HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 02 Main Street Corridor Creation Criteria AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 9/6/2016
Meeting Type: Work Session
Staff Contact/Dept.: Brian Barnett/DPW Staff Phone No: 726.3681
Estimated Time: 20 Minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D C I T Y C O U N C I L Council Goals: Maintain and Improve Infrastructure and
Facilities ITEM TITLE: MAIN STREET SAFETY CORRIDOR CREATION CRITERIA
ACTION REQUESTED: None. For discussion only.
ISSUE STATEMENT: Council requested information concerning the establishment of a safety corridor on Main Street. The Council Briefing Memorandum outlines Oregon Department of
Transportation’s (ODOT) requirements for creating and continuing a safety
corridor and the commitment required of a local agency to maintain an active safety corridor status.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Council Briefing Memorandum
2. Oregon Safety Corridor Program Guidelines 3. Oregon Safety Corridor Program Guidelines Amendment
DISCUSSION/ FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Springfield must determine if the resources of each affected department are adequate to plan, implement and maintain the corridor activities for several years to make a safety corridor designation effective.
The decision to establish a safety corridor is based upon ODOT’s assessment of the corridor characteristics,
the local agency’s commitment to significant ongoing public involvement and outreach, public education,
traffic law enforcement on drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians, engineering review and action, emergency medical service coordination, and ODOT’s commitment to engineering review and action.
Springfield DPW staff is involved with several safety actions, many of which relate directly to Main Street, which have proven safety benefits. Examples include:
1. A vigorous citizen service request (CSR) program were comments, questions and concerns from the community are reviewed and analyzed by staff for consistency with nationally proven safety practices and appropriate laws.
2. An active safety education program reaching out to children and adults through print, social, audio, and video media, and direct interaction. 3. Active engagement of bicycle and pedestrian interests through the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory
Committee, and the committee’s outreach activities. 4. Thoughtful review of development applications and working with applicants, neighbors, and
partner agencies to avoid and ameliorate safety issues at early stages of development.
5. Proactive maintenance of traffic controls (signs, markings, signals, pedestrian beacons, street lights) within budget constraints.
6. Updating traffic signal timing to reflect current needs for safety and mobility.
7. Pursuit and use of traffic safety grants to construct safer streets at low cost to the City of Springfield.
ODOT may expect increased, documented effort from the Police Department as a condition of establishing a safety corridor.
M E M O R A N D U M City of Springfield
Date: 8/25/2016
To: Gino Grimaldi, City Manager COUNCIL
From: Anette Spickard, Director DPW
Brian Barnett, PE, PTOE, City Traffic Engineer
BRIEFING
Subject: Main Street Safety Corridor Creation Criteria MEMORANDUM
Council requested information concerning the establishment of a safety corridor on Main Street. This
memo outlines Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) requirements for creating and continuing
a safety corridor and the commitment required of a local agency to maintain an active safety corridor
status.
The authority to establish a safety corridor is vested with an ODOT designation review team based upon
their analysis of a local agencies commitment to policing, emergency services, and education. Springfield
Police Department, Springfield Development and Public Works Department, and Eugene Springfield Fire
and Life Safety Department will have significant responsibilities to ongoing actions to maintain the safety
corridor status.
ODOT Safety Corridor Program Guidelines Springfield Staff Comment
Safety Corridors are stretches of state highway with an incidence
of fatal and serious injury traffic crashes higher than the statewide
average for a similar type of roadway. Typical actions taken in
these corridors to increase safety include more frequent
enforcement, low-cost engineering improvements, and education
efforts such as media events, brochures and poster distribution,
and emergency medical services enhancements such as enhancing
coordination between local agencies. These efforts are referred to
as the “4E” multi-disciplinary approach to traffic safety -
Education, Enforcement, Engineering, and Emergency Medical
Services. Drivers are asked to pay extra attention and carefully
obey all traffic laws when driving in these corridors.
There are three key elements to designation of a successful safety
corridor:
1) Is there a fatal and serious-injury crash problem that has been
sustained over a reasonable period of time?
2) Are there significant enforcement resources available?
3) The stretch is a reasonable length – two to ten miles is
preferable.
Three criteria must be met to designate a safety corridor.
Criterion (1) is met when the five-year average of the local fatal
and serious-injury crash rate is at or above 110% of the latest
statewide five year average for a similar type of roadway.
