Transcript SAFETY-LU and SHSP - Federal Highway Administration

Asset Management
A Tool to Save Lives,
Time, and $$$
June 23, 2006
Business of Saving Lives
The Safety Problem Is Global
The Safety Solution
Is Local and
Personal
Plateau in Motor Vehicle
Fatality Trend in U.S.
43,200
44,599
50,000
3
fatalities
40,000
2
30,000
20,000
10,000
2.08
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1.44
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1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
* NHTSA FARS; as of 5/2006
fatality rate per 100 M
VMT
2005*
The Problem - Today
Highway deaths
have remained
relatively
constant–
43,200 (2005)
42,636 (2004)
and…
The fatality rate is unacceptably high:
1.44 deaths per 100 million VMT
The Problem – Tomorrow
One will die violently
in a highway crash
during his/her
lifetime.
77 will be injured in a
crash during their
lifetimes…some more
than once.
$230 Billion
Rick owes $ 820
The Cost
Strategic
Planning and conducting a campaign on a
broad scale.
“The BIG PICTURE”
A Strategic Highway
Safety Plan …
• Starts with the Planning
Process.
• Provides a comprehensive,
coordinated, continuing,
communicative, focused, and
unified approach.
Mission
“To reduce deaths, injuries, and
economic costs resulting from motor
vehicle crashes.”
Vision
“Safest Drivers, Safest Roads.”
SHSP Characteristics
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Data driven
Strategic
Comprehensive
Integrated
Mission statement
Vision statement
Goals
Prioritization of
emphasis areas
• Targets
• Measurable success
indicators
• Living document
• ACCOUNTABILITY
Data Driven
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Where?
When?
Who?
How?
What?
The What Contributing Factors
US
State
• Roadway Departure
59 %
60%
• BAC Related
39 %
36%
• Belt Use
82%
79%
• Unrestrained
52%
60%
• Intersections
22 %
35%
• Pedestrian
11 %
9%
• Work Zone
3%
6%
• Young Drivers (16-24)
23 %
26%
• Older Drivers (65+)
19%
17%
Integrated
• Integrates the 4
E’s
– Education
– Engineering
– Enforcement
– Emergency
Services
Emphasis Areas
• Alcohol
• At-Risk Drivers
• Occupant Restraint
• Speed
• Traffic Records
Emphasis Areas
• Run- Off-Road
• Intersections
• Pedestrians
• Commercial Vehicles
Gateways to Information
• Website for collecting and
disseminating information on
program development and
effectiveness, and in-depth
technical background; maintain
currency of knowledge base.
• Printed Guides for developing
programs
• http://safety.transportation.org
Transportation Asset
Management for
Roadway Safety
The Connection ……
A strategic approach to
managing transportation
infrastructure
--- AASHTO Asset Management Guide
Why Asset Management for
Roadway Safety is important
• Safety is a top priority
• Goal is to reduce highway fatalities and injuries
• Important to construct, maintain, and operate
safer transportation systems
• Need to have data and facts of existing
conditions and performance
• Need to identify and set priorities
• Roadway safety expenditures compete for
limited DOT resources against other assets
Why
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Leverage resources.
Additional funding sources.
Powerful funding request tool.
Make safety efforts more effective
and efficient.
• Make the task easier.
• Support legislative initiatives.
• Reduce fatalities and injuries.
It’s about Decision making...
...At every level
...Across disciplines
...With performance measures
...And feedback at all levels
Asset Management....
Expenditure of funds:
• based on trade-off analysis,
alternatives considered across
functions and asset classes
• driven by customer requirements
• address a multitude of
considerations
• incorporate extended time horizons
• systematic and data driven
In 2000, FHWA with AASHTO undertook
a study to establish a baseline of
current roadway safety hardware
management practices, needs, and
interest in enhancements.
Signs
Signals
Supporting Structures
Guardrails / Attenuators
Lighting
Pavement Markings
ITS Equipment
What is Safety Hardware
Management?
• Inventory
• Investment vs.
Performance
• Programmed Renewals
• Legal Protections
What other states are doing.............
Minnesota
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
California
New Mexico
Idaho
Why bother with an AMS
Roadway Safety?
• Improves resource allocation
• Improves system reliability and
performance
• Improves decision making:
•What performs best/which devices
have the lowest long-term costs?
Save Lives, Time and $$$
Asset Management for Roadway Safety
Legal Counsel
Data Collection
Computerized
Database
Safety
Operations
Planning
Finance
Programming
Maintenance
Design
Construction
Contributions
• Serve as Champion
• Lead/support the effort
• Build upon existing partnerships and
coalitions
• Help form and enhance coalitions
• Bring other safety partners to the table
• Keep the safety partners focused
• Provide and analyze data
Contributions
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Establish and support the 4E emphasis teams
Hold the safety partners accountable
Keep the momentum
Share expertise and knowledge
– Coalition Building
– Data Analyses
– Goal Setting
– Performance Measures
– Problem ID
– Identifying Strategies
– Evaluation
Contributions
• Determination
• Perseverance
• Commitment
• Passion
Challenges
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Language and culture
Turf and Funds
Silos
Organizational Structures
Approaches to the problem
Commitment, Determination and
Perseverance
Success Indicators
• Are we making a
difference?
• Membership of
coalition.
• Leverage
resources.
• Reduction of
injuries and
fatalities.
Living Document
• What is the data
saying?
• Have trends
changed?
• Change in emphasis
areas?
• Re-prioritize?
• The appropriate
countermeasures?
ACCOUNTABILITY
On the Journey to
Save Lives
For more information...
AASHTO Transportation Asset
Management Website
www.assetmanagement.transportation.org
Thomas Van, P.E.
Office of Asset
Management
202-366-1341
[email protected]
Rudolph Umbs, P. E.
Office of Safety
202-366-2177
[email protected]