Transcript Highway Safety Improvement Program

INDOT Office of Traffic Safety
Manager, Mike Holowaty
http://www.in.gov/dot/programs/
Fatalities vs. 5 Year Average
1,000
903
899
900
848
815
800
751
692
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2008
03-07 Avg
2009
04-08 Avg
2010
05-09 Avg
Severe Crashes vs. 5 Year Average
4,200
4,023
4,000
3,925
3,772
3,800
3,616
3,608
3,600
3,400
3,360
3,200
3,000
2008
03-07 Avg
2009
04-08 Avg
2010
05-09 Avg
INDOT MISSION
INDOT Will plan, build maintain and
operate a superior transportation
system enhancing Safety, Mobility
and Economic Growth.
Today’s Topics
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Where are Severe Crashes happening?
Goals and Benchmarks to Improve Safety!
The Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP).
Projects that may be funded thru the HSIP
HSIP Funding and how Local Public Agencies
can to apply!
2010 Lane Departure Crashes
INTERSTATE
153
US ROUTE
37
176
STATE ROAD
66
374
COUNTY ROAD
113
439
LOCAL/CITY ROAD
121
475
0
100
200
115
300
INCAPACITATING
400
FATAL
500
600
700
2010 Intersection Crashes
Severe Intersection Crash Types
COUNTY ROAD
48
69
US ROUTE
37
147
STATE ROAD
79
167
LOCAL/CITY ROAD
172
334
0
50
TRAFFIC CIRCLE/ROUNDABOUT
100
150
FIVE POINT OR MORE
200
Y-INTERSECTION
250
T-INTERSECTION
300
350
FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION
400
2010 Work Zone Casualties
COUNTY ROAD
8
STATE ROAD
12
US ROUTE
4
15
INTERSTATE
4
21
LOCAL/CITY ROAD
4
27
0
5
10
1
15
INCAPACITATING
FATAL
20
25
30
Severe Pedestrian Crashes
61
61
61
60
218
213
210
220
205
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Pedestrian Fatal Crashes
58
60
235
2010
Severe Bicycle Crashes
18
14
17
13
66
2005
85
82
2006
2007
13
7
66
63
2008
2009
Bicycle Incapacitating Injury Crashes
78
2010
Bicycle Fatal Crashes
Grade Crossing Crashes
200
172
180
160
161
159
146
139
136
140
120
98
100
80
60
40
37
45
37
26
20
26
35
28
21
44
20
13
20
19
14
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
Highway-Rail Crashes
Injuries
2007
Deaths
2008
2009
Crash History
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
05-09
Average
Crashes
208,894
193,341
205,032
205,284
189,742
192,931
200,459
Injury Crashes
42,688
39,419
37,946
35,719
33,744
34,359
37,903
Incapacitating
Crashes
3,126
3,206
3,067
2,895
2,729
2,910
3,005
Fatal Crashes
858
820
805
721
631
698
767
Severe Crashes
3,984
4,026
3,872
3,616
3,360
3,608
3,772
Traffic Deaths
938
899
898
815
692
751
848
Safety Program Mission-Vision-Goal
• Mission
– Ensure safe travel for all users of Indiana’s streets, roads,
and highways.
• Vision
– Reduce human suffering and economic loss from traffic
crashes.
• Goal
– Eliminate traffic crash deaths and incapacitating injuries.
How Do We Obtain Safety
• National Agenda on Highway Safety 2007
• “Congress should adopt the goal of reducing
highway fatalities by half over two decades…”
• Indiana’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan
(SHSP) sets benchmarks for progress.
Indiana Safety Benchmark #1
• Highway Deaths
– Short term; maintain annual fatalities
below the average of the preceding five
years
– Long term; reduce traffic deaths at an
average rate of 20 per year
SHSP Fatality Reduction Goal
1,200
1,000
2007
896
2010, 836
800
600
2010
751
2027
496
400
200
0
Persons killed
(Linear Projection at -20)
Indiana Safety Benchmark #2
• Severe Crashes
– Short term; maintain annual severe
crashes below the average of the preceding
five years
– Long term; reduce severe crashes at an
average rate of 97 per year
SHSP Severe Crash Goal
4,500
4,000
3,500
2007
3,872
2010, 3,581
2010, 3,608
3,000
2027
1,932
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
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Severe Crashes
(Linear Projection at -97)
Strategic Highway Safety Plan
• Shared data, knowledge and resources
• Strengthens or creates partnerships
• Focus safety spending on Projects and
Actions that make our roads safer.
Metropolitan
Transportation Plans
Statewide Long Range Transportation
Plan
Other State Plans
(Bike, Ped)
Strategic Highway
Safety Plan (SHSP)
Commercial
Vehicle Safety Plan
Highway Safety
Plan
Transportation
Improvement
Program
(TIP)
Highway Safety Improvement Program
(HSIP)
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP)
Metropolitan
Transportation Plans
Statewide Long Range Transportation
Plan
Other State Plans
(Bike, Ped)
Strategic Highway
Safety Plan (SHSP)
Commercial
Vehicle Safety Plan
Highway Safety
Plan
Transportation
Improvement
Program
(TIP)
Highway Safety Improvement Program
(HSIP)
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP)
Indiana SHSP Emphasis Areas
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• Vulnerable Users
Lane Departures
– Motorcycles
Intersections
– Bicycles
Large Vehicle Conflicts
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Large Trucks
Trains
Roadway Restrictions
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Work Zones
Incident Clearance
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Pedestrians
Human Factors
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Alcohol
Occupant Protection
Young Drivers
Dangerous Driving
Highway Safety Improvement Program
Highway Safety Improvement Program
The HSIP is a core Federal-aid
funding program that requires a
data-driven, strategic approach
to improving highway safety that
focuses on results.
