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Current SJTPO Technical Studies

Citizens Advisory Committee | April 30, 2018

Talking About Technical Studies…

• What is a Technical S

tudy?

• Current Technical S

tudies

• Upcoming Technical S

tudies

• A Few Other Efforts to Mention

Keep up with schedule for S JTPO technical studies on our Request for Proposals (RFP) page at www.sj tpo.org/ rfp

What is a Technical Study?

• Consultant-led efforts, managed by S

JTPO

• Typically involve critical pre-proj ect activities
• Planning S

t udies (large-scale or maj or regional facilit ies)

• Dat a collect ion (t raffic count s, pavement condit ion, et c.)
• Analyze dat a
• Public out reach
• Ident ify proj ect s (safet y)
• Assemble applicat ions for funding
• Can directly make limited improvements (signal timing)

Learn more about S JTPO technical studies within UPWP at www.sj tpo.org/ upwp

FY 2018 UPWP 18/ 400: Technical Program

Current Technical Studies

• 1. Port of S

alem Corridor Freight/ Rail Intermodal S tudy

• 2. New Jersey Regional Curve Inventory and S

afety Assessment

• 3. Ocean Drive (CR 621) Upgrades and Bridge Improvements

Local Concept Development S tudy

• 4. Cumberland County Bicycle/ Pedestrian S

afety Action Plan

• 5. Regional S

ignal Timing Initiative

• 6. Automated Pavement Condition Data Collection

Port of Salem Freight/Rail Intermodal Study

Road Issues: Alternate Routes, Intersection

William S chiavi

1

Hook Road: Better signage promoting alternative route Alternative Truck Route for Downtown West Broadway & Front: S ignal timing & geometry

Port of Salem Freight/Rail Intermodal Study

Rail Issues: Conditions, Siding

1

Track Conditions have been partly addressed with TIGER funds S iding needed for some sites, and some facilities are underused

Port of Salem Freight/Rail Intermodal Study

Port Issues:

1

Rail Access to Port is being addressed S

• me Port facilities need

upgrading Channel needs to be maintained to 16 feet; could use deepening to 21 feet

Port of Salem Freight/Rail Intermodal Study

Economic Development:

1

Address Vacant properties along rail corridor Consider providing rail access to

• ther Port properties

Continue riverfront environmental & economic revitalization efforts

Port of Salem Freight/Rail Intermodal Study

Economic Development (cont’d):

1

Investigate additional business

• pportunities for

Port: S and & S

• ybeans

Reactivate & Upgrade the rail yard

NJ Regional Curve Inventory and Safety Assessment

Dual Focus:

• 1. Curve advisory speed evaluations by

studying horizontal curves (2009 MUTCD)

• 2. Identify curves with crash trends

(HS IP funds)

Jennifer Marandino

2

2

NJ Regional Curve Inventory and Safety Assessment

Systemic Roadway Departure

• Focus Crash Type Analysis
• Evaluate crash history for

roadway/ lane departure

• Document common roadway

characteristics

• Define systemic factors
• Priority list of curve locations
• List of potential countermeasures

2

Ocean Drive (CR 621) Upgrades and Bridge Improvements

• Local Concept Development (LCD)
• Local Preliminary Engineering
• Final Design/ROW Acquisition
• Construction

Jennifer Marandino

3

3

Ocean Drive (CR 621) Upgrades and Bridge Improvements

Local Concept Development Phase:

• Data Collection Fall 2017
• Document Existing Conditions / Develop Purpose and Needs

Winter 2017/ 2018

• Develop Alternatives S

pring 2018

• Analyze Alternatives S

ummer 2018

• S

elect Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PP A) / Concept Development Report Fall 2018

3

Condition Mill Creek Upper Thorofare Middle Thorofare Bridge Sufficiency (out of 100) 47.3 (Functionally Obsolete) 34 (Structurally Deficient) 7 (Structurally Deficient) Superstructure (scale of 1-9) 5 (Fair) 5 (Fair) 6 (Satisfactory) Deck (scale of 1-9) 5 (Fair) 4 (Poor) 4 (Poor) Inspection Year 2016 2016 2015

Ocean Drive (CR 621) Upgrades and Bridge Improvements 3

Existing Bridge Conditions:

Ocean Drive (CR 621) Upgrades and Bridge Improvements

Community Involvement:

• Public Outreach is iterative
• Local Officials
• Mayor and Council, County

Freeholders

• Police, Fire, Public S

afety, and Emergency Management

• Planning and Engineering

Departments

• S

takeholders

• Public Information Center

3

Cumberland Co Bike/Ped Safety Action Plan

Goal: Use federal safety funds (Highway Safety Improvement Program) to better address bike/ped safety issues