Criterion (2) is met if state and/or local law enforcement agencies
will commit to making the corridor a patrol priority. There is no
Springfield obligations:
Frequent enforcement
Education efforts
Emergency medical service
coordination
Signal timing adjustments (under
ODOT maintenance and
operations IGA)
ODOT obligations:
Engineering improvements such
as signs, markings, speed
feedback signs
Main Street is a high crash location
as compared to similar streets in
Oregon. Some segments may be
below 110% – criteria generally met.
Springfield Police have increased
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hard and fast definition of “patrol priority” in this case. This is a
subjective call on the part of the designation team. Criterion (3) is
met if the initial designation team agrees that the length is
manageable from an enforcement and education (media coverage)
standpoint. Rural sections may be substantially longer than urban
sections.
If the road segment submitted for review meets the three
designation criteria, the initial designation review team may
officially agree to designate the corridor. The authority to
establish a safety corridor is vested with an ODOT designation
review team comprised of the ODOT Safety Corridor Program
Manager, a Traffic Roadway Engineering Section (TRS)
representative, the Region Transportation Safety Coordinator
(RTSC), the Region Traffic Manager/Engineer, the District
Manager or designee, and a Region Public Information Officer.
If the safety corridor is established City staff from several
departments and ODOT staff are committed to significant actions
to make the safety corridor effective at reducing crashes.
The degree of complexity of the implementation process is
largely at the discretion of the RTSC, Region Traffic
Manager/Engineer and respective District Manager or designee.
At a minimum the Region must:
♦ Identify a multi-disciplinary stakeholder group. Stakeholders
are defined as those individuals, groups and agencies that have
expressed an interest in the safety corridor in the past and/or are
considered to be valuable for the current discussion. Development
of a Stakeholder List, which includes stakeholder names/entity,
addresses, and telephone numbers.
♦ Provide a detailed review of the Annual Safety Corridor Data
Summary and Recommendations report along with any other data
available in order to identify problems and potential
countermeasures using the 4E approach to traffic safety. Present
appropriate information to the stakeholders possibly through a
stakeholder meeting.
♦ Develop and share with the stakeholders an Annual Safety
Corridor Plan. The plan consists of the following:
• Updated Stakeholder List with stakeholder
names/entity, addresses, telephone numbers and a
designated stakeholder representative,
• A set of data elements to be tracked representing the
corridors problem identification,
• Activities planned for the year,
• Parties responsible for actions and time lines,
• Funding sources and amounts (if any), and
• Identification of any projects, infrastructure or
otherwise, scheduled in the safety corridor.
enforcement effort – criteria met.
20th St. to 70th St. is about 5 miles –
criteria met.
Most ODOT Safety Corridors are
located on rural highways.
If the safety corridor is established
Springfield will become obligated to
“significant actions” to achieve a
reduction in crashes.
Support of ODOT’s efforts to create
a plan, engage the public and key
stakeholders, implement and monitor
the plan will significantly impact the
workload of staff from several work
groups and departments.
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The following elements must be addressed in the following
manner with the appropriate “Key Players”:
Enforcement: Annual commitment from the enforcement
agencies noting that the corridor remains an active patrol priority
for the jurisdiction.
Education: A minimum of four quarterly public information
efforts planned and accomplished paid or volunteer efforts for the
corridor. This may be a combination of print, radio, TV, cable,
billboards theater ads, presentations to local schools, civic groups,
etc., in an effort to provide awareness of the corridor or provision
of traffic safety messages/information.
Engineering: Annual review of traffic control devices (signing,
striping, pavement markings and delineation) on the corridor for
compliance with current standards. Region Traffic and the
applicable District will determine the viability of upgrading these
items, based on budget and labor considerations annually.
Emergency Medical Services: Identification should be made of
all medical service providers and their contact staff name and
telephone numbers within the corridor area including ODOT,
OSP, local agencies, ambulance services, fire, hospitals, etc.
Specific EMS communication or vehicle access issues should be
identified and documented.
The Annual Safety Corridor Plan should include “key players”
signature blocks for assurance of participation and understanding
of roles. Once fully developed and signed by all necessary parties
a copy of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan and Stakeholder List
must be forwarded to the ODOT Safety Corridor Program
Manager.
♦ Install typical signing, per ODOT Sign Design Unit typically at
District and/or Region expense.
♦ Develop press releases announcing the designation of the safety
corridor or showcasing the event in which they reveal the corridor
sign(s). Interested stakeholders, including enforcement
representatives, may wish to participate in the press event. Other
press releases should be coordinated during corridor events etc. or
at decommissioning.
