Non-Motorized Safety Planning in SW Michigan

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Non-Motorized Safety Planning in SW Michigan

• The TwinCATS Walk Roll Plan

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Walk Roll Plan Overview Background

• Benton Harbor MPO formed non-motorized
  subcommittee in 2009
• Tasked with improving the non-motorized
  attributes of MPO-funded road projects
• Final plan completed in 2011 and amended into
  Long Range Plan

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Walk Roll Plan Overview Content

• Table and maps indicating locations of particular
  importance for better infrastructure
• Results from a series of public input sessions
• Detailing of specific obstacles faced by area
  non-motorized users
• Mapping of origins and destinations
• Analysis of population groups with specific
  non-motorized needs

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Walk Roll Plan Overview Safety Materials

• Analysis of all bike and pedestrian crashes
  between 2000 and end of 2009
• Mapping of all accident locations
• Tabulation of accidents by road segment, by
  mid-block and intersection location
• Tabulation of accidents by severity in different
  municipalities

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Walk Roll Plan Overview Safety Materials
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Walk Roll Plan Overview Safety Materials
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Walk Roll Plan Overview Safety Materials

• Assessment of road segments with unsafe
  conditions
• Lack of facilities and difficult conditions
• High vehicle volumes and speeds
• Wide crossings
• Evidence of need and use in unsafe locations
• Listing of resources that guide better design
• ADA standards
• AASHTO guidebooks
• ITE guidebooks
• FHWA selection tools

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Walk Roll Plan Overview Safety Materials
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Walk Roll Plan Next Steps

• Walk Roll Subcommittee follow-up
• Development of MPO Complete Streets Policy
• Development of better MPO project selection
  criteria
• Assembly of "Top Ten List" of highly prioritized
  locations
• Expand use of safety resources
• Highway Safety Manual
• Detailed incident reports
• Expand geographic focus
• Niles area MPO
• Entire Region 4

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Thank You

• Questions, Comments, Suggestions
• Trevor Thomas
• ThomasT_at_swmpc.org
• 269-925-1137 X24
• Suzann Flowers
• FlowersS_at_swmpc.org
• 269-925-1137 X17