1. IMPROVING HIGHWAY SAFETY WITH ITS Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Presenters: Rob Maccubbin, Mitretek Systems Emily Parkany, Mitretek Systems Host: Mac Lister FHWA Resource Center September 7, 2006 Discussant: Morris Oliver, FHWA Office of Safety of Safety

2. IMPROVING HIGHWAY SAFETY WITH ITS Executive Summary NHI Course No. 137044

3. ES-3 Why Attend Course Increase awareness of deploying ITS to improve highway safety Accelerate the introduction of ITS applications into traditional safety projects Increase recognition of the contribution ITS can make in improving highway safety

4. ES-4 Purpose of Course Develop Collaboration and Coordination Increase awareness of ITS applications among safety professionals Identify opportunities for collaboration between Safety and ITS personnel Reinforce shared goals and objectives Accelerate the introduction of ITS applications in traditional safety approaches

5. ES-5 Course Goals Provide participants with basic tools and resources Discuss specific actions Identify “Out of the Box” innovative approaches Provide participants direction for finding more information

6. ES-6 Audience Safety and ITS Professionals Planners and Designers Operations and Maintenance Staff State DOT, MPO, city and county agencies Contractors who provide services to state and local agencies

7. ES-7 Format 2 Day Course 5 Lessons – Presentation/mini-lectures – Open discussion – local issues – Case Study 6 Interactive activities – Fishbowl Exercise – Small group activities – Individual action plan

8. ES-8

9. ES-9 4.9 persons killed every hour 42,643 in 2003 (compared to 58,000 U.S. fatalities during 8-year Vietnam war) 330 persons injured every hour 2.9 million injuries in 2003

10. ES-10 Average Day 117 fatalities a day 30% of daily fatalities (35) are under the age of 25 Daily financial loss is $630 million

11. ES-11 FHWA Safety Goal Reduce roadway fatality rate from 1.5 per million VMT in 2001 to 1.0 by 2008 Highway Safety must be improved, and ITS has the potential to help

12. ES-12 Sample Safety Goals Reduce vehicle, bicycle & pedestrian fatalities Improve the safety of highway-railroad crossings Improve the safety of commercial vehicle operations Minimize incident response times Improve data & decision support systems Reduce intersection, pedestrian, and/or roadway departure crashes

13. ES-13 Statewide Safety Planning

14. ES-14 Course Topics Improving Safety with ITS Work Zone Case Study Nominal Vs. Substantive Safety Safety Strategic Planning and ITS Deployment Process Safety and ITS Collaboration Organizational and Individual Level Action Plans

15. ES-15 ITS Definition Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) means electronics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency and/or safety of a surface transportation system. 23 CFR Part 940

16. ES-16 10 Places ITS Improves Safety Intersections & Interchanges Pedestrians & Bicycles Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Road Weather Other Adverse Roadway Conditions Speed Management Work Zones Incident Response & Mitigation Public Transportation Archived Information Management

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19. ES-19 Case Study Big-I Project Characteristics Two-year interchange rebuild project Intersection of two Interstates ADT - 300,000 vehicles 111 lane-miles of construction 45 new and 10 rehabilitated bridges

20. ES-20 Big-I Work Zone Safety Challenges Traffic pattern changes Nighttime closures Alternate routes Information on travel route availability Potential for extreme congestion Incident management in work zone

21. ES-21 Traditional Approaches Advanced Signing Cones/Barrels Barriers Detour Signing Temporary Pavement Markings Nighttime Lighting

22. ES-22 Big-I Work Zone – ITS Applications Traffic Management Center (TMC) Incident detection using cameras & sensors Traveler information disseminated over multiple outlets Incident response using motorist assistance vehicles

23. ES-23 Big-I Work Zone – ITS Benefits NO FATALITIES Reduced crashes & secondary crashes by 32% Reduced incident management times from 45 to 25-mins Saved effort through automation Reduced traffic through work zone Identified & responded to areas that were difficult to navigate

24. ES-24 Nominal vs. Substantive Safety Nominal Safety – Compliance with standards, warrants, guidelines & sanctioned design procedures Substantive Safety – Involves pro-active enhancements – Employs available resources, including technology, design, maintenance, enforcement & emergency services

25. ES-25 Nominal Safety Example – Sharp Curve After Long Tangent Curve Design Speed of 35 mph is acceptable But speed differential value >12 mph is known to pose high safety risk of 10%+ higher crash rates

26. ES-26 Moving Toward Substantive Safety Work to understand the context of hot-spots Develop pro-active system-wide safety enhancements that help prevent crashes Use data to help predict potential problems Employ all available resources, including technology, design, maintenance, enforcement, & emergency services

27. ES-27 How ITS Supports Safety Countermeasures Enhance safety solution Facilitate data collection & performance measurement Enable automated enforcement Enable real-time performance monitoring