Purpose of the HSIP
To achieve a significant reduction in
fatalities and serious injuries on all
public roads through the implementation
of infrastructure-related highway safety
improvements.
http://www.in.gov/indot/files/LocalHSIPProjectSelectionGuidance.pdf
Applying for HSIP Project Eligibility
There are six general
requirements for HSIP
project eligibility
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
 REQUIRED ELEMENT #1
Must Addresses an SHSP
Emphasis Area!
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
 REQUIRED ELEMENT #2
Needs Analysis - (SAFETY)
Hint: Analyze the crash history
#2 Needs Analysis (Crash History)
• #2 Can you conduct a fair and impartial screening
to determine your safety needs?
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
 REQUIRED ELEMENT #3
Financial Analysis
Is the project a good investment?
Benefit / Cost, Net Present Value, Etc.
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
 REQUIRED ELEMENT #4
Agree to Maintain the New
Infrastructure
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
 REQUIRED ELEMENT #5
Post Construction Safety
Evaluation
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
 REQUIRED ELEMENT #6
Commitment letter signed
by the LPA’s highest Elected
Official & Fiscal Officer
Requesting HSIP Project Funding
#6 Commitment Letter
1. Signed by the highest elected official and the
highest fiscal official of the LPA.
2. The LPA intends to construct the project if it is
found eligible for funding.
3. A basic project development timeline is listed.
4. An accurate project cost estimate is stated.
5. The LPA agrees to maintain the safety improvement
in the future.
Finding the Worst of the Worst
Agencies need to monitor safety on their roads
http://www.crashreports.in.gov/Public/Home.aspx
Road Safety Audits (RSA) are a good AND
REQUIRED tool to establish safety needs
The RSA Report will contain Crash Analysis,
Needs Analysis, Reasons that the proposed
improvement is preferred, the Cost Estimate and
a Financial Analysis.
What Does HSAC Look For?
1) Does the candidate project address the worst
severe crash safety need?
2) Does the candidate project demonstrate a
workable plan to address the need?
Road Safety Audit (RSA) Report is best practice
3) Is the candidate project financially sound?
4) Does the project address a goal in the SHSP*
*Compliance with the SHSP is a REQUIREMENT!
Urban Local Traffic Safety Partners
URBAN AREAS: Metropolitan
Planning Agency - Groups 1-4
• Cities and MPO’s are prime partners for Traffic
Safety
• MPO’s have a responsibility to guide good
choices for the use of HSIP funding
Rural Local Traffic Safety Partners
RURAL AREAS: Groups 3 & 4
• The prime safety partners are Cities, Towns,
Counties and RPOs.
• LTAP will assist local agencies in making good
safety choices through the
• Hazard Elimination Project for Existing Roads
and Streets
• The“HELPERS” Project
Who Are These HELPERS?
• Assistance – Guide Rural Group 3 & 4 LPA’s in
making application for federal safety funds
• Advice – Provide a point of contact to get safety
questions answered.
• Road Safety Audits – They can facilitate Safety
Investigation Teams and advise on RSA Reports
• Funding Guidance - Help you determine if your
proposed project could qualify for Federal Safety
Funding
Gatekeepers: HSIP Projects
• In Urban Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
Areas the MPO’s will apply the HSIP Guidance for the
application and selection of projects to use locally
assigned federal aid safety funds.
• (Final Selection is subject to HSAC finding of Eligibility
and MPO Executive Committee action.)
• In Rural Group 3 and 4 Areas the LTAP HELPERS
project will receive and pass-on LPA project
applications that request federal aid safety funds to
the HSAC for review and approval.
Low Cost Systematic Improvement Projects
Short Form Application may
be used only for certain High
Priority Low Cost Systematic
Countermeasures
Short Form Eligible Projects
Sign inventory system and or
sign replacement to meet
MUTCD retroreflectivity
requirements
Short Form Eligible Projects
Upgrade traffic signals to a
minimum of one signal head
per travel lane
Short Form Eligible Projects
Install black backing plates
on all signal heads on a
traffic signal
Short Form Eligible Projects
Make changes to yellow
interval signal timing or
interconnect to improve
safety
Short Form Eligible Projects
Install pedestrian push
button and countdown
heads on a traffic signal
Short Form Eligible Projects
Install new pedestrian
crosswalk warning signs,
flashing beacons, special
pavement markings and
refuge areas
Short Form Eligible Projects
Passive warning
improvement at railroad
crossings that lack active
warning devices
Low Cost Safety Improvements are
often the only Cost Effective Option!
New INDOT Standard Safety Edge
Edge and Center Rumble
Special Provisions
INDOT Office of Traffic Safety
http://www.in.gov/dot/programs/
• Office Manager: Mike Holowaty
– (317) 232-5337 [email protected]
• Crash Management Systems Manager: John Nagle
– (317) 232-5464 [email protected]
– http://www.crashreports.in.gov/Public/Home.aspx
• Strategic Highway Safety Plan Manager: Roger Manning
– (317) 232-5204 [email protected]
• Safe Routes to School Coordinator: Mike O’Loughlin
– (317) 232-5653 [email protected]