♦ Develop at the end of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan year an
Annual Safety Corridor Plan Review that addresses all the
accomplishments of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan and any
other successes or problems identified for the corridor. The
Annual Safety Corridor Plan Review should be sent to the ODOT
Safety Corridor Program Manager with an updated Stakeholder
List if it’s been modified since the Annual Safety Corridor Plan
was submitted.
The annual planning process
ODOT recently reviewed the
corridor for sign clutter and
effectiveness and found no potential
for improvement.
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The purpose of the Annual Safety Corridor Plans are to assure
that the Safety Corridor program remains a “living” program and
not static. In general, the purpose of the planning process is to
provide a framework for “revitalization” of those corridors that
are not showing progress as expected, or removal of corridors that
have shown sufficient “success” in reducing fatal and serious
injury crashes. The goal for existing corridors remaining on the
designation list is to refocus efforts and identify progress on at
least an annual basis.
Who are the stakeholders?
The list of stakeholders will vary by Region and safety corridor.
Typical participants may include:
♦ Region Traffic Manager/Engineer,
♦ Region Transportation Safety Coordinator (RTSC),
♦ District Manager or designee,
♦ State and/or local law enforcement,
♦ Local business(es),
♦ Local traffic safety committee/Safe Community,
♦ Emergency response representatives,
♦ School or school district staff,
♦ Local Mothers’ Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) Chapter,
♦ City/County public works representatives,
♦ Interested citizens,
♦ Civic Groups,
♦ Tribes, and/or
♦ Neighborhood Associations.
What improvements are made?
Improvements are again ultimately realized through developing a
4E approach to traffic safety including:
• Multi-disciplinary teams,
• Short-term countermeasures,
• Low cost projects,
• Data analysis and mapping tools,
• Roadway Safety Audits/Analysis,
• Minor engineering repairs or upgrades,
• Planned enforcement efforts,
• Timed educational events or campaigns, and
• Emergency Medical Service enhancements.
Who Develops the Corridor Plan?
The RTSC/Region has responsibility for
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developing/administering the local safety corridor program.
Approaches will vary by region, but generally, consensus is
sought among the stakeholders as to an acceptable minimum
investment of enforcement, education, minor engineering and
emergency medical service enhancements.
Who monitors the plan’s progress?
The intention of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan is to ensure at
least a minimum investment of resources in the corridor. The plan
is not binding. The minimum levels of investment are suggested
in the “Development, Implementation and Minimum
Requirements.” However, a continued lack of activity and
investment in the corridor by state and local stakeholders may
result in loss of funds, if applicable or recommendation for
decommissioning by the initial designation team.
The complete “Oregon Traffic Safety Guidelines” adopted and amended December 2006 are included as
Attachments 2 and 3.
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Oregon Safety Corridor Program Guidelines
(Revised and adopted by TOLT 12/7/2006)
Background
Purpose of the guidelines
These guidelines have been established to
explain the safety corridor program in
Oregon – the concept, selection,
implementation, administration and
decommissioning.
They will set a framework for determining
who should be involved and how the
various stakeholders interact to make a lifesaving difference in the short term on a
problem stretch of roadway.
These principles, procedures and practices can be applied to both state and local
highways with equal potential for success. These Oregon Department of Transportation
(ODOT) guidelines have been developed for use within ODOT’s Safety Corridor
Program.
What is a safety corridor?
Safety Corridors are stretches of state highway with an incidence of fatal and serious-
injury traffic crashes higher than the statewide average for a similar type of roadway.
Typical actions taken in these corridors to increase safety include more frequent
enforcement, low-cost engineering improvements, education efforts such as media
events, brochures and poster distribution, and emergency medical services
enhancements such as enhancing coordination between local agencies. These efforts are
referred to as the “4E” multi disciplinary approach to traffic safety e.g. Education,
Enforcement, Engineering, and Emergency Medical Services. Drivers are asked to pay
extra attention and carefully obey all traffic laws when driving in these corridors.
One distinct advantage to the safety corridor concept is the ability to react to an
identified crash problem in a short period of time. The implementation is relatively
inexpensive and has been shown to have dramatic impacts on crash rates. In many
cases, this concept is an intermediate step while progress is made toward more
permanent safety infrastructure improvements.
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How did the safety corridor program start?
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) held a national workshop in June 1990
to create a list of the five most promising short-term traffic crash countermeasures. The
safety corridor concept was one of those five.
Oregon’s first safety corridor was designated about the same time on Oregon Route 62
in Medford. In the late 1980s, the 10-mile stretch from Interstate 5 to the town of Eagle
Point experienced 13 traffic deaths in a 16-month period. The local roadway planning
council asked ODOT for help in solving the problem. The safety corridor concept with
its focused, multi-disciplinary approach was deemed to have the most potential for
impacting this serious crash problem.
