Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) through Improved Transportation Safety Management and Operations (TSMO) and Rural Emergency Response

Est. Dec. 2014

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Today’s Presenters

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Sgt. Daniel DytchkowskiErie County Sheriff’s Office & Transportation Safety Advancement Group

Mark BottMichigan DOT

Stephen BrinkMichigan DOT

Once you have completed this webinar, you will:

Goals of this Webinar

have learned how engineering, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies can work together to improve transportation systems management and operations and rural emergency response to work towards the goal of Towards Zero Deaths.

To achieve the webinar goal, you will learn to:

Learning Outcomes

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Recognize how engineering, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies can work together

Understand how various data can be used to undertake a Road Safety Audit across a corridor

Use an assortment of operations techniques and infrastructure changes to reduce crash risk

Sgt. Daniel DytchkowskiErie County Sheriff’s Office & TSAG

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Recognize how engineering, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies can work together

Understand how various data can be used to undertake a Road Safety Audit across a corridor

Use an assortment of operations techniques and infrastructure changes to reduce crash risk

AP Photo/Yuma County Sheriff’s Office, Alfonso Zavala

TZD through improved TSMO&

Rural Emergency Response

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADVANCEMENT GROUP

“The Transportation Safety Advancement Group (TSAG) is an assembly of multi-discipline professionals sharing a common concern for transportation and public safety. TSAG serves as a forum for providing technologies for public safety input and guidance to the US Department of Transportation, ITS Joint Program Office.”

“TSAG members are representatives of key interest-communities, including Fire & Rescue, Emergency Communications, Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, Transportation Operations, Emergency Management, Technology & Telematics, and Academic & Research. TSAG members are expert practitioners from public and private transportation operations and public safety arenas and serve an official outreach and knowledge transfer function on behalf of the ITS Joint Program Office.”

http://www.tsag-its.org/

WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?

Transportation.gov

autismone.org

ACCIDENTAL DEATH & DISABILITY:THE NEGLECTED DISEASE OF MODERN SOCIETY

Trekmedics.org “In 1965, 52 million accidental injuries killed 107,000, temporarily disabled over 10 million and permanently impaired 400,000 American citizens at a cost of approximately $18 billion. This neglected epidemic of modern society is the nation’s most important environmental health problem. It is the leading cause of death in the first half of life’s span.”

“Although 49,000 deaths in 1965 were due to motor-vehicle accidents, more than this number died from accidents at work, in the home, in other forms of transportation, in public buildings, in recreational activities, etc.”

National Academy of Sciences (US) and National Research Council (US) Committee on Trauma; National Academy of Sciences (US) and National Research Council (US) Committee on Shock. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1966. INTRODUCTION. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK222965/

HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT OF 1966

Creates the National Traffic Safety Agency (Within Commerce)

Emergency Care Training Vehicle Safety Standards

EMERGENCY RESPONDER CHALLENGES

Rural Fire/EMS: Volunteers Training/Meeting: Evenings & Weekends

Rural Law Enforcement: FT/PT/Volunteers Time/Distance: Responding/Transporting Patients Communication Capabilities DOT Assistance (?) NG911/Responder Distraction Lack of participation regarding highway

development planning

SUGGESTIONS

State Highway Safety Strategic Plan Are Emergency Response Stakeholder Organizations

(i.e., LE, Fire, EMS, Emergency Management) Included in Development?

Regional Transportation Organizations Are Emergency Response Stakeholder Organizations

Included? Example: NITTEC http://www.nittec.org/ Local Traffic Safety Board

Are Emergency Response Stakeholder Organizations Included? *Volunteer Response Agencies

SUGGESTIONS

Debriefings: Major crashes (e.g., Fatality) Major Weather Related Events

Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) NHTSA and USDOJ: Geo-mapping/hot spots

DDACTS

The Evolution of Toward Zero Deaths

“In 2009, multiple traffic safety stakeholders began the dialogue toward creating a national strategic highway safety plan…”“…that there should be a vision to which the nation

aspires...” “…group concluded that the elimination of highway deaths is the appropriate goal, as even one death is unacceptable…”“…The name of this effort became “Toward Zero

Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety.”

