Clark County, WA Safety Management Program Western District ITE Monterey, CA June 23rd, 2019

Agenda Background Goals Safety Management Program Systemic Safety Improvement Program 8/9/17

Background Historically County had used traditional method of managing traffic safety Vision of a reliable and defensible technique to screen and prioritize projects Traditional methodology dealt with absolutes in terms of safety improvements Highway Safety Manual can provide quantitative value for nominal safety improvements resulting in estimates for benefit cost ratio 8/9/17

OVERALL: Best use of County Funding Goals The Clark County Safety Program was established with the following goals: Better identify locations for potential safety improvement projects Use an objective data-driven process to prioritize locations throughout the County Develop projects for high priority locations Quantify and compare the benefit-cost ratio of any potential improvements OVERALL: Best use of County Funding 8/9/17

Safety Management Systemic Safety Safety Program Data driven Screening based on reported crashes Range of improvement options at one specific site Safety Management Risk factors identified with reported crashes and roadway characteristics Focused on low cost improvements at various sites Systemic Safety 8/9/17

Data – Due Diligence Data located in County’s GIS database: Crash data Date Severity Crash type Roadway inventory data County road log number and mileposts Functional classification Traffic volume data (ADT) Posted speed (miles per hour) 8/9/17

Safety Management Program Framework 1) Network Screening Split into reference populations Run analysis to calculate performance measures used for ranking Identify top 5% safety need locations 2) Project Development Identify top 15 intersections and segments Crash diagrams and site visit Identify Contributing Factors Identify Potential Countermeasures 3) Project Ranking Calculate project costs Estimate benefits over design life Rank by benefit-cost ratio Based on the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual’s (HSM) Roadway Safety Management Process. 8/9/17

Network Screening Process A) Establish Reference Populations Identify distinct roadway characteristics Group sites (segments or intersections) with similar roadway characteristics into subsets of County Establish number of populations for network screening B) Establish Priority Areas Conduct crash analysis to identify over-represented crash types List of safety priority areas C) Select Performance Measures Measures reflect Priority Areas Establishes methodology for ranking sites D) Screen Network Apply performance measures Identify sites that exceed performance measure(s) Rank sites within reference populations 8/9/17

Network Screening – Reference Populations 8/9/17

Network Screening – Reference Populations 8/9/17

Network Screening – Performance Measures Crash-Critical Crash Rate Ratio Frequency of Fatal and Severe Injuries Excess Proportion of Specific Crash Type Annual Equivalent Property Damage Only Score Performance measures were selected to account for crash severity, frequency, and types. 8/9/17

Network Screening – Excess Proportion Crash Types Intersection Segment Angle* Angle Opposite Direction Opposite Direction* Fixed Object Fixed Object* Bicycle or Pedestrian Alcohol Impaired *Primary Crash Type 8/9/17

Network Screening – Performance Measures Description Maximum Scoring Crash-Critical Crash Rate Ratio Compares crash frequency normalized by ADT to similar facilities 1.0 Frequency of Fatal or Severe Injuries Accounts for presence of a fatal or Injury A crash (and quantity) 1.5 Excess Proportion of Specific Crash Type Identifies locations where the proportion of a specific crash type exceeds the average for similar sites Annual Equivalent Property Damage Only Score Assigns weight based on frequency of crashes by severity level Maximum total score of 5.0 8/9/17

Project Development and Ranking Process Select Sites from Network Screening Results Diagnose and Select Countermeasures Evaluate Project Benefit/Cost and Rank Projects 8/9/17

Priority Locations Top 5% of locations from network screening 180 intersections 400 segments Evaluate top sites based on recent context: Remove locations where improvements are already identified Remove locations that may be impacted by other construction 8/9/17

Site Reviews Field visits at priority intersections and corridors Includes the following items: Review crash trends to identify potential problems at the site (collision reports) Observe traffic operations Measure sight distances, as needed Drive approaches or corridors to evaluate from users perspective 8/9/17

Crash Prediction Long-Term Expected Average Number of Crashes minimizes influence of the randomness of crashes 8/9/17

Project Packages and Benefit/Cost Two tiers: near-term and long-term project packages Tier I—Lower cost, higher ease of implementation New signs and striping Signal timing and phasing changes Shoulder rumble strips Tier II—Higher cost, lower ease of implementation Intersection lighting Adding turn lanes Widening shoulders Guardrails 8/9/17

Project Packages and Benefit/Cost 8/9/17

Intersection Prospectus Sheet 8/9/17

Segment Prospectus Sheet 8/9/17

Systemic Safety Improvement Program Provides low cost safety countermeasures that can be applied at various locations with the same risk factors Toolbox of treatments for County’s most prevalent risk factors: Rural road curves and grades on high-speed roadways Rural road fixed objects, including trees, stumps, posts, poles, embankments, or ledges Rural two-way stop controlled intersections Urban signalized intersections Pedestrian crossings on multi-lane urban roadways 8/9/17

Top Locations for Consideration Rural Curves Rural Two-Way Stop-Controlled Intersection Corridors NE Lucia Falls Rd between NE 172nd Ave and NE Sunset Falls Rd NW 199th St between 41st Ave and NE 29th St NE 119th St between NE 119th St and NE 172nd Ave Intersections created by NE 82nd St, NE 259th St, NE 72nd St, and NE Manley Rd NE Risto Rd between NE 207th Ave and NE 227th Ave NE 182nd St between NE Risto Rd and NE 119th St Rural Slopes SE Blair Rd between SE Washougal River Rd and WA-500 NE WH Garner Rd to NE Kelly Rd, continuing to NE Yacolt Mountain Rd Signalized Intersections NE Sunset Fall Rd between NE Deer Rd and NE Lucia Falls Rd NE 99th St and NE HWY 99 NE 78th St and NE HWY 99 Rawson Rd between NE 271st Ave and NE 139th St NE St Johns Rd and NE 78th St Rural Fixed Objects NE Covington Rd and NE 76th St NE Lucia Falls between NE 172nd Ave and NE Sunset Falls Rd Pedestrian Corridor Washougal River Rd between County Line and SE 17th St NE 99th St between NE Hazel Dell Ave and NE 25th St Connection between NE 27th Ave at NE Blair Rd and NE 39th St at NE 292nd Ave NE 78th St between NE Hazel Dell Ave and NE St Johns Rd NE HWY 99 between Minnehaha St and NE 104th St 8/9/17

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Questions Ejaz Khan, P.E. Clark County, Washington Ejaz.Khan@clark.wa.gov Courtney Furman, P.E. Clark County, Washington Courtney.Furman@clark.wa.gov 8/9/17