety • Security • Mobility and Accessibility • Environmental Protection • Integration and Connectivity • Management and Operations • System Preservation

  7. Legislation • ISTEA • TEA-21 • SAFETEA-LU

  8. Mobility (Congestion Management) • Recurring • Non-recurring • Rural vs. Urban Congestion

  9. Travel Reliability • Recurring vs. Non-recurring Factors • Driver Reaction to Reliability • Passenger vehicles • Commercial vehicles • Reliability Benefits • Reliability Solutions

  10. Economy Vitality • Medical-Related Expenses • Lost Productivity • Property Damage • Travel Delay

  11. Cost of Crashes and Congestion Cost of Crashes includes Fatality and Injury Costs and excludes Property Damage Only (PDO) Crashes

  12. Costs Compared by Metro Size

  13. Environmental Protection • Wasted Material and Natural Resources • Release of Hazardous Materials • Impact on plant and animal life • Impact on soil and water • Increased Emissions • Impact on air quality • Impact on health

  14. Transportation Planning Components • Environmental Scan • Understanding the Problem • Contributing Factors • Roadway conditions • Road user demographics • Environmental conditions • Behavioral characteristics

  15. Crash Analysis Review • Limit Use of Crash Rates • Improved Statistical Methods – Safety Performance Functions and Accident Modification Factors • Progress in Safety Analysis Tool Development • Planning Application Tools on the Horizon

  16. Transportation Planning Process

  17. Denver Regional Council of Governments – Long Range Plan While site-specific safety designated improvements, because of their relatively small scale, are not specifically listed or mapped, safety will be given due consideration through UPWP planning activities, TIP project selection criteria, future RTP system improvement evaluations, and the incorporation of safety elements into larger scale projects.

  18. Vision, Goals, Objectives and Performance Measures Vision Safety community (Usually several objectives) --Reduce fatal crashes --Reduce ped/bike crashes --Enhance transit safety Goal Safe transportation system Objectives Key Performance Measures # of fatal crashes # of serious injuries Fatalities per 100M VMT Project Evaluation Criteria • Decrease in crashes • Decrease in serious injuries • Decrease in societal costs due to crashes • Decrease in conflict points Target Decrease fatal crashes by 5% each year

  19. Safety Relationshipto Business Activities in Minnesota Statewide Plan District Plans & ATIP Business Plan Operations

  20. Transportation Safety Planning Performance Measures

  21. Inputs that Affect Safety Performance Measure Selection

  22. Performance Measures Selection Process

  23. Performance Measures and the Transportation Planning Process

  24. NHTSA/ GHSA Safety Performance Measures

  25. Selecting Performance Measures • Measurability • Forecastability • Multimodality • Clarity • Usefulness • Temporal issues

  26. Benefits of Performance Measures • Accountability • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Communications • Clarity • Improvement

  27. Transportation Safety Planning Collaboration with safety stakeholders and the public Safety ExplicitlyPart of Project Implementation Consider Education Enforcement and Emergency Response Continuous Monitoring of Safety in Operations Safety Projects Programmed System Operations Implementation of Strategies Safety Performance Measures Other Sources for Project ideas Safety Partof Criteria set Safety StrategiesConsidered Short- (3-5 year) Range Program Economic Development Alternative Improvement Strategies Goals and Objectives Performance Measures Evaluation Vision Long- Range Plan Mobility and Accessibility Environmental Quality Policies Operations strategies Infrastructure projects Studies Regulations Education and awareness Enforcement Financing strategies Partnerships Collaborative undertakings Safety Stated in Goals Analysis Methods Data Safety Included in Vision Safety Integrated within Plan Safety Data Continuously Collected Safety Strategies Included Safety Included in Analysis

  28. What Do Planners Need? Partnerships • DOTs • Highway Safety Offices • Departments of Motor Vehicles • Operation Lifesaver and Highway Rail Grade Crossing Managers

  29. Partnerships (cont.) • State and Local Law Enforcement • Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Administrators • Other Stakeholders

  30. What Else Do Planners Need? • Safety Data • Analytic Tools and Assistance • Safety Professionals Involved in Visioning and throughout the Planning Process • Methods for Ranking Safety with Other Priorities

  31. Accessing Key Players • Transportation Planners • Elected Officials • Understanding their world • Define and communicate problems

  32. Educating Elected Officials • Educate the Constituents • Present the Data and Make the Case for Safety • Put a Face on It

  33. Educating Elected Officials (cont.) • Identify Specific Events • Make Courtesy Calls and Invite Officials to Speak at Safety Events • Tap into Your Network • Use the Media

  34. Review • Transportation Planning Priorities • Basic Components of the Transportation Planning Process • Safety Integration Opportunities • Transportation Safety Planning Needs • Access to Key Players in the Planning Process

  35. Exercise #8 Performance Measures

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