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Amish Safety Strategic Plan

Stakeholder Meeting #1 Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Welcome and Introductions

 Steering Committee Members

 ODOT

, County Engineer, OSP , Sheriff, Amish Safety Committee

 Stakeholder Group

 6 Townships

 Burton, Claridon, Huntsburg, Middlefield, Parkman, Troy

 Burton Village, Police Department  Middlefield Village, Police Department  ODOT District 4  Geauga County Commissioners  NOACA

 Consultant Support Team, LJB, Inc.

Purpose

Update and Refine 2000 Statewide

Planning Documents

• Collect and update data
• Tailor recommendations to specific

locations in Geauga County

• Estimate
• Prioritize
• Identify funding

Schedule: What To Expect

• First of 3 Stakeholder Meetings
• Meeting #1 (Today): Discuss
• Meeting #2 (3 Months): Review Draft Plan
• Meeting #3 (6 Weeks): Confirm
• Consultant to provide technical support
• Data analysis, number-crunching
• Collect and organize input for stakeholder review
• Provide formal documentation
• Goal: Establish Framework for Future Action

Today’s Meeting: What To Expect

• 1. Review of Previous Studies
• 2. Presentation of Current Study Approach
• 3. Overview of Potential Treatments
• 4. Discussion by Group

• 1. Previous Studies

Recommendations from 2000

Link Link

Potential Treatments (Roadway)

• Widen shoulders 8’ on resurfacing cycles
• Make spot improvement of shoulders in areas

where it makes sense

• Use heavy-duty asphalt for surface courses
• Re-evaluate speed limits
• Improve warning signing
• Clear sight triangles at intersections from

perspective of buggy driver

Potential Treatments (Non-Roadway)

• Develop “driver’s education” course for buggy

drivers (beginning and refresher)

• Improve visibility of buggies
• Increase use of reflective tape, strobe lights
• Sponsor an “Amish Vehicle Safety Week” prior

to Spring and Harvest seasons

• Media release
• Emphasize buggy safety equipment
• Target speed enforcement
• Develop information and education pieces to

support public outreach

• 2. Current Study

• 6 Townships, 2 Villages:
• Burton
• Claridon
• Huntsburg
• Middlefield
• Troy
• Parkman
• Burton Village
• Middlefield Village
• All State Routes (59 Miles)
• Major County Routes (45 Miles)

Study Area

• Data Collection (current phase)
• Crashes
• Roadway Characteristics
• Traffic Counts
• Sight Distance
• Amish Survey
• Stakeholder Feedback
• Begin Prioritization of Locations

and Treatments

• Objective, Location-based
• Recommend Implementation Plan

and Funding Sources Amish Strategic Plan Development

Traffic Volumes (ADT)

All Crashes (2010 – 2014)

All Crashes (Summarized)

Amish Buggy-Related Crashes

Speed Limits

Shoulder Widths

Buggy Counts (AM)

Buggy Counts (PM)

Roadway Grades

Prioritization - Vehicular

• Crash History
• Sight Distance Inventory
• Traffic Volumes (Total and Amish)
• Speed Limits
• Available R/W and # of Property Owners

Prioritization - Pedestrian

• Pedestrian Crash History
• School Locations
• Shoulder Widths
• Speed Limits

• 3. Potential Treatments

Range of Treatment Options

• Short-term, low cost
• Medium-term, medium-cost
• $100,000 to $500,000
• Little to no additional RW
• Implement in 1-5 years
• Long-term, high-cost
• Over $1M
• Requires significant amounts of RW
• Requires significant effort to plan and fund

