Local Highway Safety Improvement Program HSIP and How

Local Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and How It Can Work for Tribes For Tribal Transportation Planning Workshop Valley Center, CA April 5, 2018 Richard Ke, P. E. HSIP Manager Office of Federal Programs Division of Local Assistance California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) This presentation covers: Federal Legislation and National Performance Measures; Eligible applicants and eligible projects; Safety countermeasures and Benefit Cost Ratio; Funding and project selection; Funding set‐asides; Funding set‐aside for tribes; and Tribe HSIP project implementation.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Federal Legislation 23 United States Code (USC) 148; 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 924 and 490. The purpose of the HSIP program is “to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, , including non‐State‐owned public roads and roads on tribal land. ” (23 USC § 148 (b)(2)) HSIP projects: Must be based on elements of the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP); Are identified through a data‐driven process; Target identified safety issue; Reduce fatalities and serious injuries.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) National Performance Management Measures for the HSIP FHWA Final Rule (released 3/15/2016; effective 4/14/16) Docket Number: FHWA-2013 -0020 Five Performance Measures (5 -Year Rolling Averages) California’s 2018 Targets: • Number of Fatalities (3, 590. 8) • Rate of Fatalities per 100 million VMT (1. 029) • Number of Serious Injuries (12, 823. 4) • Rate of Serious Injuries per 100 million VMT (3. 831) • Number of Non-motorized Fatalities and Non-motorized Serious Injuries (4, 271. 1) MPO Target-setting: MPOs must either agree to support the State DOT targets or establish numerical targets specific to their planning areas.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Eligible Applicants: Any local agency that owns, operates, and maintains the public roadways Ø City and County agencies Ø Tribal Governments Ø Others (reviewed on a case‐by‐case basis) Eligible Projects: Work on publicly owned roadway or bicycle/pedestrian pathway that corrects or improves the safety for users Ø Prefer projects that can be delivered quickly and have minimal ROW and Environmental impacts. Ø Work must be tied to safety countermeasures in the pre‐ defined lists.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Funding and Project Selection v v Local HSIP apportionments: approx. $81 million per year (2016‐ 2020 average) National California Local HSIP $2. 317 billion/year $204 million/year $81 million/year Project selection: v Data driven – Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR); v Funding set‐asides.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) Calculation Construction Cost Estimate Safety Countermeasures (CON only) (CRF and Life) Project Cost Estimate Crash Data (PE+ROW+CON+CE) (most recent 3‐ 5 years) Project Cost ($) Project Benefit ($) Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) = Project Benefit/Project Cost

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) BCR Calculation - Example

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Safety Countermeasures 76 countermeasures (CMs) are pre-defined: o o o Signalized intersections: 18 Non-signalized intersections: 20 Roadways: 38 Refer to Local Roadway Safety Manual for California Local Road Owners (http: //www. dot. ca. gov/hq/Local. Programs/HSIP/201 6/CA-LRSM. pdf)

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Safety Countermeasures (cont. ) Each CM is associated with: A crash type (all; Ped & Bike; Night; etc. ); A Crash Reduction Factor (CRF): 10% to 80%; and A Service Life: 10 or 20 years. • • • Example: No. Type R 9 Geometric Mod. Countermeasure Name Crash Type Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) Install raised median All 25% Expected Life (Years) Federal Funding Eligibility Systemic Approach Opportunity 20 90% Medium

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Centerline Rumble Strips Ø Warn drivers whose vehicles are crossing center lines of two‐lane, two‐way roads. Ø Effective in reducing head‐on collisions and opposite‐ direction sideswipes (often referred to as cross‐over or cross‐center line crashes).

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Centerline Rumble Strips – Crash Reduction Effectiveness Center line Rumble Strip – Reduction in crash frequency from before to after rumble strip implementation for head‐on and opposite direction sideswipe fatal and injury collisions Percent reduction Rural two‐lane roads 45% Urban two‐lane roads 64% Standard Error 6% 27%

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Shoulder Strips and Edge line Rumble Stripes Ø Shoulder rumble strips are an effective means of reducing run‐off‐the‐road crashes. They are primarily used to warn drivers when they have drifted from their lane. Ø Edge line rumble stripes are a variation on shoulder rumble strips and place the pavement marking within the rumble strip, improving the visibility of the marking. These are more commonly used on roads with narrow shoulders.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Shoulder Strips and Edge line Rumble Stripes -Crash Reduction Effectiveness Shoulder Rumble Strip – Reduction in crash frequency from before to after rumble strip implementation for single‐vehicle run‐off‐road fatal and injury crashes Percent reduction Standard Error Rural two‐lane roads 36% 10% Rural freeways 17% 7%

