Iowa`s 2013 Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Iowa’s 2013
Strategic Highway Safety Plan
TAS Forum
November 19, 2014
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What is a State Strategic Highway Safety Plan?
“A statewide coordinated safety plan that
provides a comprehensive framework for
reducing highway fatalities and serious
injuries on all public roads.”
USDOT Strategic Highway Safety Plans Quick Reference
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LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY
SHSP
HSIP
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REQUIREMENTS
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Data driven
All public roads
Measurable
Fatal/major injury crashes
Behavior & infrastructure
Ties to other safety plans
Low cost, systemic, effective
countermeasures
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PARTNERS
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http://www.iowadot.gov/traffic/shsp
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STRATEGIES
• Education
– Provide more experience to student drivers
6 school districts
~195 students
~210 parents
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STRATEGIES
• Education
– Launch a multi-media zero fatalities
campaign
Cyclone and Hawkeye Sports
http://ia.zerofatalities.com
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http://ia.zerofatalities.com/
STRATEGIES
• Enforcement
– Increased hours for high visibility enforcement
High Five Rural Seatbelt Project
sTEP Waves – June, July, August
US 61 Corridor Project
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STRATEGIES
• Enforcement
– Provide state of the art technology for officers
Safety Checkpoint Trailer
– used at 4 locations within first 60d
LiDAR Equipment Program
– developing program to equip
~35 State Patrol & MVE veh
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STRATEGIES
• Enforcement
– Use dynamic message signs to communicate
safety messages to drivers
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• Enforcement
– Provide advanced impairment training
opportunities for officers
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving
Enforcement – trained 200 officers
Additional trainings scheduled
DRE applications increased
SFST recertification required for Patrol
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STRATEGIES
• Emergency Medical Services
– Assess current system
– Implement recommended standards for
dispatch
NHTSA EMS Assessment being
scheduled by Dept of Public Health
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STRATEGIES
• Policy
– Multi-Agency Partnerships
– Legislative Information
SHSP Advisory Team meets quarterly
Providing reports to legislators
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seatbelts – all positions
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impairment blueprint
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medical marijuana impacts
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STRATEGIES
• Improve Data Systems
– Improve data availability across agencies
Data six-pack now online at
http://www.iowadot.gov/tsda/index.html
RFP for web analysis tool to be
completed by end of 2014
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STRATEGIES
• Engineering
– Lane Departure
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~200 mi
Paved shoulders
Rumble strips
Cable median barrier rail ~36 mi
Curve delineation
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STRATEGIES
• Engineering
– Intersections
• Innovative intersection designs (2-3 locations/yr)
• Signal modifications (2-3 locations/yr)
US 18 & US 71
Holy Cross Road on US 52
SE 14th in Des Moines
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STRATEGIES
• Engineering
– Address state and county needs
• Attempt to have 10-20% of all deployed locations
be on the county system
HSIP-Secondary Program ~$2M
TSIP Funds ~$6M
Local Road Safety Plans ~$600K
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CYCLE
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www.iowadot.gov/traffic/shsp
Join the plan
to save more lives…
To make a significant headway
toward Zero,
we will need to adopt a culture of
safety where individual citizens
and officials will not accept
fatalities from vehicle crashes
as a price for mobility.
-Hugh W. McGee, Ph.D., P.E.