Upcoming Projects

PID Work Type Fiscal Year Route Begin End Cost Description RS-13IJ-16 Resurfacing 2016 CH 13 7.58 9.04 TBD Chardon Windsor Road, Huntsburg Township: SR 528 East to SR 86 in Huntsburg Township RS-15A-16 Resurfacing 2016 CH 15 0.00 1.02 TBD Hale Road, Burton Township: Burton Windsor Road (CH 14) north to Butternut Road (CH 21) RS-21IJ-16 Resurfacing 2016 CH 21 7.33 8.74 TBD Butternut Road, Burton Township: Claridon Troy Road (CH 3) east to Hale Road (CH 15) RS-34A-16 Widen / Resurfacing 2016 CH 34 0.00 0.65 TBD Gingerich Road, Burton Township: SR 168 North to SR 87 RS-37AB-16 Intersection / Resurfacing 2016 CH 37 0.00 2.32 TBD Clay Street, Huntsburg Township: Burton Windsor Road (CH14) north to US 322 RS-65BC-16 Resurfacing 2016 TR 65 0.29 2.09 TBD Whitney Road, Montville Township: SR 86 to Ashtabula County Line RS-130D-16 Resurfacing 2016 TR 130 2.79 4.38 TBD Newcomb Road, Middlefield Township: Shedd Road(TR 126) to Georgia Road (CH 40) RS-205A-16 Resurfacing 2016 TR 205 0.00 0.93 TBD Patch Road, Troy Township: SR 700 East to Jug Street (CH 46) RS-207C-16 Resurfacing 2016 TR 207 1.68 2.16 TBD Nash Road, Troy Township: Mumford Road (CH 24) East to Parkman Township Line RS-211E-16 Resurfacing 2016 TR 211 1.86 3.06 TBD Grove Road, Parkman Township: Township Line East to SR 88 RS-13EH-17 Resurfacing 2017 CH 13 3.56 6.56 TBD Chardon Windsor Road, Claridon & Huntsburg Townships: SR 608 to SR 528 RS-38AD-18 Bridge Repl./ Resurfacing 2018 CH 38 0.00 3.43 TBD Bundysburg Road, Parkman & Middlefield Townships: SR 88 north to Middlefield Township Line RS-3AC-20 Resurfacing 2020 CH 3 0.00 1.46 TBD Claridon Troy Road, Burton Township: Burton Village Line north to Taylor Wells Road (CH 28) RS-37GJ-20 Resurfacing 2020 CH 37 7.33 10.39 TBD Clay Street, Montville & Thompson Townships: US 6 north to SR 166 RS-44AD-20 Resurfacing 2020 CH 44 0.00 5.19 TBD Kile Road, Claridon, Hambden, Huntsburg & Montville Townships: US 322 north to US 6 92603 Chip Seal 2017 88 0.00 2.07 $155,000 Chip seal from Portage County Line to US 422 84299 Resurfacing 2017 168 1.64 7.90 $2,000,000 Nash to Burton SCL, includes slide repair 22221 Resurfacing 2017 422 9.38 18.12 $3,100,000 SR 44 to West Farmington 99643 Resurfacing 2017 528 6.35 11.48 $1,100,000 SR 87 to US 322 23733 Widen 2018 87 19.75 20.70 $2,190,000 Improve shoulders from Hayes to Trumbull County Line (RW needed) (Safety funding) 78343 Intersection 2018 422 17.35 $300,000 At SR 88, improve curb returns (RW needed) (Safety funding) 80963 Intersection 2018 422 13.04 $749,000 Add left turn slots at SR 700 (RW needed) (Safety funding) 99202 Intersection 2018 528 4.39 $860,000 Add left turn slots at SR 608/Old State Road (Safety funding) 99629 Resurfacing 2018 700 2.71 7.75 $1,130,000 US 422 to SR 168 99679 Prev Maint 2019 322 10.40 14.47 $950,000 SR 44 to SR 608 99640 Prev Maint 2019 608 1.24 7.53 $1,460,000 Middlefield Village SCL to US 322

Summary of Upcoming Projects in Geauga County Amish Strategic Safety Plan Vicinity

Projects Led/Funded by Ohio Department of Transportation Projects Led/Funded by Geauga County Engineer's Office

Upcoming Projects

Treatments (Roadway)

• Provide continuous buggy lanes
• Make spot improvement of shoulders
• Hills
• Areas of limited sight distance
• Areas of limited passing
• Areas of pedestrian activity
• Improve sight triangles at intersections from

perspective of buggy driver

• Clear brush
• Remove obstructions
• Realign approach

Treatments (Roadway)

• Re-evaluate speed limits
• Consider lower speeds limits in areas with

elevated Amish activity

• Provide improved/additional warning signing
• Re-evaluate positioning of signing
• Use lime-green for emphasis
• Consider systems using active detection
• Consider nighttime visibility

Treatments (Non-Roadway)

• Promote awareness about Amish safety
• For buggies and pedestrians
• Within Amish community
• Outside Amish community
• Amish Safety Week media campaign
• Develop and distribute educational materials
• “Tip Cards”
• Supplemental instruction for local driver’s ed
• Provide target speed enforcement
• Deploy changeable message signs for

awareness

• 4. Stakeholder Feedback

Close – What are one or two things that have to happen to make this study a success for you? What are we missing? Suggestions on treatments? Questions on prioritization process? Questions on data collection? Questions on study area?

Amish Safety Strategic Plan

Brian Blayney – ODOT D12 – Brian.Blayney@dot.ohio.gov – (216) 584-2102 Kevin Miller – LJB Inc. – Kmiller@LJBInc.com – (937) 259-5166