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Closing Plenary Session
June 9, 2017Las Colinas, TX
TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE
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June 9, 2017Las Colinas, TX
Order of Report Out
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Distracted DrivingPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Systemically install shoulder, edge line, and centerline rumble strips, wider and brighter striping, and lighting especially in areas associated with distracted driving crashes
4a
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Summary of Steps
• Collect data and identify locations• Prioritize locations• Install countermeasure • Evaluate effectiveness
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Countermeasure
2aUtilize Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grants and high visibility enforcement techniques to enforce distracted driving state laws and local ordinances
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Summary of Steps
• Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) apply for funding
• TxDOT selects LEAs• LEAs implement plan and enforce• Evaluate
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Countermeasure
5aTest and implement apps to encourage distraction‐free driving or discourage distracted driving among teens
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Summary of Steps
• Conduct focus groups to identify app needs• Publish request for proposal (RFP) for app creation
• Create app • Use focus group to test app • Production
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Encourage the use of phone records to identify and document distracted driving as a contributing crash factor and encourage use of narrative to provide additional details
Countermeasure
2e
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Summary of Steps
• Determine process for obtaining records• Publish process • Encourage agencies to use the process
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Identify and implement engineering countermeasures known to reduce distracted driving
Countermeasure
4c
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Summary of Steps
• Define problem target• Assess current distracted driving programs
• Identify best countermeasures and communicate to stakeholders
• Implement countermeasures
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Educate the public with age‐specific messages (pre‐teen to adult) about the dangers of distracted driving through the media, schools, car dealers, community events and employers
Countermeasure
1e
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Summary of Steps
• Assess current distracted driving campaigns
• Fill in gaps where needed• Identify stakeholders to implement campaigns
• Implement
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Lane and Roadway DeparturesPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Provide Additional Positive Guidance (i.e. rumble strips, stripe lines, raised pavement markings, chevrons, speed feedback signs)
2b
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Summary of Steps
• Develop guidelines per organizations
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Implement barriers median treatments and forgiving roadside objects ( i.e. median barriers, safety treat fixed objects, safe clear policies, improve slopes)
Countermeasure
3a
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Summary of Steps
• HSIP ‐ TxDOT would lead cities and counties
• Other issues ‐MPO’s and city government in lead
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Improve data systems for targeting locations with a high probability for roadway departure crashes by: Road type, vehicle type, and area type
Countermeasure
1a
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Summary of Steps
• Analyze current report process• Train law enforcement• Implement pilot project• Create ranking system for high probability locations
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Develop and implement strategies to encourage drivers to adjust speeds appropriately to roadway conditions: wet weather speed advisories, speed feedback signs, and speed advisories for nighttime conditions
Countermeasure
5a
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Summary of Steps
• Identify problem locations• Identify vehicle safety features that can be installed
• Implement/Install device safety features• Evaluation
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Encourage adoption of laws that allow automated speed enforcement in work zone
Countermeasure
5c
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Summary of Steps
• Target local ordinances by getting cities on board
• Implement pilot program• Present findings• Push statewide legislation and local ordinances
• Evaluation
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Pedestrian SafetyPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Deploy bulb outs, median islands, parking restrictions, advance yield bars, Z crossings and associated improvements that allow pedestrians to have refuge from, and visibility to, vehicular traffic
3c
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Countermeasure
Provide appropriate features along the pedestrian network (wide shoulders, sidewalks, pedestrian crossing treatments, pedestrian refuge islands)
4d
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Summary of Steps
• Identify locations• Design and install• Conduct public outreach and education
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Educate motorists on appropriate actions if they become stranded on a freeway or high speed roadway to reduce crashes with unintended pedestrians on high speed roadways (stay in the vehicle, call for help, Steer It and Clear It)
Countermeasure
1a
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Summary of Steps
• Develop a curriculum• Work with universities and high schools to implement curriculum
• Identify other resources to reach broader audience
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Implement raised crosswalks at high pedestrian activity locations (Include: right turn channelization roadways, midblock crossings, and on the approach/departure lanes of roundabouts)
Countermeasure
2d
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Summary of Steps
• Identify locations• Design and install • Evaluate effectiveness
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Add fields to the standard crash report form to better define pedestrian crashes and provide additional detail regarding the specifics of each crash (this includes those needed to use the PBCAT tool and developing law enforcement roll call videos on the need for and uses of pedestrian crash data)
Countermeasure
5b
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Summary of Steps
• Gather requirements & prioritize fields• Test • Update forms and conduct outreach on changes
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Encourage use of target speeds that consider pedestrians, land use, and the roadway context (e.g., a target speed of 35 MPH or less on arterials). Other examples: encourage use of tree lined medians, bicycle lanes, etc.
Countermeasure
6a
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Summary of Steps
• Develop and test draft policy for target speed
• Formalize policy• Transfer technology to other implementing agencies
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Older System UsersPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Install wrong way driver warning signs, pavement markings and advanced technology to detect and warn wrong way drivers
1b
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Summary of Steps
• Identify and create plan to install warning signs, markings, and technology
• Install • Evaluate to inform future use
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Encourage adoption of a law requiring periodic driver licensing tests for adults
Countermeasure
3e
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Summary of Steps
• Create task force to research and draft policy recommendations
• Find legislative champion• Enforcement and public outreach of new law
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Implement strategies and standards included in the Human Factors Guide and the Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population broadly across Texas.