• Data-driven program
• Bike/ ped data is woefully lacking
• Proj ect Development
• Consultant-led technical assistance

Alan Huff

4

Cumberland Co Bike/Ped Safety Action Plan

• Modeled from the Newark Ped & Bike

S afety Action Plan (2016)

• Create bike/ ped steering committee
• Analyze all bike/ ped crashes in the county
• Establish a toolkit of strategies
• Videos to promote innovative strategies
• Pedestrian Road S

afety Audits (Ped RS As)

• Fully advance 10 proj ects for HS

IP funding

4

Cumberland Co Bike/Ped Safety Action Plan

How the process will work

• Analyze all data, identify Top 100
• Committee narrows to Top 25
• Public identifies Top 10
• ID crash problems, list of potential

solutions (Ped RS As, etc.)

• Committee & public select solutions
• Create & submit complete HS

IP packages

4

Regional Signal Timing Initiative

• FHWA recommends re-timing signals every

two to three years

• Low-cost method of improving congestion

& safety

• Builds off prior efforts:
• FY 2017 Traffic S

ignal inventory

• FY 2016-2017 Traffic Data Collection

Andrew Tracy

5

Regional Signal Timing Initiative

• 38 signals to be optimized:
• 6 in Atlantic County
• 13 in Cumberland County
• 19 in Cape May County
• Trafficware S

ynchro used to simulate traffic, develop

• ptimal timing plans

5

Automated Pavement Condition Data Collection

• FHWA encourages “ pavement

preservation” methods

• Applying right treatment at the right

time

• Cost-effective road maintenance
• Data collected on 260 miles of

municipal roads in Vineland

• Pilot effort: will inform region-

wide data collection

Andrew Tracy

6

Automated Pavement Condition Data Collection

• Data collected with LCMS

(Laser Crack Measurement S ystem)

• Automated, low-cost method
• Locates cracks, ruts, potholes,

etc.

6

Upcoming Technical Studies

7. Regional Pavement Condition Data Collection 8. Program S upport Data Collection 9. Professional & Technical S ervices

• 10. S

JTPO Regional Freight Plan Development

• 11. Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Trail Network -

Communicat ions & Marketing Plan

• 12. Regional Roundabout Feasibility Assessment
• 13. Regional S

idewalk Inventory

Regional Pavement Condition Data Collection

• Upcoming FY 2019 study
• Pavement condition data for

1,463 miles of county roadways

• 371 miles in Atlantic
• 200 miles in Cape May
• 539 miles in Cumberland
• 353 miles in S

alem

• Provide data needed for data-

driven pavement preservation

Andrew Tracy

7

Program Support Data Collection

• Upcoming FY 2019 study
• Traffic data collection to support

future studies and proj ect development efforts

• May include:
• Traffic counts
• Intersection counts
• Asset inventories
• Freight movement data
• Other data, as needed

Andrew Tracy

8

Professional and Technical Services

• The S

JTPO region does not meet Federal Air Quality standards (Non-Attainment Area for Ozone)

• Can be especially harmful for

sensitive groups – children, elderly, asthmatics, and people who work outside

David Heller

9

Professional and Technical Services

• Ozone comes from many

sources (Power Plants, Refineries) but mobile sources (cars, trucks) are a significant component.

• S

JTPO provides estimates to the S tate to evaluate these standards and establish realistic goals to improve air quality

9

SJTPO Regional Freight Plan Development

• New Jersey DOT recently completed a S

tatewide Freight Plan

• Mostly focused on S

tate network

• Minor mention of regional facilities
• Heavily focused on North Jersey due to

higher volumes

• Lesson: S

JTPO needs a regional freight plan to assess priorities in

• ur region and help identify proj ect

needs

• S

tate Plan can then be amended to include elements of regional plan

William S chiavi

10

SJTPO Regional Freight Plan Development

• Identify freight generators in our region
• Identify freight network – transportation facilities used to

transport that freight

• All modes (highway, rail, maritime, aviation, etc.)
• Identify performance-based factors to evaluate system and

find shortcomings that limit freight movement

• Ex: tight intersection geometries, limited overpass height, bridge

weight limits, rail speed and weight limits, etc.

• Use that to generate proj ect ideas

10

Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Trail Network Communications & Marketing Plan

• 2016 regional transportation plan,

Transport at ion Mat t ers

• …

develop and implement a vision for a regional t rail net work t o connect maj or at t ract ions wit hin t he region and t o neighboring regions

• Cape May County is leading the way
• Our model is The Circuit Trails
• Partnered with the Rails-to-Trails

Conservancy

Alan Huff

11

Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Trail Network Communications & Marketing Plan

• Proj ect kicks-off in June
• Establish a brand
• Identify audiences, opportunities,

and challenges

• Update our inventory
• Determine what is part of the

system (on-road vs off-road, etc.)

