oregon’s pedestrian and bicycle safety implementation plan

Oregon’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Implementation Plan Update

ELCSI- PFS TAC Meeting

Christina McDaniel-Wilson, P.E.- State Traffic Safety Engineer

June, 2020

Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Trends

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

• Three primary focus areas for infrastructure safety in the Oregon Transportation Safety Action Plan

• Systemic Safety Plans• Roadway Departure• Intersections• Pedestrian and Bicycles

Current Plan

• Developed in 2014• Data informed approach • Targeted towards reducing fatal and

serious injuries• Increase understanding of pedestrian

and bicycle crashes• Separate tool box of effective low to

medium cost countermeasures to improve ped/bike safety

https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Engineering/Docs_TrafficEng/Bike-Ped-Safety-Implementation-Plan.pdf

NCHRP 893- Systemic Pedestrian Safety Analysis Update

• Safety analysis method to proactively identify sites for potential safety improvements based on specific risk factors

• Update to our current plan implemented through an NCHRP Grant

• Kittelson & DKS are partnering to conduct the work

• ~10 month contract

https://www.nap.edu/download/25255

http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/Blurbs/178087.aspx

Team members

• Kittelson and Associates• Nick Foster• Nicholas Gross• Matt Braughton• Brian Ray

• DKS• Lacy Brown

• ODOT• Doug Bish, HQ Traffic Safety• Susan Peithman, Active Transportation• Amanda Salyer, Region Traffic Safety• Christina McDaniel-Wilson, HQ Traffic Safety

• Texas DOT• Darren McDaniel, Traffic Safety



Step 1: Define Study Scope

• Focus the study in urban areas.• Categorize urban areas by size:

• Small urban (<50,000), • Mid-urban (50,000-200,000) • Large urban (>200,000)

• On State highways• Identify up to 20 corridors (approximately

1 to 5 miles in length)• Include intersections and midblock

crossings.



Step 3: Determine Risk Factors

• Roadway Characteristics• Principal Arterial• Number of Lanes (4+)• High Access Density• Sidewalks (none or one-side only)• Posted Speed (35+ MPH)• Lighting



Step 3: Determine Risk Factors

• Context Characteristics• High Turning Volumes (Signalized Intersections)• Mixed Use Zoning• Proximity to Schools• Proximity to Transit Stops

• Demographic • Age• Income



Step 5: Select Potential CM’s

• CMF list updates• Pedestrian

• RRFB’s• Install countdown timers• Parking restrictions

• Bicycle• Buffered bike lanes• Bike boxes

• Related (not specific to pedestrian or bike)• Protected left turns• Reduce driveway density• Widen shoulders


Step 5: Select Potential CM’s

• Countermeasure Evaluation Criteria1. Relevance to Risk Factors/Target Crash

Type2. Potential Effectiveness (i.e., CMF)3. Cost4. Feasibility5. Freight Considerations

Countermeasure evaluation matrix:


Step’s 6 & 7

• Step 6 – Refine & Implement Treatment Plan

• Bicyclist systemic analysis • Similar process as pedestrian analysis• Bicycle-specific infrastructure variables• Use Strava data for exposure?



How is the new plan different?

• New process that is transferable to other locations instead of developing a static list of locations statewide

• More current crash data• Data analysis

• Exploring demographics• Fine tuning risk factors• Weighting criteria

• Applying new research and selecting countermeasures that tie risk factors to specific treatments

Progress

• Web meeting with Stakeholders• Likely the end of June

• Begin work on Bicycle Systemic Safety Piece

Questions?

Christina McDaniel-Wilson, P.E.- State Traffic Safety Engineer: [email protected]

Resources and References• NCHRP Project 17-73: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_893_Contractor.pdf

• NCHRP 893: http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/Blurbs/178087.aspx

• NCHRP 22-14 (13): https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4823

• ODOT Systemic Safety Plans: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Engineering/Pages/ARTS.aspx

• ODOT Research: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/programs/pages/research.aspx

• ODOT TransData Portal: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/Pages/TransData-Portal.aspx

• Transportation Safety Action Plan: https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Safety/Documents/TSAP_2016.pdf