Who manages the program and what tasks do they perform?
The following ODOT staff provide these general tasks:
ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager:
Manages the statewide program including drafting of program guidelines that are
approved by the Traffic Operations Leadership Team (TOLT) including the State
Traffic Engineer,
Assures ODOT compliance with guidelines,
Analyzes data and makes safety corridor recommendations,
Participates on initial designation and decommissioning teams,
Provides guidance on countermeasures, annual plans, etc.,
Provides limited TSD Funds as available for enforcement, education and minor
engineering including management of statewide grants, and
Reviews and maintains completed Annual Safety Corridor Plans, Stakeholder
Lists and end-of-year Annual Plan Review documents.
ODOT Traffic Roadway Engineering Section (TRS):
Analyzes data and makes safety corridor recommendations,
Participates on initial designation and decommissioning teams, and
Provides engineering judgment and analysis.
ODOT Crash Analysis and Reporting Section (CARS):
Provides annual safety corridor data for use in the Annual Safety Corridor Data,
Summary and Recommendations report, and
Provides special data runs as requested.
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Five ODOT geographic Regions:
Take ownership of the local safety corridors,
Administer and take the lead on local safety corridor program including
application and implementation of guidelines,
Coordinate and develop Annual Safety Corridor Plans and Annual Plan Review
documents including Stakeholder Lists,
Coordinate initialization and participation of stakeholder group including
meetings, etc.,
Analyze data and makes safety corridor recommendations,
Participate on initial designation and decommissioning teams,
Provide engineering judgment and analysis,
Are ultimately responsible for the 4E approach to traffic safety for the reduction
of fatal and serious-injury crashes within its safety corridors,
Provide region funding, as possible, for additional enforcement, education, minor
engineering, and emergency medical services enhancements, and
Provide annual review and upgrading of traffic control devices including safety
corridor signing at Region/District cost as funds are available.
For a copy of the Annual Safety Corridor Data Summary and Recommendations report,
contact the ODOT Transportation Safety Division at 1-800-922-2022.
Designation
Where do requests originate?
Requests for designation of a stretch of
state highway as a safety corridor can come
from many sources. Examples include:
Concerned citizens,
Legislators,
Neighborhood groups,
Local traffic safety committees, and
School safety groups.
How and to whom are the requests made?
Safety Corridor designation is a serious investment of scarce resources. All requests are
taken seriously. Interested parties should first discuss their requests with the local city or
county pubic works agency, administration and police department to obtain support for
the request locally. The city/county organization and/or individual should then obtain
crash data to assist in verifying the problem exists to the extent perceived. Finally, once
data is substantiated, as possible, any office of ODOT may be contacted and a request
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made for a safety corridor to be forwarded to the Transportation Safety Division for
consideration through the ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager.
What makes a corridor a good candidate for designation?
There are three key elements to designation of a successful safety corridor:
1) Is there a fatal and serious-injury crash problem that has been sustained over a
reasonable period of time?
2) Are there significant enforcement resources available?
3) The stretch is a reasonable length – two to ten miles is preferable.
What are the designation criteria?
Designation Criteria
Criterion (1) is met when the three-year average of the local fatal and serious-injury
crash rate, as determined by CARS, is at or above 110% of the latest statewide three-
year average for a similar type of roadway.
Criterion (2) is met if state and/or local law enforcement agencies will commit to
making the corridor a patrol priority.
There is no hard and fast definition of “patrol priority” in this case. This is a
subjective call on the part of the designation team.
Criterion (3) is met if the initial designation team agrees that the length is manageable
from an enforcement and education (media coverage) standpoint. Rural sections may be
substantially longer than urban sections.
Who makes the final designation decision?
All requests for safety corridor designation status are forwarded to the ODOT
Transportation Safety Division for consideration through the ODOT Safety Corridor
Program Manager.
Upon receipt of the initial request the ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager
contacts the Region to identify the most practical milepost start and end points. Then
initial safety corridor data is requested from CARS. Upon receipt of the data the data is
forwarded for quick review and analysis to members of the initial designation team.
The initial designation team is comprised of:
ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager,
Traffic Roadway Engineering Section (TRS) representative ,
Region Transportation Safety Coordinator (RTSC),
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Region Traffic Manager/Engineer,
Appropriate District Manager or designee, and
Region Public Information Officer.
If the road segment submitted for review meets the three designation criteria, the initial
designation review team may officially agree to designate the corridor.
