http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts

March, 2017Khoa Nguyen, MS, P.E.Director, Office of Tech. Services

EVERY DAY COUNTS

Launched in October 2010

Designed to:

• Shorten project development & delivery

• Enhance the safety and performance of our highways and bridges

• Improve environmental sustainability

EVERY DAY COUNTSSAFETY INITIATIVES

Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety

Intersection Safety

Roadway Departure

Data Driven Safety Analysis

• Safety Edge• High Friction Surface Treatments

• Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE)• Roundabouts & Mini Roundabouts• Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection (RCUT)

• Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)

FLORIDA FATALITY DATA

* FARS ARF (preliminary)

FARS final data - 2006

through 2014

Florida

DISTRICT 7 FATALITY DATA

SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERY PEDESTRIAN (STEP)

Road Diets• Reduce speeds & No. of lanes • Create space for ped. facilities.

Pedestrian hybrid beacons• provide positive stop control

Pedestrian refuge islands• Shorten crossing distance• Elderly & limited mobility

pedestrians

Raised crosswalks• reduce vehicle speeds.

Visibility enhancements• Detect ped. particularly at

night.

Road Diet HAWK

Refuge Island Raised Crosswalk

Crosswalk Visibility

Florida:• Institutionalized

INTERSECTION CONTROL EVALUATION (ICE)

Benefits:• Consider all available Intersection Controls beyond Traditional Controls• Select an optimal control for a specific site and problem. Florida: Adopted and is in the process formalizing this concept.Resources:• Caltrans ICE Policy Directive• Minnesota DOT ICE Tech. Memo

RCUT

STOP

SIGNAL

DDI

ROUNDABOUT

ROUNDABOUTBenefits:• Reduce conflict points:32 to 8 for

vehicles & 16 to 8 for pedestrians• Benefit Cost Ratio as high as 15• Reduce Crashes by 70% - 90%Florida:• Intersection Design Guide • 3-step screening tool • Plans Preparation Manual (PPM)• Constructed 22 with 16 in design

GAINES ST. TALLAHASSEE

RESTRICTED CROSSING U-TURN INTERSECTION (RCUT)

Benefits• Reduce conflict points : 32 to 18• Reduce Serious Injuries crashes

by 42% to 70%• 30% increase in throughput and

40% reduction travel time

Florida:• Early Phase of the

implementation• FHWA-HRT-09-059

SAFETY EDGE

Benefits• Simple 30 degrees edge pavement• Easy and inexpensive to install• Eliminate Edge Drop-off• Effective Lane Departure Recovery• Pavement edge Density & Stability Florida• Only a few counties • “Greenbook”• Available shoe at the LTAP center

Shoe @ LTAP Center (UF)

Drift off – Over Correction - Collision

Drop-off Edge

HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENT

Benefits• Increase friction by 87%• High Benefit Cost Ratio of 40• Reduce Crashes by 30% to 80%Florida• A Study by Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)• HFST Guidelines: Project Selection, Material &

Construction • Part of Safety Tool Box w/Specifications - Sec. 333 • Installed at 57 locations in Florida.

Thurston County, WA

AutomatedManual Aggregate

WHY? DATA DRIVEN SAFETY ANALYSIS (DDSA)

DDSA introduces two tools:Predictive analysis:• Crash, Frequency, Features & Volume• Existing Safety Performance• Safety performance of various alternatives• Proposed Safety Performance.Systemic analysis:• Severe crash locations are random• High-risk features remain consistent• Identify high-risk features across a network• Low-cost treatment across network.

Benefits:• Decision based on safety performance• Better Targeted Safety Investments• Effectively Reduce Fatalities and Serious

InjuriesFlorida:• Early Stage of integrating DDSA into the

HSIP Program

LIMITED RESOURCE

VS.

BIG ISSUE

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WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Florida T2 Center (UF)

Improving FL’s Intersection Safety & Decreasing Roadway Departures WebinarMarch 28, 2017 9am till noonFDOT & FHWA perspectivesContact: David Page – Florida T2 Center

FHWA Roadway Departure & Intersection Safety WorkshopMay 9-10, 2017 in Gainesville @ the Florida T2 CenterTuesday noon - 4pm & Wednesday 8am - noonFHWA roadway departure & intersection subject matter expertsContact: Kevin Burgess – FHWA Florida Division