Transcript Oklahoma Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Oklahoma Strategic
Highway Safety Plan
presented to
SHSP Leadership Group
SHSP Working Group
presented by
Susan Herbel and Sam Lawton, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
December 6, 2006
Strategic Highway Safety Plan – What’s the Point?
Purpose
Identify the key safety needs
Guide investment decisions
Align resources for effectiveness
Save lives and reduce injuries
Mandated under SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. §148)
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The Bottom Line
Fatalities and Fatal Crashes
900
849
850
800
800
775
750
777
769
747
729
739
708
700
682
676
657
650
671
662
639
624
600
667
586
588
2000
2001
595
Fatalities
Fatal Crashes
550
500
1996
1997
1998
1999
Source: Oklahoma Highway Safety Office - 2005 Oklahoma Crash Facts
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2002
2003
2004
2005
Is This Progress?
Mileage Death Rate
3.0
2.6
2.5
2.3
1.9
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.6
1.6
2000
2001
2002
1.7
1.7
2004
2005
1.5
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
1996
1997
1998
1999
Source: Oklahoma Highway Safety Office – 2005 Oklahoma Crash Facts
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2003
The Consequences
Human
Economic
Mobility
Environmental
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Summary
Motor vehicle crashes are a serious public health
problem
Collaboration is key
New approaches are required
Standard, “one size fits all” solutions are
nonexistent.
Changes in organizational priorities will be needed.
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SHSP Requirements and Characteristics
Excellence in Leadership
Collaboration
Data Driven
Comprehensive
Effective Implementation
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Leadership
DOT responsibility
Governor’s signature (or designee)
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Collaboration – Key Stakeholders
State DOT
State persons responsible
for administering the Federal
rail-grade crossing program
State Highway Safety Office
Operation Lifesaver
Regional transportation
planning organizations and
metropolitan planning
organizations
State MCSAP administrators
State motor vehicle
administrators
Major modes of
transportation
Major state and local
stakeholders (includes
tribes)
State and local traffic
enforcement officials
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Data Driven and Evidence-based
Problem identification
• Hot spot and corridor/segment analysis
• All public roads
• Proactive planning
Goals, objectives, performance measures
Program/project selection
Evaluation
Course corrections
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Comprehensive
Education
Enforcement
Engineering
Emergency response
Multimodal
Systemwide
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The 4 E’s of Transportation Safety
Engineering
• ODOT (design, safety, planning, maintenance, operations)
• ODOT districts
• Municipal engineers
Enforcement
• OK Highway Patrol
• Local police departments
• Prosecution
• Judiciary
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The 4 E’s of Transportation Safety
Education
• OK State Department of Education
• Universities
• Public schools
• Community coalitions
Emergency response
• OK State Department of Health
(Emergency Medical Services Division)
• Incident management
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The 5th E of Transportation Safety
Everyone else!
• Public involvement
• Elected and appointed officials
• Tribal governments
• Public interest groups (i.e., AAA, AARP, MADD,
etc.)
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Effective Implementation
Collaborative leadership, ownership, and
management
Action plans w/ milestones
Performance measures
Local involvement
Partner responsibilities
Feedback
Updates
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The 5 E’s of Transportation Safety
Note: “Easy” is not one of them!
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SHSP Approach
Identify leadership and facilitate partnerships
Establish goals, objectives, and performance measures
Identify a data-driven process to address all public roads
Develop a public outreach and education program
Identify priority emphasis areas and comprehensive
strategies and action plans
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SHSP Approach
Facilitate and document detailed implementation plans
and a management structure to carry the SHSP forward
Create a method for tracking progress and evaluating
outcomes
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Strategic Alignments
Improve Safety –
to
A Model for Comprehensive
Safety Planning in Oklahoma
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Putting it All Together
Metropolitan
Transportation
Plans
CVSP
Statewide Transportation
Plan (Long Range Plan)
State Strategic
Highway
Safety Plan (SHSP)
HSP
HSIP
Modal Plans
Traffic Records
Strategic Plan
Safe Routes
to School
Local Road
Safety Program
TIP
Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP)
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Role of the SHSP Leadership Group
Provide overall direction for the Oklahoma SHSP
Maintain consistency between SHSP and policies of
ODOT and other partner agencies
Establish high level support for SHSP
Review and approve SHSP vision, goals, and action plans
Support implementation of SHSP action plans and sustain
implementation efforts
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Role of the SHSP Working Group
Provide staff level technical support in the development
of the SHSP
Review preliminary products of SHSP planning process
Facilitate collaboration among staff of ODOT and SHSP
partners
Lead and/or participate on the emphasis area teams
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SHSP Challenges
Collaboration and public involvement
Leadership
Funding
FHWA/NHTSA reporting requirements
Native Americans
Data and data sharing
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SHSP Schedule
Dec. 6, 2006: Initial Leadership and Working Group Meetings
Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007: Data analysis and stakeholder interviews
Jan. 2007: Establish SHSP Vision, Goals and Emphasis Areas
Feb. - April 2007: Establish Emphasis Area Teams, review data,
develop goals and objectives, and identify countermeasure
strategies
April-May 2007: Develop Emphasis Area Action Plans
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SHSP Schedule
June 2007: Finalize Emphasis Area Action Plans
July 2007: Draft SHSP for agency & stakeholder review
August 2007: Final SHSP for ODOT review and approval
September 30, 2007: Submit SHSP to FHWA
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin, an engraving from a
painting by Duplessis
“ The definition of insanity is doing the
same thing over and over and expecting
different results.”
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Comments, Questions,
Recommendations?
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