Development, Implementation and Minimum Requirements
What happens next?
The degree of complexity of the implementation process is largely at the discretion of
the RTSC, Region Traffic Manager/Engineer and respective District Manager or
designee. At a minimum the Region must:
Identify a multi-disciplinary stakeholder group. Stakeholders are defined as those
individuals, groups and agencies that have expressed an interest in the safety corridor
in the past and/or are considered to be valuable for the current discussion.
Development of a Stakeholder List, which includes stakeholder names/entity,
addresses, and telephone numbers.
Provide a detailed review of the Annual Safety Corridor Data Summary and
Recommendations report along with any other data available in order to identify
problems and potential countermeasures using the 4E approach to traffic safety.
Present appropriate information to the stakeholders possibly through a stakeholder
meeting.
Develop and share with the stakeholders an Annual Safety Corridor Plan. The plan
consists of the following:
Updated Stakeholder List with stakeholder names/entity, addresses, telephone
numbers and a designated stakeholder representative,
A set of data elements to be tracked representing the corridors problem
identification,
Activities planned for the year,
Parties responsible for actions and time lines,
Funding sources and amounts (if any), and
Identification of any projects, infrastructure or otherwise, scheduled in the safety
corridor.
The following 4E elements must be addressed in the following manner with the
appropriate “Key Players”:
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Enforcement: Annual commitment from the enforcement agencies noting that
the corridor remains an active patrol priority for the jurisdiction. Education: A minimum of four quarterly public information efforts planned and
accomplished paid or volunteer efforts for the corridor. This may be a
combination of print, radio, TV, cable, billboards theater ads, presentations to
local schools, civic groups, etc., in an effort to provide awareness of the corridor
or provision of traffic safety messages/information.
Engineering: Annual review of traffic control devices (signing, striping,
pavement markings and delineation) on the corridor for compliance with current
standards. Region Traffic and the applicable District will determine the viability
of upgrading these items, based on budget and labor considerations annually.
Emergency Medical Services: Identification should be made of all medical
service providers and their contact staff name and telephone numbers within the
corridor area including ODOT, OSP, local agencies, ambulance services, fire,
hospitals, etc. Specific EMS communication or vehicle access issues should be
identified and documented.
The Annual Safety Corridor Plan should include “key players” signature blocks
for assurance of participation and understanding of roles. Once fully developed
and signed by all necessary parties a copy of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan and
Stakeholder List must be forwarded to the ODOT Safety Corridor Program
Manager.
Install typical signing, per ODOT Sign Design Unit typically at District and/or
Region expense.
Develop press releases announcing the designation of the safety corridor or
showcasing the event in which they reveal the corridor sign(s). Interested
stakeholders, including enforcement representatives, may wish to participate in the
press event. Other press releases should be coordinated during corridor events etc. or
at decommissioning.
Develop at the end of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan year an Annual Safety
Corridor Plan Review that addresses all the accomplishments of the Annual Safety
Corridor Plan and any other successes or problems identified for the corridor. The
Annual Safety Corridor Plan Review should be sent to the ODOT Safety Corridor
Program Manager with an updated Stakeholder List if it’s been modified since the
Annual Safety Corridor Plan was submitted.
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The annual planning process
The purpose of the Annual Safety Corridor Plans
are to assure that the Safety Corridor program
remains a “living” program and not static. In
general, the purpose of the planning process is to
provide a framework for “revitalization” of those
corridors that are not showing progress as
expected, or removal of corridors that have shown
sufficient “success” in reducing fatal and serious-
injury crashes. The goal for existing corridors remaining on the designation list is to re-
focus efforts and identify progress on at least an annual basis. See Appendix for sample
planning/administration process documents.
Who are the stakeholders?
The list of stakeholders will vary by Region and safety corridor. Typical participants
may include:
Region Traffic Manager/Engineer,
Region Transportation Safety Coordinator (RTSC),
District Manager or designee,
State and/or local law enforcement,
Local business(es),
Local traffic safety committee/Safe Community,
Emergency response representatives,
School or school district staff,
Local Mothers’ Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) Chapter,
City/County public works representatives,
Interested citizens,
Civic Groups,
Tribes, and/or
Neighborhood Associations.
What improvements are made?
Improvements are again ultimately realized through developing a 4E approach to traffic
safety including:
Multi-disciplinary teams,
Short-term countermeasures,
Low cost projects,
Data analysis and mapping tools,
Roadway Safety Audits/Analysis,
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Minor engineering repairs or upgrades,
Planned enforcement efforts,
Timed educational events or campaigns, and
Emergency Medical Service enhancements.
