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Peter Sotherland
Maryland Department of Transportation
State Highway Administration
July 2019
Ocean City Md Review
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2012 PRSACrash Statistics
Between 17th and 56th Street
38 reported crashes between 2009 and 2012, 3 fatalities
63 percent of crashes occurred at night
42 percent of crashes involved alcohol
Observations
Pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk;
Pedestrians crossing against the signal;
Motorist’ failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk;
Pedestrians in the roadway;
Motorists’ failed to yield to pedestrian crossing driveway.
Mitigation
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Engineering
Enforcement
Education
Audience
Families, tourists, visitors, residents, and seasonal workers
Intoxicated pedestrian – focusing on young adults
High school students/graduates for senior week
Motorists
Ocean City Pedestrian Safety
Committee
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OCPD
SHA – District 1
Maryland Highway Safety Office
OCPW
SHA Regional Planning
SHA Office of Customer Relations & Information
MSP
Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
PRMC
OC Chamber of Commerce
Seacrets
Fager’s Island
Mackey’s
Worcester County Health Department
And More…
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Creative
Events
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Short Term Improvements Signage
Installed No Pedestrian signs and “Use Crosswalks” signs in median of
MD 528 from 52nd – 59th Streets.
Eliminated right turn on red at 28th & 127th Streets
Pavement Markings
Installed “No Pedestrian X-ing” pavement markings on top of curb from 52nd
– 59th Streets.
Signal Timing
Split phased side streets at 28th, 94th, & 130th Streets.
Added “advanced peds” to signal timing along entire MD 528 corridor
Initiated “ped recall” from May 1st through Oct. 1st , 10pm – 3am at: 17th,
Dolphin, 23rd, 26th, 28th, 30th, 33rd, 40th, 41st, 45th, 52nd, 56th, 59th Streets
Added 7 more seconds of “Walk” time for peds to cross.
Bus Stops
Transit stop relocated to southwest corner at 49th Street, transit stop at 32nd
Street (unsignalized) relocated to 33rd Street (signalized) on northbound
MD 528.
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Mid Term Improvements
Completed speed study and lowered speed limit from 40 mph to 35 mph between 33rd and 62nd Streets
Constructed pedestrian signal at 54th Street
Removed depressed curb medians
Filled in vegetated medians
ADA improvements underway (bump-outs)
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Long Term Improvements Median Barrier
Fence
Vegetation
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35
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45
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Pedestrian Collisions Ocean City, MD
Fatal Collisions Pedestrian Collisions
12
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Pedestrian CollisionsOcean City, MD
State Roads
City Roads
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0
5
10
15
20
25
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Pedestrian Collisions by Location
South of 40th St 40th St to 62nd St North of 62nd St
14
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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12
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
PRSA Corridor (MD 528, 17th – 56th Street) Crash Summary
PRSA Corridor Percent
15
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
22010
02011
32012
12013
12014
22015
32016
22017
22018
Collisions Involving Alcohol
Percent Collisions Involving Pedestrian Alcohol Percent Collisions Involving Driver Alcohol
16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Ped Collisions by Month
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
17
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Proportion of crashes by day
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Summary
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Mixed bag
Initial successes
Difficulty with staying power
Issues persist on weekends/late at night
Why the increase over past couple years?
Will be undertaking an in depth follow-up study of this
PRSA to pilot a follow-up study process
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