Tribes and Transportation Conference

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• Tribes and Transportation Conference
• Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan (CHSP)
• Driving Minnesota Towards Zero Deaths Bernie
  Arseneau

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• Purpose of CHSP
• To achieve a significant reduction in traffic
  fatalities and serious injuries on public roads

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AASHTO and FHWA have set a national goal to
reduce the traffic fatality rate to 1.0/100MVM by
2008. A 1.0 fatality rate isnt enough for
Minnesota.
Zero Deaths becomes the proposed benchmark
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Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan (CHSP)

• Vision
• To reduce fatal and life changing crashes on
  Minnesota roadways by aggressively implementing
  systematic and proactive safety strategies with
  an ultimate goal of moving Towards Zero Deaths
• Goal Fewer than 500 fatalities by 2008

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CHSP Background

• The previous approach to addressing traffic
  safety issues isnt working - the fatality rate
  has flattened and the actual number of fatalities
  is increasing.
• Solution
• All Roads
• All Four Es (Engineering, Education, Enforcement
  and EMS)
• Proactive and Systematic

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Safety Goal
Based on trends from the 1993 to 2002 crash data
Nearly a 25 Reduction in the Number of Traffic
Fatalities
657
665
Ran-Off the Road
Head-On Across Median
Aggressive Drivers
500
Young Drivers
Signalized Intersections
Unsignalized Intersections
Alcohol Related
Contributing Factors
Implementation of Mitigation Strategies
Unbelted
All Others
2003
2008
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Minnesotas Five Critical Emphasis Areas

• Increasing Seat Belt Use and Reducing Impaired
  Driving
• Improving the Design and Operation of Highway
  Intersections
• Lane Departure
• Reducing Head-On and Across Median Crashes
• Keeping Vehicles on the Roadway
• Minimizing the Consequence of Leaving the Roadway
• Young Drivers and Curbing Aggressive Driving
• Increasing Driver Safety Awareness and Improving
  Information and Decision Support Systems

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Minnesotas 15 Critical Strategies
Enforcement
Education

• Provide adequate law enforcement resources
• Enact primary seat belt law
• Implement automated enforcement
• Strengthen graduated driver licensing system
• Support the enforcement of traffic safety laws
• Implement more targeted enforcement
  (DWI/Seatbelt/Speed)

• Communication marketing task force
• High-level traffic safety panel and
• legislature action committee
• Enhance driver education

Engineering
EMS

• Cost effective lane departure improvements
• Cost effective intersection improvements
• Roadway maintenance
• Road Safety Audits

• Statewide Trauma System

Data Systems

• Improve Data System

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Safety Project Definition

• Reactive A project/activity whose purpose is to
  correct an existing safety issue, identified by
  crash history (Top 200 and Top 150 High Crash
  Cost Intersection and Sections)
• and/or
• Proactive A project/activity that is intended
  to reduce fatal and life changing crashes by
  implementing safety strategies identified in the
  MN CHSP.

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CHSP Funding for Safety Projects
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CHSP Funding ModelCentral Safety Fund(Federal
Funds)

• Administered by Office of Traffic, Security and
  Operations (supported by DPS and State Patrol)
• Statewide Engineering, Enforcement, Education and
  EMS Safety Projects

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2005 Central Safety Fund
District C 1.5 M
Section 164 Transfer Money 5.0 M
Central Safety Fund 6.5 Million
Statewide Speed Management Project 3.0 M
County CHSP Solicitation 2.0 M
Metro Cable Median Barrier 1.5 M
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2006 Central Safety Fund
One time .08 Incentive 1.5 M
District C 1.5 M
Section 164 Transfer Money 5.0 M
Central Safety Fund 8.0 Million
Statewide Median Barrier Solicitation
Statewide Speed Mgmt Project 1.5 M
County CHSP Solicitation 4.0 M
Other
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Speed Management Project5 Year Crash
Comparisons
Rural Interstate 726 miles
Rural expressways 815 miles
Mostly 2-lane 2-way trunk hwy 8600 miles
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Speed Management Project

• September 26th, 2005 raised speed limits on 905
  miles of
• 2-lane 2-way from 55 to 60 mph to better fit the
  roadway
• Increased enforcement on these AND other
  interstates and expressways where fatalities are
  up from 1997
• Public education media campaign about increased
  enforcement and speeding
• Comprehensive evaluation by U of M
• RESULTS During first 6 months
• 14,773 Speed Citations Issued
• Metro Vehicles traveling over 70 mph Down 28
• Greater MN Vehicles traveling over 70 mph - Down
  42

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Solicitation to Counties for CHSP Projects

• Incorporate 4 E Approach
• Received 40 applications from 27 Counties
• Funded 27 projects with max 75,000 per County
• Many road safety audits
• Lighting, signing, guardrail, shoulder/turn lane
  improvements, clearing sight triangles
• Required county lead safety partner meeting (4
  Es) to discuss Toward Zero Death initiative and
  encourage working together cooperatively on
  safety initiatives
• 2nd solicitation November 2006 (4.0M)

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County CHSP Grants
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CHSP Funding ModelDistrict/ATP Funds

• Utilize funds currently directed to ATPs
• District/ATPs will develop a separate safety
  program by 2009
• Safety projects intended to reduce fatal and A
  crashes
• Based on crash data
• Include all roads
• District/ATP report on process and scheduled
  projects

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Consultant Contract

• Part 1 - Update current CHSP to meet SAFETEA-LU
  Requirements
• Part 2 Assist District/ATPs in development of a
  Highway Safety Improvement Program

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Update CHSP to Strategic Highway Safety Plan
(SHSP)

• Update statewide crash statistics
• Add listing of safety projects by ATP and Central
  Safety Fund for 2005 and 2006
• Add section that identifies process for
  developing top 5 list as required to report to
  FHWA
• Add section that identifies process for HRRR
• Add Heavy Vehicle Safety Plan
• Add ITS Safety Plan

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District/ATP Safety Program

• One day workshop to identify current
  issues/challenges with developing safety projects
  and discuss techniques to improve process
• Develop model procedure to validate SHSP
  strategies and to identify high priority safety
  strategies/projects for an ATP
• Apply model procedure to one ATP, county by
  county, considering all roads
• Conduct follow-up workshop to present results of
  pilot and gather feedback from all Districts/ATPs
• Revise as necessary and apply to all
  Districts/ATP
• Deliverable
• Prioritized strategies applicable to specific
  types of roadways for each District/ATP

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Example

• Strategies
• Upgrade signs
• Curve delineation
• Durable pavement markings
• Wide lines
• Centerline Rumble strips

Road type 2 lane 2 way no shoulders
Road type 2 Lane 2 way with shoulders

• Strategies
• All of above
• Edge line rumble strip/stripe
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Road type Intersection of County Road with Trunk
Highway

• Strategies
• Lighting
• Sign realignment to improve sight distance
• Stop bars
• Clear sight corners
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Roads with higher volume and poor geometrics
should receive higher priority.
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Result of CHSP Implementation

• The CHSP is a dynamic and useful tool driving
  MINNESOTA
  
• Toward Zero Deaths!

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Questions??

• Thank you