Toward Zero Deaths

http://www.towardzerodeaths.org/

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Mark BottMichigan DOT

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Recognize how engineering, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies can work together

Understand how various data can be used to undertake a Road Safety Audit across a corridor

Use an assortment of operations techniques and infrastructure changes to reduce crash risk

After the storm

193-vehicle crash in white-out conditions 60 EB / 133 WB 76 trucks

Kalamazoo County (MM90) 15⁰ actual, 4⁰ wind chill Active fire as first responders arrived

• Injuries• Public: 22 injuries, 1 fatal• EMS: 6 injured

• 144 evacuated to temp shelter

• Speeds at Collision• 30 – 40 mph

• Citations• 58 driving too fast for

conditions• Including 30 trucks

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Percent with Hazardous Action

54.5%

N/H HazTruckCar/other

Senator O'Brien (Kzoo)/Governor Snyder: Study that section MDOT: We’ll study the entire SW corridor (143 miles)

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RouteTotal

Crash Rate

Winter (Dec-Feb)

Crash Rate

US-131 132.85 46.52US-127 130.56 37.52I-196 125.19 46.92I-75 Bay County and South 107.53 36.89I-96 101.49 34.35

I-94 Study Corridor 101.12 43.81US-23 89.30 29.13I-94 Non-Study Section 88.38 29.11I-69 85.94 28.94

Crash Rate = Crashes per 100 million vehicle miles traveled

70 mph sections

only

Crash Rate = Crashes per 100 million vehicle miles traveled

70 mph sections

only

CountyAll

Crashes

Non-Deer

Crashes

Inj. Crashes (KABC)

Fatal Crashes

Winter Crashes

(Dec-Feb)Truck/Bus Crashes

5+ Pileup

CrashesBerrien 91.05 80.96 14.20 0.35 39.83 18.31 0.69

Van Buren 122.89 111.52 19.54 0.33 68.68 25.62 2.32Kalamazoo 94.02 85.09 17.06 0.34 39.40 14.28 1.96Calhoun 104.26 88.35 15.11 0.29 43.02 15.76 1.30Jackson 109.60 87.65 15.69 0.25 35.43 16.18 1.23Corridor Average

101.12 88.43 15.95 0.32 43.81 17.61 1.39

Crash Rate = Total Crashes (excluding deer) per 100 million vehicle miles traveled

16% more EB crashes than WB crashes

MM 22-23 Puetz CurveRed Arrow Exit

Coloma to MattawanM-50 to US-127S

3-Year Crashes per Centerline-Mile

Mainline Interchange Coded Crashes (excluding deer) occurring from 2012 thru 2014

Van Buren County Winter Crash Rate is: • 57% > than corridor average• 30% > EB vs. WB • 100% > than Kalamazoo/Jackson (EB only)

Location Dir. County

MM 22-24 Both Berrien

MM 36-39 Both Berrien

MM 43-49 Both Van Buren

MM 52-57 Both Van Buren

MM 61-64 EB Van Buren

Exit 74 (US-131) Both Kalamazoo

MM 79-81 Both Kalamazoo

MM 87-89 WB Kalamazoo

MM 92-93 Both Calhoun

MM 101-102 Both Calhoun

Exit 108 (I-69) Both Calhoun

MM 138-141 Both Jackson

What/where are the safety problems? What has been or is currently being done? What activities are planned or programmed? What other recommendations could be proposed? Short Term ($) Medium Term ($$) Long Term ($$$)

Winter Weather Environmental Sensor

Stations Variable Speed Limits ITS weather signs Advanced de-icing Living snow fence

Geometric Improvements Cable barrier relocation Ramp extension/realign Shoulder widening Increased superelevation

Pavement Surface Resurfacing High friction course

Visibility Signing, markings, delineation Lighting

Congestion Management Crash investigation pull-off Courtesy patrol Incident management ITS queue warning signs Add third lane

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Stephen BrinkMichigan DOT

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Recognize how engineering, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies can work together

Understand how various data can be used to undertake a Road Safety Audit across a corridor

Use an assortment of operations techniques and infrastructure changes to reduce crash risk

Monitoring freeway mobility/reliability

MDSS commonplace Improving public

information DMS messaging WMT’s on MiDrive

Maintenance Techniques becoming routine Pre wetting Zero velocity spreaders Tow Plow

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Weekly User Delay Cost

2016 $5MI-94BL to 40th

Resurfacing

2015 $18MSprinkle Rd Interchange

2020 $67MLovers Lane to Sprinkle

Add-Lane

2021 $13M6 ½ Mile – 11 Mile

Resurfacing

2016 $11M40th St Interchange

2016 $17M2017 $13M (EB)