Countermeasure
2a
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Summary of Steps
• Identify and create plan to install warning signs, markings, and technology
• Install • Evaluate to inform future use
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Fund research on ways to encourage use of mobility options other than driving (including transit and transportation network companies) by older drivers
Countermeasure
4c
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Summary of Steps
Did not discuss
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Educate older drivers on vehicle safety technologies, vehicle safety systems and after‐market products useful for reducing injuries due to traffic incidences (Pilot test providing vehicle safety system information from the “My Car Does What” program in one or more motor vehicle offices)
Countermeasure
5b
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Summary of Steps
Did not discuss
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Intersection SafetyPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Create a statewide intersection safety and roadway elements database (Incorporate Model Inventory of Roadway Elements format, create a standardized data structure to support GIS applications, create an app for data collection, develop partnerships between TxDOT, MPOs and local agencies to populate the database, develop and implement an intersection identifier system for posting at
intersections)
1a
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Summary of Steps
• Obtain mandate to create database within five years
• Solicit input from stakeholders and establish a common data platform
• Collect data and populate database
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Publicize high crash locations and point out the contributing crash factors, e.g., red light running, speeding impaired driving, texting, phone use, etc.
Countermeasure
5a
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Summary of Steps
• Identify high crash locations and crash causes
• Create PI&E and implement• Evaluate efficacy of outreach
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At targeted intersections: Prohibit right on red and permissive left turns at high incident locations, install/improve pedestrian signals, pedestrian crosswalks, lighting, and/or high friction surface treatment on intersection approaches, and ensure pedestrian signals, push buttons, crosswalk markings, etc. meet current requirements or upgrade to current requirements, including signal timing
Countermeasure
3b
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Summary of Steps
• Identify high risk characteristics for intersections
• Create toolbox of engineering solutions to address pedestrian hazards
• Implement solutions, educate public, evaluate
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Implement proven, low cost engineering countermeasures in a systemic manner: modify operations, add or enhance signs, and add or enhance physical conditions
Countermeasure
4b
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Summary of Steps
• Evaluate problem areas• Identify appropriate modifications• Implement modifications and evaluate
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Improve traffic signal timing to improve efficient traffic flow
Countermeasure
6e
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Summary of Steps
• Evaluate problem areas• Identify appropriate modifications• Implement modifications and evaluate
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SpeedingPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Educate law enforcement on the use of crash data and the need for accurate information
2a
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Summary of Steps
• Identify stakeholders and liaisons and educate importance of crash reports
• Set up training and pilot program• Roll out statewide
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Design new roadways for a target speed appropriate for the adjacent environment (see NACTO guidelines). Use speed management techniques as described in ITE Urban Thoroughfares report, such as traffic calming, re‐designation of road space (road diets) or other redesign for roads with speeding crash problems
Countermeasure
1b
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Encourage use of target speeds for arterial, collector and local roadways as an alternatives to using 85th percentile speed, encourage use of target speeds with pedestrian, land use and roadway context, including options for target speeds of 35 MPH or less on arterials and the evaluation of existing speed limits to appropriate target speeds
Countermeasure
1a
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Summary of Steps
• Research and create pilots specific to Texas through TxDOT and Texas Transportation Commission
• Determine what works and does not • Continue to discuss and improve
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Countermeasure
Revisit parent‐taught program design and document benefits of training with a certified instructor
5c
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Summary of Steps
• TxDOT releases Request for Proposals• Conduct Study • Compare current study with previous studies; review findings
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Countermeasure
5d
Educate public on the difference between posted speed limit, speed design, and safe driving speed
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Summary of Steps
• Collect data and public knowledge• Distribute information to law enforcement and safety coalitions
• Obtain funding for campaigns• Form coalition and put in existing training programs; evaluate
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Impaired DrivingPrioritized Countermeasures
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Countermeasure
Use a data driven approach to optimize areas and times for enforcement (e.g. DDACTS analysis to compare high crash areas with high crime areas, promote high visibility, aggressive selective enforcement
3b
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Summary of Steps
• Conduct DDACTS analysis using multiple data sources
• Align STEP deployments with identified hot spots
• Identify law enforcement resource needs
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Maintain data on road types, corridors, regions, counties and communities with high probability for impaired driving issues
Countermeasure
1a
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Summary of Steps
Was not discussed
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Continue and increase SFST, ARIDE, DRE training
Countermeasure
5c
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Summary of Steps
• Increase funding• Increase awareness of courses• Increase trainings
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Educate the public and community leaders on methods for identifying mobility options at the community level
Countermeasure
4a
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Summary of Steps
• Discuss improvements and get user feedback
• Change website and develop app• Implement public awareness campaign
• Evaluate
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Promote public transportation
Countermeasure
4c
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Summary of Steps
• Identify stakeholders and resources• Identify need areas in urban and rural locations
• Identify gaps in current models of transportation
• Develop app
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A Call To Action
June 9, 2017Las Colinas, TX
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Closing Plenary Session
June 9, 2017Las Colinas, TX
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