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DMATS LRTP 2045 Safety & Security Presented by: Chandra Ravada

FAST ACT Safety & Security Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users

US FATAL CRASHES Steady decline in Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled. 50,000 The fatality data for 1.46 45,000 2014 placed the 1.42 40,000 highway death count 1.36 at 32,675 — a drop of 35,000 24.90 percent — 30,000 1.26 compared to the 25,000 43,510 deaths 20,000 reported in 2005. 15,000 1.15 1.14 1.11 10,000 1.10 1.10 24.9% 1.07 5,000 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 FATALITIES Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled

DMATS TRAFFIC SAFETY DATA Annual Average 55 fatalities, 289 major injuries, and 1,725 minor injuries There was a spike in crashes in 2007, but the region showed a decline in accident rates in recent years. Overall Injuries and Unknown injuries decreased and Property Damage crashes increased from 2001 to 2013 2013 138 204 1,286 2012 128 238 1,201 2011 147 230 1,179 2010 160 279 1,240 2009 137 278 1,141 2008 141 264 1,248 2007 157 287 1,330 2006 170 251 1,223 2005 176 268 1,153 2004 154 317 1,046 2003 168 284 1,063 2002 192 301 1,034 2001 201 243 813 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 Injuries Unknown Injury Property Damage

FATATALITIES PER 100,000 POPULATION Comparison between Nation, Iowa State and Dubuque Co. 18 16 14 Fatalities Per 100,000 12 10 15.3 15.0 8 14.8 14.7 14.3 13.8 13.7 12.8 12.4 12.3 11.9 11.8 11.0 6 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.3 9.9 9.8 9.3 8.8 7.6 7.5 7.5 4 5.3 4.2 2 3.2 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 US State of Iowa Dubuque County Dubuque County The Dubuque County fatality rate of 9.34 was lower than the state and national rates of 10.25 and 10.33 respectively. In fact, over the past five years, fatality rates in the DMATS area have been consistently lower than state and national rates. The Dubuque County fatality rate doubled in 2014 when compared to 2011 to 2013 rates. 5 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

Multi-Disciplinary Safety Team (MDST) 1.Deal with safety issues as a Team 2.Make a group decision rather than each individual agency decision. 3.Utilize data from all sources to make a decision. 4.Make the group involved with City and MPO Long Range Planning process.

IOWA STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN DMATS will examine, evaluate, and implement the regional strategies contained in the Iowa Strategic Highway Safety Plan Research Enforcement Engineering Education Policy & Data • High visibility • • Prevent lane enforcment Enhance • Multimedai • Safety data departure multiagency education improvement • crashes collaborative Deploy state-of-the- campaign efforts art techonology • Strengthen • • • Expand impaired Improve Enhance driver legislative Intresections enforcement education policies programs Education involves informing Local public works departments Public agencies must choose the Law enforcement officers play a Data is the foundation of a users about unsafe behaviors or state departments of messages they will focus efforts valuable role in maintaining the strategic plan to reduce and suggesting ways to transportation often implement on with great care. region’s transportation safety fatalities and major injuries. improve safety when they use engineering strategies to improve and security. the transportation system. . roadway safety. 7 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

EDUCATION SAFETY AREA Multimedia education campaign & Enhance drivers education COMMUNICATION PLAN MULTIMEDIA NETWORK 1 2 Priority strategies develop a strategic communication Deliver safety messages to multimedia networks plan integrating the Toward Zero Deaths initiative, (television, radio, newspaper, social media). called Zero Fatalities. . BEHIND THE WHEEL INVOLVE PARENTS 3 4 Involve parents in driver education courses. Require more behind-the wheel instruction time. DIVERSITY OF DRIVING 5 Require a diversity of driving conditions (all weather conditions, daytime and nighttime, all road surfaces). 8 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

ENGINEERING SAFETY AREA Prevent lane departure crashes & Improve Intersections STRATEGIES Prevent lane departure crashes • Centerline rumble strips • Shoulder/edgeline rumble strips • Curve delineation • Shoulder treatments • Cable barrier rail Improve Intersections Urban • Innovative intersection designs • Traffic signal modifications Rural • Intersection lighting • Stop controls 9 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

ENFORCEMENT SAFETY AREA High visibility enforcement, deploy state-of-the-art technology & expand impaired enforcement programs STRATEGIES High visibility enforcement • Support additional officer hours on roadways. • Increase special enforcement campaigns . Deploy state-of-the-art technology • Use dynamic message signs to convey safety messages. • Equip law enforcement with state-of-the-art technology for compliance. • Promote technologies to gather commercial vehicle information. Expand impaired enforcement programs . • Expand law enforcement training to effectively identify impaired drivers. • Launch a drowsy driving program within the Iowa DOT’s Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement. 10 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

POLICY SAFETY AREA Enhance multiagency collaborative efforts &Strengthen legislative policies MULTIAGENCY GROUP ENGAGE PROFESSIONALS 1 2 Create a multiagency group to carry out safety Engage professionals across disciplines and systems strategies across the Five E’s . to participate and create a unified message. SEAT BELT LEGISLATION CARELESS DRIVING LAW 3 4 Enact primary seat belt legislation for all positions. Modify careless driving law to include distracted driving as a primary offense. DRIVER’S LICENSING IMPAIRED DRIVING 5 6 Enhance graduated driver’s licensing. Tighten impaired driving tolerances and increase penalties for impaired driving violations. 11 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

RESEARCH AND DATA SAFETY AREA Safety data improvement STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC CRASH Expand statewide electronic crash reporting through TRACS. 121 Major Injuries (2004-2013) 29 Major Injuries (2004-2013) 22 Fatalities (2004-2013) DEVELOP A WEB PORTAL 10 Fatalities (2004-2013) Develop a Web portal to increase safety data availability . WEB BASED ANALYTICAL TOOL Support creation of a web based analytical tool. 56 Minor Injuries (2004-2013) 22 Unknown Injuries (2004-2013) 12 www.yoursite.com Chapter 6: Safety & Security

EVACUATION PLAN MAPS A detailed planning effort prior to an incident is key to safe evacuation POTENTIAL EVCUATION SCHOOLS & SPECIAL NEEDS EVCUATION DISTRICT ROUTES FACILITIES BOUNDARIES Emergency personnel within the Dubuque Metropolitan Area recognize that a successful evacuation, particularly an evacuation of a large portion of the population, encompasses more than physically moving a population from the area at risk to a safe area. PARTNERS MAJOR

SPECIAL INITIATIVES Local governments are currently partnering to implement special initiatives within the region PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT Synchronizing signals into one signal system and creating signal timing scenarios by time of day (peak and off peak) and events (crashes or other emergency issues) will help to address SAFETY & SECURITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES The project can be measured by using the data collected in the metropolitan area PART I: CONNECTIVITY The goal of Part One is to connect all signalized corridors and create scenarios for peak, off peak, and events by using data from Smarter Phone, Airsage, DMATS Model and INRIX. Part II: Adaptation The goal of Part II is built on Part I and creates an automated adaptive system. The goal is to create a system that will automatically adapt itself based on the data transmitted to the Command Center.

UNBOXING IDEAS Outside the box ideas will help the region to meet future needs. NEXT STEPS 1 Review the documents and provide your comments by April 14 th , 2016 NEW IDEAS 2 Feel free to share any new ideas that can help our region be more safe EMS TEAMS 3 How to involve our EMS teams in planning process rather than at implementation process