Bridgman to StevensvilleResurfacing, Superelevation

2017 $11MEB, Lawrence to M-51

Resurfacing

2020 $0.8M2 Crash Investigation Sites

2019 $0.3M2021 $0.7M

Snow Fence and Fixed Object Removal

2016 $1.8M14 EnvironmentalSensor Stations

2015 $1.8M18 CCTV Sites

2016 $1.5MHigh Friction

Surface Treatments

12 potential locations identified

Steve, could we modify the map no

7 programmed sites (blue)5 potential additional locations identified (yellow)

Steve, could we modify the map no

Signage to Provide Weather-Specific Info (Linked to ESS) - 11 potential locations identified

Legislation is necessary for

regulatory with VSL; otherwise “advisory”

Living Snow Fence – 1 planned; 4 additional locations identified

WB I-94 near Paw Paw High School (MM 63)

Implemented/Planned Exit 80 (Sprinkle Rd) Exit 88 (Michigan/40th) Exit 92 (Columbia) Exits 139, 141 (Cooper, Elm)

Ramp extension or re-alignment – 13 interchanges

EB I-94 Entrance Ramp from Pipestone Road (Exit 29)

Other Possible Locations Exit 4 (US-12); Exit 29

(Pipestone); Exit 39 (Friday Rd); Exit 46 (Hartford); Exit 57 (M-51); Exit 66 (Mattawan); Exit 78 (Portage); Exit 104 (M-96); Exit 108 (I-69)

Kwick Kurb - 2 possible locations

I-94 EB approaching Beadle Lake Road Entrance Ramp

Add Interchange Lighting – 5 potential locations:2 system interchanges (US-131, I-69) (yellow)3 service interchanges (blue)

Concrete Median Barrier –MM 74 (US-131) – MM 88 (Michigan Ave)

High Friction Surface - 8 programmed locations

SB US-131 to I-94

Segment Crashes:

mainline, east of Exit 92 (M-37)

2016

2016

5 implemented/programmed locations (blue);3 other possible locations (yellow)

W,S

W,SS

W,S

W,S

Puetz Rd Curve MM22 (2016 WB; 2017 EB)

W,S SS

Freeway Courtesy Patrol – MM74 – MM81 (US-131 to I-94BL),

Kalamazoo

Crash Investigation Site – Alleviate issues with clearing

collisions occurring where concrete median barrier exists

Planned for MM 82 WB and MM 83 EB, Kalamazoo

Move cable median barrier to OPPOSITE side – 6 locations

EB I-94 Entrance Ramp at Exit 66 (CR 652)

EB I-94 near MM 49

AWAY FROM OUTSIDE OF CURVES

EB I-94 near MM 49

CURVE

Move cable median barrier toward CENTER of median -where cross-section is constrained

EB I-94 Entrance Ramp at Exit 66 (CR 652)

MERGE

EB I-94 at site of mega-crash

WB I-94 at site of mega-crash

Data driven initiatives Operation C.A.R.E.

(Combined Accident Reduction Efforts)

I-94 Challenge The Drive to Save Lives

Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) Grants: Click it or Ticket Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Drive Slow on Ice and Snow

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In this webinar, you have learned to:

Learning Outcomes

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Recognize how engineering, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies can work together

Understand how various data can be used to undertake a Road Safety Audit across a corridor

Use an assortment of operations techniques and infrastructure changes to reduce crash risk

Additional Resources

Traffic Incident Management on Rural Roads by Responder Safety Learning Network

“The program highlights how fundamental TIM principles can be implemented on rural roads, including preplanning, communications, PPE, scene assessment, communications, advance warning, blocking and safe parking, traffic control, and termination.”

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http://learning.respondersafety.com/Training_Programs/Traffic_Incident_Management_on_Rural_Roads.aspx

Additional Resources - NOCoE

TSM&O Resources

Why TSMO?• Business case primer• Communications toolkit• CEO briefing book• TSMO guidance

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http://transportationops.org/resources/important-industry-links

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Or contact the Safety Center help desk at:(844) 330-2200 or

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Daniel.Dytchkowskyj@erie.gov; BOTTM@michigan.gov; andBrinkS1@michigan.gov

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