Additionally, ODOT TSD provides limited funds annually to the five, or so, worst
problem safety corridors, as determined by the annual crash data within the Annual
Safety Corridor Data and Recommendations report and at the discretion of the ODOT
Safety Corridor Program Manager. The funds can be used at the region’s discretion
typically for enforcement or education efforts.
Who Develops the Corridor Plan?
The RTSC/Region has responsibility for developing/administering the local safety
corridor program.
Approaches will vary by region, but generally, consensus is sought among the
stakeholders as to an acceptable minimum investment of enforcement, education, minor
engineering and emergency medical service enhancements.
Who monitors the plan’s progress?
The intention of the Annual Safety Corridor Plan is to ensure at least a minimum
investment of resources in the corridor. The plan is not binding. The minimum levels of
investment are suggested in the “Development, Implementation and Minimum
Requirements.” However, a continued lack of activity and investment in the corridor by
state and local stakeholders may result in loss of funds, if applicable or recommendation
for decommissioning by the initial designation team.
Decommissioning
When is it not a safety corridor any more?
The safety corridor concept has proven to be
successful in reducing traffic crashes on
problem stretches of highway.
Once in operation, when a safety corridor has
an ongoing record of reducing fatal and
serious injury crashes, it may be time to
decommission that corridor. Annual safety
corridor data is provided by CARS and
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incorporated into the Annual Safety Corridor Data Summary and Recommendations
report.
Annually the ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager and a representative from TRS
complete an analysis of the data. During this data analysis the fatal and serious-injury
crash rate is a priority. The Status, Recommendation and Funding proposals are then
developed jointly. Next, regions review and provide the final response to these
recommendations within the Region Proposed Action. Finally the Annual Safety
Corridor Summary and Recommendations report is published.
There are several categories of recommendations and funding in general. Here are a
few examples:
Decommission.
Continue designation.
Continue with TSD funding.
Continue without TSD funding.
Who makes the final decommissioning decision?
A safety corridor will be recommended for decommissioning if any one of the following
decommissioning criteria is met.
The three-year average of the local fatal and serious-injury crash rate as determined
by CARS is at or below 100% compared to the three-year average of the statewide
fatal and serious injury crash rate for similar type of roadways.
If any of the remaining designation criteria doesn’t continue to be met.
If the minimum requirements within the “What happens next” section are not being
performed.
And finally, if there is a continued lack of activity or investment.
The corridor will be decommissioned unless a local stakeholder group “adopts” the
corridor. If a corridor is to continue to be designated through a local stakeholder group
there should be meaningful local investment of resources and the guidelines followed as
if ODOT was administering the effort. This is to be at the locals expense as this is one
method of ensuring continued investment of these resources, where warranted.
Recommendations for decommissioning are just that – recommendations. Agreement
for decommissioning must be reached among:
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ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager,
Traffic Roadway Engineering Section (TRS) representative ,
Region Transportation Safety Coordinator (RTSC),
Region Traffic Manager/Engineer,
Appropriate District Manager or designee,
Region Public Information Officer and,
Stakeholder Group designee.
If agreement cannot be reached, the RTSC, Region Traffic Manager/Engineer, TRS
representative and the ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager will make a final
decision.
As stated above, if continuation of safety corridor status is sought, there must be a
commitment by state and/or local stakeholders group to make the minimum investments
listed in these guidelines.
If you have any questions, please contact: ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager Ph: 503-986-4195
FAX: 503-986-4341
235 Union Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301-1054 Visit the TranSafety Internet Home Page: http://www.odot.state.or.us/transafety/
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SAMPLE
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Appendices
Sample Safety Corridor Annual Plan Stakeholder Involvement Memo
Sample Stakeholder Participation Form
Sample Safety Corridor Plan Stakeholder Meeting Agenda
Sample Annual Safety Corridor Plan
Sample Stakeholder List (to be added)
Sample Annual Safety Corridor Plan Review (to be added)
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SAMPLE
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Safety Corridor Annual Plan Stakeholder Involvement Memo
Date: Time: Place:
Safety Corridor:
Dear Traffic Safety Stakeholder November 1, 2001
RE: 2001-2002 Safety Corridor Action Plan for Oregon Route 34 (Interstate 5 – Corvallis)
Milepost 0.34 – Milepost 10.12
Dear Traffic Safety Stakeholder:
You’ve been identified as a potential stakeholder for the above noted “Safety Corridor.” Safety
Corridors are stretches of state and local highway with an incidence of traffic crashes or fatalities
higher than the statewide average for that type of roadway. This Safety Corridor was established in November 1993. It has remained a Safety Corridor due to the fatality rate being higher than the
statewide four of the seven years that data is available.