28. ES-28 Designing ITS-Supported Countermeasures Identify: 1.Safety challenge 2.Performance measures & data requirements 3.Institutional issues 4.Traditional approaches to address challenge 5.ITS to support traditional approaches Form: 6.ITS-supported countermeasure

29. ES-29 Strategic Planning/ITS Deployment Safety Strategic Plan ITS Deployment Process Synergies between them

30. ES-30 How Does Safety & ITS Collaboration Help? Collaboration will help: – Identify ITS for highway safety challenges & data collection needs – Focus the deployment of ITS to improve system-wide highway safety (beyond the hot spots) – Develop new ITS applications for regional & statewide safety challenges

31. ES-31 Course Activities Identify Safety Challenges Safety Priority Area Voting Develop ITS-Supported Countermeasures Develop Collaborative Action Plans

32. ES-32 Fishbowl Exercise

33. ES-33 Safety ITS Identify Safety Challenges Identify 4 Safety Priority Areas Develop ITS Supported Countermeasures Develop Collaborative Action Plans Identify Safety Challenges

34. ES-34 Safety ITS Identify Safety Challenges Identify 4 Safety Priority Areas Develop ITS Supported Countermeasures Develop Collaborative Action Plans Identify Safety Priority Areas

35. ES-35 Develop ITS-Supported Countermeasures Safety ITS Identify Safety Challenges Identify 4 Safety Priority Areas Develop ITS-Supported Countermeasures Develop Collaborative Action Plans

36. ES-36 Develop Collaborative Action Plans Safety ITS Identify Safety Challenges Identify 4 Safety Priority Areas Develop ITS Supported Countermeasures Develop Collaborative Action Plans

37. ES-37 Summary of Collaboration Activities Activity I – Identify high level strategic goals & identify performance measures Activity II – Discuss partnerships & benefits of collaborating Activity III – Identify specific activities to enable organization-level actions Activity IV – Develop an individual action plan

38. ES-38 Safety ITS Develop Individual Action Plan Identify Safety Challenges Identify 4 Safety Priority Areas Develop ITS-Supported Countermeasures Develop Collaborative Action Plans I can make a difference !

39. ES-39 Why Offer the Course? Foster collaboration among Safety and ITS professionals by identifying common goals and areas of synergy. Provide the potential for operational improvements that can substantially improve safety. Identify ITS strategies used around country and discuss how these approaches improved safety.

40. ES-40 Collaboration and Coordination Improve decision making by effectively coordinating and communicating across ITS and Safety professions Foster proactive attitude as opposed to reactive Creates a broader safety networking resource The result – safer roads for everyone

41. ES-41 Additional Resources – ITS JPO Knowledge Resources ITS Applications Overview http://www.itsoverview.its.dot.gov http://www.itsoverview.its.dot.gov

42. ES-42 ITS Benefits Database “A curve speed warning system deployed along a rural interstate in California resulted in significant speed reductions at 3 of 5 test locations.”

43. ES-43 ITS Costs Database The cost for an illuminated crosswalk in Boulder, Colorado ranged from $8,000 - $16,000.

44. ES-44 Deployment Statistics Three states report deployment of Curve Speed Warning Systems.

45. ES-45 ITS Lessons Learned “Limit CMS message length to allow for adequate reading time at high speeds.”

46. ES-46 Additional Resources NHI Course Catalog http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/training/brows_catalog.aspx http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/training/brows_catalog.aspx FHWA Office of Safety http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ ITS Solution Center (to be launched Fall 2006). Find through http://www.its.dot.gov/ http://www.its.dot.gov/ AASHTO Safety Site http://safety.transportation.org/ (Includes info about implementing state strategic highway safety plans)http://safety.transportation.org/ Fatality Analysis Reporting System http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ FHWA Resource Center Safety and Design Team http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/resourcecenter/teams/safety/index.cfm http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/resourcecenter/teams/safety/index.cfm

47. ES-47 Contact Information: Presenters Rob Maccubbin Lead Transportation Engineer, Mitretek Systems robert.maccubbin@mitretek.org (202) 488-3032 Dr. Emily Parkany, P.E., PTOE Lead Transportation Engineer, Mitretek Systems emily.parkany@mitretek.org (202) 488-5792 Mac Lister FHWA Resource Center mac.lister@fhwa.dot.gov 708-283-3532

48. ES-48 Contact Information: Technical Mo Oliver, FHWA Office of Safety morris.oliver@fhwa.dot.gov 202-366-2251

49. ES-49 Contact Information: Training Ben Gribbon, FHWA Office of Safety benjamin.gribbon@fhwa.dot.gov 202-366-1809 Ron Giguere, ITS PCB Program Manager, ITS JPO ron.giguere@fhwa.dot.gov (202) 366-2203 Bud Cribbs, NHI Training Program Manager bud.cribbs@fhwa.dot.gov (703) 235-0526

50. ES-50 Questions