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Safety & Security

Presented by: Chandra Ravada

DMATS LRTP 2045

Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users

FAST ACT Safety & Security

Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users

US FATAL CRASHES

24.9%

The fatality data for 2014 placed the highway death count at 32,675 — a drop of 24.90 percent — compared to the 43,510 deaths reported in 2005.

Steady decline in Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled.

DMATS TRAFFIC SAFETY DATA

Annual Average 55 fatalities, 289 major injuries, and 1,725 minor injuries There was a spike in crashes in 2007, but the region showed a decline in accident rates in recent years.

201 192 168 154 176 170 157 141 137 160 147 128 138 243 301 284 317 268 251 287 264 278 279 230 238 204 813 1,034 1,063 1,046 1,153 1,223 1,330 1,248 1,141 1,240 1,179 1,201 1,286 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Injuries Unknown Injury Property Damage

Overall Injuries and Unknown injuries decreased and Property Damage crashes increased from 2001 to 2013

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www.yoursite.com The Dubuque County fatality rate of 9.34 was lower than the state and national rates of 10.25 and 10.33 respectively. In fact, over the past five years, fatality rates in the DMATS area have been consistently lower than state and national rates.

FATATALITIES PER 100,000 POPULATION

Comparison between Nation, Iowa State and Dubuque Co.

14.7 14.3 13.7 12.3 11.0 10.7 10.4 10.8 10.4 10.3 15.3 14.8 15.0 13.8 12.4 12.8 11.8 11.9 10.3 10.3 9.9 8.8 9.8 7.6 7.5 7.5 3.2 5.3 4.2 9.3

Fatalities Per 100,000

The Dubuque County fatality rate doubled in 2014 when compared to 2011 to 2013 rates.

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Multi-Disciplinary Safety Team (MDST)

1.Deal with safety issues as a Team 2.Make a group decision rather than each individual agency decision. 3.Utilize data from all sources to make a decision. 4.Make the group involved with City and MPO Long Range Planning process.

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IOWA STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN

DMATS will examine, evaluate, and implement the regional strategies contained in the Iowa Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Policy

Public agencies must choose the messages they will focus efforts

• n with great care.

Education

Education involves informing users about unsafe behaviors and suggesting ways to improve safety when they use the transportation system. .

• Multimedai

education campaign

Enforcement

Law enforcement officers play a valuable role in maintaining the region’s transportation safety and security.

Engineering

Local public works departments

• r state departments of

transportation often implement engineering strategies to improve roadway safety.

Research & Data

Data is the foundation of a strategic plan to reduce fatalities and major injuries.

• Enhance driver

education

• High visibility

enforcment

• Deploy state-of-the-

art techonology

• Expand impaired

enforcement programs

• Prevent lane

departure crashes

• Improve

Intresections

• Enhance

multiagency collaborative efforts

• Strengthen

legislative policies

• Safety data

improvement

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COMMUNICATION PLAN

Priority strategies develop a strategic communication plan integrating the Toward Zero Deaths initiative, called Zero Fatalities. .

EDUCATION SAFETY AREA

Multimedia education campaign & Enhance drivers education

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MULTIMEDIA NETWORK

Deliver safety messages to multimedia networks (television, radio, newspaper, social media).

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INVOLVE PARENTS

Involve parents in driver education courses.

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BEHIND THE WHEEL

Require more behind-the wheel instruction time.

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DIVERSITY OF DRIVING

Require a diversity of driving conditions (all weather conditions, daytime and nighttime, all road surfaces).

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ENGINEERING SAFETY AREA

Prevent lane departure crashes & Improve Intersections

STRATEGIES

• Centerline rumble strips
• Shoulder/edgeline rumble strips
• Curve delineation
• Shoulder treatments
• Cable barrier rail

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Prevent lane departure crashes

Urban

• Innovative intersection designs
• Traffic signal modifications

Rural

• Intersection lighting
• Stop controls

Improve Intersections

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ENFORCEMENT SAFETY AREA

High visibility enforcement, deploy state-of-the-art technology & expand impaired enforcement programs

• Support additional officer hours on roadways.
• Increase special enforcement campaigns.

High visibility enforcement

• Use dynamic message signs to convey safety

messages.

• Equip law enforcement with state-of-the-art

technology for compliance.

• Promote technologies to gather commercial vehicle

information.

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Deploy state-of-the-art technology

• Expand law enforcement training to effectively

identify impaired drivers.

• Launch a drowsy driving program within the Iowa

DOT’s Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement.

Expand impaired enforcement programs

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STRATEGIES

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MULTIAGENCY GROUP

Create a multiagency group to carry out safety strategies across the Five E’s.

POLICY SAFETY AREA

Enhance multiagency collaborative efforts &Strengthen legislative policies

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ENGAGE PROFESSIONALS

Engage professionals across disciplines and systems to participate and create a unified message.

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SEAT BELT LEGISLATION

Enact primary seat belt legislation for all positions.

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CARELESS DRIVING LAW

Modify careless driving law to include distracted driving as a primary offense.

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DRIVER’S LICENSING

Enhance graduated driver’s licensing.

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IMPAIRED DRIVING

Tighten impaired driving tolerances and increase penalties for impaired driving violations.

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RESEARCH AND DATA SAFETY AREA

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Safety data improvement

STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC CRASH

Expand statewide electronic crash reporting through TRACS.

DEVELOP A WEB PORTAL

Develop a Web portal to increase safety data availability.

WEB BASED ANALYTICAL TOOL

Support creation of a web based analytical tool.

EVACUATION PLAN MAPS

A detailed planning effort prior to an incident is key to safe evacuation

MAJOR

Emergency personnel within the Dubuque Metropolitan Area recognize that a successful evacuation, particularly an evacuation of a large portion of the population, encompasses more than physically moving a population from the area at risk to a safe area.

EVCUATION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES POTENTIAL EVCUATION ROUTES SCHOOLS & SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES

PARTNERS

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

Synchronizing signals into one signal system and creating signal timing scenarios by time of day (peak and off peak) and events (crashes or

• ther emergency issues) will help to address SAFETY & SECURITY

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

The project can be measured by using the data collected in the metropolitan area

PART I: CONNECTIVITY

The goal of Part One is to connect all signalized corridors and create scenarios for peak, off peak, and events by using data from Smarter Phone, Airsage, DMATS Model and INRIX.

Part II: Adaptation

The goal of Part II is built on Part I and creates an automated adaptive

• system. The goal is to create a system that will automatically adapt itself

based on the data transmitted to the Command Center.

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

Local governments are currently partnering to implement special initiatives within the region

NEXT STEPS

Review the documents and provide your comments by April 14th, 2016

NEW IDEAS

Feel free to share any new ideas that can help

• ur region be more safe

EMS TEAMS

How to involve our EMS teams in planning process rather than at implementation process

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UNBOXING IDEAS

Outside the box ideas will help the region to meet future needs.