Safety Corridors are addressed using a “4E” approach. The “4E” approach is defined as Education,
Enforcement, Engineering and Emergency Medical Services. Additional information about the Statewide Safety Corridor Program is available at the following Oregon Department of Transportation,
Transportation Safety Division website:
http://www.odot.state.or.us/transafety/Roadway_Safety/Roadway_Safety_Main_Page.htm.
During 2001 the Oregon Department of Transportation, Region Traffic Managers/Engineers adopted guidelines to enhance the ODOT Safety Corridor Program. The purpose was to ensure sustained
success through continued state and local participation through a unified approach. The guidelines
include the requirement for an annual “Safety Action Plan.”
Please review the elements of the proposed “Safety Action Plan” on the attached “Participation Form,” provide comment and return by November 20, 2001. Completion of the “Participation
Form” signifies your interest, commitment and desire to participate in whatever way possible and to
be included in future mailings/updates. If you would like additional information or have questions,
please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Anne Holder, Transportation Safety Coordinator
ODOT Region 2, Traffic Section
455 Airport Road, Building B Salem, Oregon 97301-5395
(503) 986-2763 Telephone
(503) 986-2840 Facsimile
anne.p.holder@state.or.us
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Oregon Route 34, Milepost 0.34 – Milepost 10.12(Interstate 5 - Corvallis)
2001-2002 Safety Corridor Action Plan
Stakeholder Participation Form
Completion of this “Participation Form” signifies your interest, support, and commitment to this
safety corridor effort and desire to be included in future mailings/updates.
Category 1: Enforcement State Police has been contacted and their interest, support and commitment have been secured that the safety corridor will receive patrol priority. All other police agencies are encouraged to participate in
this manner, otherwise please consider participating in Category 2: Education.
Police Agency:
Contact: Telephone Number: Email Address:
Category 2: Education
Public information/education may be deployed in various forms and by any transportation safety
advocate, public or private agency. Examples would be safety fairs, county fair presentations, newspaper/community paper articles, traffic safety presentations, billboards, theater slides, flyers, school presentations, brochures, and outreach etc.
If you know of, are willing to lead, or would be willing to participate in a public information and education effort, please complete as much of this section as possible.
Upon completion of efforts please let me know so that the effort can be documented. (Feel free to
telephone me for transportation safety materials, information, coordination assistance etc.
Individual/Agency:
Address:
Interested in: Coordinating/Leading or Volunteering/Participating
Telephone #: Electronic mail address: Category 3: Engineering
Traffic control device reviews will be addressed by the local ODOT District Maintenance office.
Coordination with cities/counties will be conducted if necessary.
Category 4: Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medical Service providers in the safety corridor have been contacted and are willing to
participate in discussions and projects to further these efforts.
Individual/Agency:
Address:
Interested in: Coordinating/Leading or Volunteering/Participating
Telephone #: Electronic mail address:
Return the completed “Participation Form” to me by November 20, 2001: Anne Holder, Transportation Safety Coordinator ODOT Region 2, Traffic Section 455 Airport Road, Building B Salem, Oregon 97301-5395 (503) 986-2763 Telephone (503) 986-2840 Facsimile anne.p.holder@state.or.us
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Safety Corridor Plan Stakeholder
Meeting
Date
Place
Time
Agenda Topics
Introductions
Data review
Development of plan elements
1) Enforcement
Level of enforcement/agency
Equipment –RRBs/radars
Reporting
2) Education
Media elements and timelines
3) Engineering
Traffic control device review
Equipment –RRBs; VMSs, etc., to be used in corridor
4) Emergency Medical Services
Responsibilities
1. Enforcement
2. Education
3. Engineering
4. Emergency Medical Services
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Safety Corridor
Annual Plan
October 2002 - September 2003
Local – State Safety Partnership
Administered by
Region Transportation Safety
Coordinator
Oregon Safety Corridor Program
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Planning and Evaluation Annual Safety Corridor Plan
Safety Corridor Designated Limits Miles MP
OR Route 22 (Salem) Mar-93 Willamette River Bridges to 99W 9 16.15-25.2
Planning Period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002
Note: This planning document follows the format of the “Oregon Safety Corridor Planning and Evaluation” guidelines adopted by ODOT Region Traffic Engineers and Managers January 2001.