• Establish our aspirational network
• Identify critical missing links
• Promote the story of these gaps

Off-road facilities Others to assess

Inventory from Transportation Matters

(2015)

11

Traffic Circles Roundabouts

Regional Roundabout Feasibility Assessment

Why focus on roundabouts?

• 30%
• f fatal and serious

inj ury crashes occur at intersections* (2x US rate)

• Roundabouts DRAS

TICALL Y cut severe crashes at intersections:

• S

top controlled by 82% **

• S

ignalized by 78% **

Alan Huff

*Source: 2015 NJ SHSP. www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/safety/pdf/2015strategichighwaysafetyplan.pdf **Source: FHWA. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/provencountermeasures/roundabouts/

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12

Regional Roundabout Feasibility Assessment

How the process will work

• Identify high crash locations
• Narrow-in to find appropriate

locations

• Go to the public, get buy-in
• Get j urisdictional/ st akeholder

support

• Complete Local S

afety Application packages to fund improvements

12

Regional Sidewalk Inventory

Goal: More TAP , Safe Routes, &

• ther projects that fill in network

gaps

• Advanced as a top priority of our

Technical Advisory Committee

• Includes S

tate, County, & Municipal

• FHWA noted activity is an eligible

expense

• Will advance as quickly as we can

alongside DVRPC and NJTP A

Alan Huff

13

Regional Sidewalk Inventory

We expect to include:

• Presence of sidewalks
• Gaps in sidewalks
• Accessible curb ramps
• Crosswalk presence
• S

tate, County, & Municipal facilities

• Condition of facilities
• Hope to include a tool for owners to

see and maintain data

13

A Few Other Internal Efforts to Mention

• Public Involvement Plan (PIP) Melissa Melora
• Performance Based Planning David Heller
• Congestion Management Process (CMP) Andrew Tracy
• 14. Incorporating S

afety In all Proj ects Alan Huff

• 15. Bike/ Ped Priority Areas Alan Huff & William S

chiavi

Incorporating Safety

Crash statistics are too high and rising

• The Local S

afety Program (Highway S afety Improvement Program) can fund a limited number of proj ects

• S

afety needs to be incorporated into ALL (S JTPO-approved) proj ects

• Any funds spent on a high crash location

should address safety

• All roadways can be safer

Alan Huff

14

Safety in High Crash Locations

Any funds spent on a high crash location should address safety

• On Network S

creening lists (Intersection, HRRR, Ped S pot, Ped Corridor)

• Identify and address the safety issues
• Consider Proven S

afety Countermeasures

• Justify if Proven S

afety Countermeasures not included

Alan Huff

14

Safety in All Projects

All roadways can be safer

• Create list of low-cost countermeasures
• Reduced travel lane

12ft lane ->11ft lane + 1ft shoulder

• Rumble strips, high friction surface

treatment, signage improvements, etc.

• Identify conditions in which

countermeasures would be applicable

• Apply countermeasures to proj ects as

conditions permit

Alan Huff

14

Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas

Reduce bicycle/pedestrian fatalities & serious injuries

• 2016 regional transportation plan,

Transport at ion Mat t ers

• Evaluat e all t ransport at ion proj ect s t hat

receive funding t hrough t he S JTPO process for t heir inclusion of complet e st reet s element s, including bicycle, pedest rian, and t ransit accommodat ion

• Addresses Citizens Advisory Committee

(CAC) interest in advancing Complete S treets

Alan Huff & William S chiavi

15

Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas

• Identify and map relevant elements:
• Use these to establish priority areas
• Any proj ects proposed in priority

areas would need to address appropriate modes to receive funding

• S

chools

• Bus stops
• Density
• Crashes
• Parks, libraries, etc.
• Environmental j ustice
• Community centers
• Etc.

Example: WILMAPCO

15

What should we look at in the future

• Typically we address critical pre-proj ect activities
• Planning studies (large-scale or maj or regional facilities)
• Data collection (traffic counts, pavement condition, etc.)
• Analyze data
• Public outreach
• Identify proj ects (safety)
• Assemble applications for funding
• Or directly make limited improvements (signal timing)

Thank you!

Jennifer Marandino

Executive Director j marandino@ sj tpo.org

Alan J. Huff

Program Manager – S afety Initiatives & Public Outreach ahuff@ sj tpo.org

Andrew Tracy

Program Engineer - Capital Programming & Proj ect Development atracy@ sj tpo.org

David Heller

Program Manager – S ystems Performance & S ubregional Program dheller@ sj tpo.org

William Schiavi

Principal Planner wschiavi@ sj tpo.org