Rebecca Szymkowski, P.E., PTOE Wisconsin Department of Transportation Country Springs Hotel Pewaukee, WI April 16, 2014  SHSP Overview  SHSP History  SHSP Development (2014-2016)/ Priority Issue Areas  Example Safety Initiatives  Questions 2 1400 Wisconsin Traffic Fatalities by Year 1200 1984: drinking age raised to 19 1986: drinking age raised to 21 1000 1966: National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act 2003: prohibited BAC lowered to 0.08 800 1974: national 55mph speed limit 600 400 2010: OWI omnibus 1987: mandatory seatbelts 1982: OWI omnibus 2012: GDL phone ban 2009: primary enforcement of seatbelts, universal text ban 200 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 0 Wisconsin’s Highway Safety Clock Traffic crash: every 5 minutes Property damage: every 6 minutes Injury: every 13 minutes Speed-related injury or death: every 1 hour Teen driver injured or killed: every 2 hours Alcohol-related injury or death: every 3 hours Motorcyclist injured or killed: every 4 hours Pedestrian injured or killed: every 7 hours Bicyclist injured or killed: every 9 hours Fatality: every 16 hours October 2007 – All 50 states and the District of Columbia have approved SHSPs Unprecedented collaboration and cooperation Multidisciplinary plans representing the 4 E’s of Safety (Engineering, Enforcement, Education, EMS) Road and Environment Human 6% 20% 63% 3% 1% 4% Vehicle 5% Wisconsin SHSP  VISION: Zero in Wisconsin  Overarching safety document for the state  For WisDOT, guides/integrates with other safety documents/programs • Highway Safety Plan (HSP) • Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) • Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP) • Freight Plans • Bike/Pedestrian Plans • Others  SHSP is a living document  3 Editions      2001-2003 2006-2008 2011-2013 2014-2016 (In preparation) Sponsorship of WisDOT’s Traffic Safety Council GOAL: Reduce traffic fatalities, injuries, and crashes on Wisconsin roadways by 5% from their rolling 5-year averages.     Internet Survey Peer Exchange WisDOT’s TSC synthesized material and created document Task Forces and Input throughout  Highest Priority Issue Areas (Behavioral)  Reduce Driver Distraction  Reduce Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driving  Reduce Motorcycle Crashes  Increase Seat Belt Use and Improve Child Safety Seat Use  Curb Aggressive Driving/Reduce Speed Related Crashes  Provide Safe Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel  Highest Priority Issue Areas (Drivers)  Drivers – Ensure drivers are licensed and competent, improve teen driver performance, sustain proficiency in older drivers  Highest Priority Issue Areas (Engineering)  Improve Design and Operations of Intersections  Reduce Lane Departure/Run-off-the-road Crashes  Improve Incident Management and Travel in Bad Weather  Continuing Priority Issue  Create Safer Work Zones Areas  Encourage implementation and installation of reduced conflict intersections/interchanges  Begin implementation and installation of intersection conflict warning systems  Continue signal-headper-lane and flashing yellow arrow installations  Complete development of WisDOT-based predictive and retro-fit warrants for median protection  Identify locations and segments with high number or rate of lane departure crashes; recommend lane departure systematic improvement strategies  Continue to promote and expand technology capabilities of 511 communications  Continue education and outreach to first responders such as (law enforcement, EMS, fire departments and towing companies) about the Emergency Traffic Control and Scene Management Guidelines Continue annual work zone reviews/audits  Complete and use Automated Transportation Management Plans (TMPs)   Continue Constructability Workshops (2-3 per year)  Update MV4000 crash report form - improve data  Identify new tools to help with safety evaluation (i.e., Highway Safety Manual/SafetyAnalyst, RSAP, IHSDM, LiDAR, etc.)  Continued outreach (roundabouts, work zone safety, speed, etc.) Force meetings: Dec 2013 – end of SHSP time period  Task  Draft Document: April 2014  Final Document: May 2014 May 2014 – end of SHSP time period  Implementation: Rebecca Szymkowski, P.E., PTOE Wisconsin DOT State Traffic Engineer of Operations [email protected] 608.266.9381 20