VDOT Highway Safety Program: Systemic Improvements Demonstration

1. Highway Safety Team Staff MeetingSMART Portal HSIP Application DemonstrationSystemic Safety Improvement (SSI) November 21,2017

2. VDOT HSIP Program/Projects HSIP Projects HSIP Programs Highway Safety Program (HSP) Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program (BPSP) Spot Highway Safety Project Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Program (H-RGCP) Systemic Highway Safety Project

3. Types of HSIP Projects • VDOT Business Plan Action Item 3.2.3 States: • Systemic Highway Safety Project – • A project that consists of a lower-cost/high-benefit highway safety countermeasure that is deployed at multiple higher-risk roadway locations to address a particular crash type. • Systemic projects rarely involve reconstruction of the existing roadway features. • Typical lower-cost safety countermeasures range from $1000 to $100,000 per treated location. • Spot Highway Safety Project – • A project that deploys a safety countermeasure or countermeasures at a single location or along a single corridor on the highway network. • The scope of work often involves reconstruction of existing roadway features or construction of new features such as turn lanes or new travel lanes. • Typical cost to treat a single location is much higher than the individual cost of a single location within a systemic project. • Costs for spot projects can vary widely but are generally in the $100,000 to $10,000,000 range. Spot Highway Safety Project Systemic Highway Safety Project

4. Systemic Low Cost Safety Countermeasures Examples: Retroreflective Backplates • High intensity Activated Crosswalk Beacon Flashing Yellow Arrow Ped Refuge Islands • Cost:$20K/intersection • CRF:36 % of left turn angle crashes, 15% of total crashes • Cost:5-7K/intersection • CRF:15 % of all intersection crashes • Cost: HAWK Signal: $90-120K per location • CRF: 29% Total Crashes, 69% Ped Crashes. • Cost: $20-30K/location if no R/W needed • CRF:Ped crash by 46%40-45 % of all crashes FHWA proven safety countermeasure

5. Systemic Low Cost Safety Countermeasures Examples: Road Diets Rumble Strips/Stripes Curve Delineation Safety Edge • Cost: $20-30K/mile for pavement marking changes • CRF: 29% of all crashes • Cost: $5K/location • CRF: 30-50% of all crashes • Cost:$536-$2,145K per mi • for both sides of the road • CRF: 20%in total crashes. • Cost: $7K/mile – center line RS, $12K/mile – shoulder RS • CRF: 44-64% - center line RS, 36% - shoulder RS FHWA proven safety countermeasure

6. DEMO – SYSTEMIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT APPLICATION SMART-PORTAL Demo Prd: https://smartportal.virginiahb2.org/ Demo UAT: https://paptuat.azurewebsites.net/

7. VDOT HSIP Application Portal

8. Guideline and Development The Systemic Tool provides the process and outlines to select systemic safety improvements and projects. The Systemic Tool provides a framework for determining a reasonable funding distribution between spot safety and systemic safety improvements, and discusses the evaluation of systemic safety programs.

9. Systemic HSP Application Process Example: Angle High LTL Crashes Signalized Intersection Flashing Yellow Arrow Total Location 50 Location Meeting Threshold 40 Deployment Level 100% Targeted KAB Crashes Determine Number of Locations: Identified by Network Screening - Undergoing

10. VDOT Systemic Application Select the Programs that apply to you. I am applying for Systemic Safety Improvements. HSIP SSI

11. VDOT Systemic Application Enter the General Project Descriptions/information's Systemic Improvement – Flashing Yellow arrow Install Flashing Yellow Arrow-Various Locations Districtwide VDOT Project Manager Richmond 1401 E Broad Street VA 23219 Manager@vdot.virginia.gov 804-786-0203 Central Office Central Office Regular Type Intersection Urban Minor Arterial Urbanized (200,000+) Non-NHS 2012-01-01 2016-12-31 Traffic Signal Countywide Primary Chesterfield County Countywide Countywide

12. VDOT Systemic Application • Focus crash types include: • Angle • Roadway Departure • Rear-End • Sideswipe • Head-On • Bicycle • Pedestrian • The focus facility types include: • Signalized Intersection • Unsignalized intersection • Segment • Curve • Mid-block Select the Systemic Improvement Type Angle Signalized Intersection 5 Years 3 • Risk Factor • Poor visibility of signal • Inadequate signal timing • Excessive speed • Slippery pavement • Inadequate sight distance • Red-light running • Inadequate lighting 50 Inadequate Signal timing Flashing Yellow Arrow 5 Left Turn Crashes in 5 Yrs. • Proposed Systemic Improvement: • Flashing Yellow Arrow • Install additional signal head per approach • Replace 8" signal head with a 12" signal head • Re-time traffic signals for better coordination and for proper red and amber clear intervals • Retroreflective Backplate 40 100 40 40 $ 0 $ 0 $15,000 20 $1,000 $674,877 $600,000 $60,000

13. VDOT Systemic Application • Applicable Crash Type: • All • Cross median • Fixed object • Head on • Run off road • Angle • Left turn • Right turn • Bicycle • Pedestrian Left Turn 0.7 www.cmfclearinghouse.org Flashing Yellow Arrow $5,302,332 $674,877 7.9 7.9

14. CMF’s Clearinghouse • Star Quality Rating based on a scale 1 to 5, where 5 indicates the best rating. • We recommend highest star rating and use engineering judgement to select the suitable CMF value. • We are working on developing VA specific CMF value. • CMF should be selected based on the applicable severity and crash type. • CMF should be applied only to the severity/crash type for which they were developed.

15. VDOT Systemic Application Not Needed $ 0 Not Needed $ 0 Not Started $660,000 2018-10-01 2018-12-01 $660,000 $660,000

16. VDOT Systemic Application • Location Tab: • Mapping features is linked to VDOT LRS. • Locate the study area where the proposed improvements will be implemented. • Users can add multiple area/systemic sites. • Location is a Required Field.

17. VDOT HSIP Projects Submittals

18. VDOT Project Scoring • Final Score: • Green – Project will be funded based upon the funding availability. • Yellow – Waiting List. • Red – Not funded this SYIP.

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