Problem Identification
The data identifies the problem consists of sporadic increases and decreases in the fatality rates since
the safety corridors designation in March 1993. The anticipated calendar year 2000 fatality rate may
be the highest fatality rate on record to date. The crash rate has consistently been below the statewide
average for similar types of Oregon roadways.
Statistics to track in addition to crash and fatality rate against statewide rates are the number of head-
on, turning movement, and rear end type crashes due to the severity of these crash types when they
have occurred on this corridor.
Since there is currently several efforts underway to further define the safety problems on this corridor
continuation of the safety corridor and safety issues will be reviewed on the next Plan or sooner if
additional information is identified. Currently, there is an ODOT Refinement Plan underway and an
active Hwy 22 citizen group who is partnering with Polk County in its “Project 22” along with ODOT
Safety Corridor efforts.
Activities
Enforcement: Police agency committed that the corridor would be a patrol priority.
Agency Oregon State Police
Contact
Agency Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Contact Sgt. J. VanLaanen, Polk County ((503) 623-9251)
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Education: A minimum of four quarterly public information efforts. This may be a combination of print, radio. TV, cable, billboards theater ads, presentations to local schools, civic groups, etc.
Educational activity Press release of Safety Corridor Plan Implementation
Date Early 2002
Responsible Party: ODOT Region 2/ODOT Trans Safety
Completion Date:
Educational activity ______________________________
Date ______________________________
Educational activity ______________________________
Date ______________________________
Educational activity ______________________________
Date ______________________________
Engineering: Annual review of traffic control devices (signing, striping, delineation, illumination)
on the corridor for compliance with current standards. Bring TCDs into compliance using the
following provisions: POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE IMPROVEMENTS
A) Improvements may be staged over a period of more than one year if costs exceed current
available funds. Staging and priorities reviewed and approved by Traffic Management
Section.
TCD _________________________ Location _____________________
Cost to bring into compliance $____________
Estimated completion date _________________________
Comments on funding plan and completion
_________________________________________________________________________
Emergency Medical Services: Emergency Medical Service providers in the safety corridor have
been contacted and are willing to participate in discussions and projects to further these efforts.
Agency
Contact
Agency
Contact
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Amendment 1
December 2006
Oregon Safety Corridor Program Guidelines
The following changes have been made to the original:
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What are the designation criteria?
Designation Criteria Criterion (1) is met when the five-year average of the local fatal and serious-
injury crash rate, as determined by CARS, is at or above 110% of the latest
statewide five year average for a similar type of roadway.
Criterion (2) is met if state and/or local law enforcement agencies will commit to
making the corridor a patrol priority.
There is no hard and fast definition of “patrol priority” in this case. This is a
subjective call on the part of the designation team.
Criterion (3) is met if the initial designation team agrees that the length is
manageable from an enforcement and education (media coverage) standpoint.
Rural sections may be substantially longer than urban sections.
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Who makes the final decommissioning decision? A safety corridor will be recommended for decommissioning if any one of the
following decommissioning criteria is met.
The five-year average of the local fatal and serious-injury crash rate as
determined by CARS is at or below 100% compared to the five-year average of the
statewide fatal and serious injury crash rate for similar type of roadways.
If any of the remaining designation criteria doesn’t continue to be met.
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If the minimum requirements within the “What happens next” section are not
being performed.
And finally, if there is a continued lack of activity or investment.
The corridor will be decommissioned unless a local stakeholder group “adopts” the
corridor. If a corridor is to continue to be designated through a local stakeholder
group there should be meaningful local investment of resources and the guidelines
followed as if ODOT was administering the effort. This is to be at the locals
expense as this is one method of ensuring continued investment of these resources,
where warranted.
Recommendations for decommissioning are just that – recommendations.
Agreement for decommissioning must be reached among:
ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager,
Traffic Roadway Engineering Section (TRS) representative ,
Region Transportation Safety Coordinator (RTSC),
Region Traffic Manager/Engineer,
Appropriate District Manager or designee,
Region Public Information Officer and,
Stakeholder Group designee.
If agreement cannot be reached, the RTSC, Region Traffic Manager/Engineer,
TRS representative and the ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager will make a
final decision.
As stated above, if continuation of safety corridor status is sought, there must be a
commitment by state and/or local stakeholders group to make the minimum
investments listed in these guidelines.
If you have any questions, please contact: ODOT Safety Corridor Program Manager Ph: 503-986-4195
FAX: 503-986-4341
235 Union Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301-1054 Visit the TranSafety Internet Home Page: http://www.odot.state.or.us/transafety/
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