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Shoulder and center line rumble strips

Shoulder and center line rumble strips Shoulder Rumble Stripe

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Enhanced Curve Delineation Ø Advance curve warning signs, suggested speed limit signs Ø Chevron signs Ø Fluorescent sheeting, increased size or additional signs

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Results from Study: CRF by Enhanced Curve Delineation v Data collected from states of Connecticut and Washington; v 117 mile/years of before and after data (228 sites total); v Delineation improvements for horizontal curves on twolane rural roads.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Pedestrian Countdown Signals Ø A pedestrian countdown signal is used in conjunction with a standard signal to give pedestrians crossing the roadway information as to when it is safe to cross the intersection and how much time is remaining to cross before the signal changes.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Pedestrian Countdown Signal (cont. )

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) New Pedestrian Crossing with Advance Stop Bar High visibility crosswalk at an intersection with advance stop bar

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) HSIP Calls for Projects - Overview Ø Eight cycles: 1 st call ‐ 2007; Cycle 8: 2016; next: 2018. Ø Cycles 4 to 8: project selection – data driven. $713 million awarded to 1038 projects. 194 completed/343 in construction. Expected benefits: $8. 8 billion! Number of Cycle Release Date Applications Number of projects selected Federal funds Average BCR of approved ($M) selected projects 4 2/23/2011 357 179 $74. 5 7. 9 5 10/19/2012 276 221 $111. 3 14. 6 6 11/14/2013 389 231 $150. 0 10. 7 7 11/12/2015 212 182 $160. 5 16. 9 8 11/21/2016 247 225 $216. 9 10. 3 Total 1, 481 1, 038 $713. 2 12. 3

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) HSIP Calls for Projects - Overview After being selected for funding, projects must follow delivery requirements: PE Authorization ‐ within 9 months; and CON Authorization ‐ within 36 months Can not apply for new HSIP funds if either milestone is not met If there is still no CON authorization within 5 years, project will be removed from the program.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Next HSIP Call for Projects v v v Next call (Cycle 9): will be announced late April/early May, 2018. Application deadline: 8/31/2018. Most projects will need Benefit Cost Ratio analysis; No more than 25% of the funds will be used as set‐ asides: ü Guardrail upgrades q ü ü Horizontal Curve Signing; Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements q q q ü Upgrades of existing guardrail and end treatments Pedestrian countdown signal heads; Pedestrian crossings; and Signs and markings. Tribes.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Set-aside for Tribes q q q Total $2 million; Maximum $250, 000 per Tribe; No crash data/BCR calculation required. Need to complete Application Form: ü General information; ü Locations; ü Description of work; ü Construction cost estimate; ü Cost of other phases (PE, R/W and CE).

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Set-aside for Tribes Target for low cost safety improvements. Work can be: Any of the other 3 set‐asides; and/or work for the below safety countermeasures: Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø R 26 Install/Upgrade signs with new fluorescent sheeting (regulatory or warning); R 27 Install chevron signs on horizontal curves; R 28 Install curve advance warning signs; R 29 Install curve advance warning signs (flashing beacon); R 30 Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs; R 31 Install delineators, reflectors and/or object markers; R 32 Install edge‐lines and centerlines; R 33 Install no‐passing line; R 34 Install centerline rumble strips/stripes; and R 35 Install edgeline rumble strips/stripes.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Tribe HSIP Project Implementation Have a TTP Program Agreement with FHWA; or Transfer funds to Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); or Partner with a City or a County; or Sign a Master Agreement with Caltrans.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) OTS Grant Funding Managed by California Office of Traffic Safety Target the other 3 E’s: Education, Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services. OTS Program Areas: • Alcohol‐Impaired Driving • Motorcycle Safety • Distracted Driving • Occupant Protection • Drug‐Impaired Driving • Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety • Emergency Medical Services • Police Traffic Services • Traffic Records More information: http: //www. ots. ca. gov/Grants/default. asp Contact: Grants@ots. ca. gov 916‐ 509‐ 3030.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Questions? Thank you … • Local HSIP Website: http: //www. dot. ca. gov/hq/Local. Programs/hsip. html Or • Google search: “CA Local HSIP”