Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Update Your Road Safety

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Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Update Your Road Safety Team 1

Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Update Your Road Safety Team 1

Who Is the Road Safety Team? • You are! • • Every Lab employee

Who Is the Road Safety Team? • You are! • • Every Lab employee who drives, bikes, or walks onsite EHS Subject Matter Experts – Richard De. Busk – Araceli Andrews • • EHS Leadership Team Facilities Division – – • • Single Point of Contact – Matt Vail Project and Construction Managers Safety Manager – Gene Tucker Traffic Engineer – Steve Blair Safety Coordinators SAC Lab Leadership Some people you might not expect! – Bus Drivers – Lab Lighting Crew 2

Approach Physical Hazard Leadership Controls Culture Behaviors 3

Approach Physical Hazard Leadership Controls Culture Behaviors 3

Principles • Everyone at LBNL has a stake and role to play in traffic

Principles • Everyone at LBNL has a stake and role to play in traffic and pedestrian safety • EHS role is to facilitate/coordinate/communicate • We are providing a service to the Lab 4

Topics Immediate Issues Intermediate-Term Improvements Longer-term Institutional Improvements 5

Topics Immediate Issues Intermediate-Term Improvements Longer-term Institutional Improvements 5

Immediate Issues • Created new EHS and Facilities Traffic Safety SME/Point of Contact (De.

Immediate Issues • Created new EHS and Facilities Traffic Safety SME/Point of Contact (De. Busk/Vail) • Evaluated GEM safety when used offsite • Implementing Shuttle Bus Seat Belt Campaign • Continuing good response for safety concerns (90% are traffic related - ~ 25 -30 monthly • Responding to issues with current construction projects – CRT Project – B-74 • Approximately 2 -hours per day of traffic and pedestrian safety observations 6

Intermediate-Term Improvements • Reforming the Traffic and Transportation Safety Committee to focus more on

Intermediate-Term Improvements • Reforming the Traffic and Transportation Safety Committee to focus more on safety issues (vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian) – Proposing this as new subcommittee to SAC • Began implementation of the Shuttle Bus Seat Belt Campaign • Began walking down construction projects with science division representatives (pilot with Betsy Mac. Gowan) to evaluate potential problems • Focusing on traffic and pedestrian safety support to Facilities PMs – CRT – TABL articles and daily project inspections – B-84 and B-83 concern response • Coordinated with CSEE to provide orientation for new students in summer program (4 groups) 7

Longer-Term Institutional Issues • Planning underway for Road Safety Day (Awareness Campaign) – Tennessee

Longer-Term Institutional Issues • Planning underway for Road Safety Day (Awareness Campaign) – Tennessee Gock leading (late June target date) – Coordinated with student orientation (early/mid June) – Coordinating with other groups such as Berkeley Bicycle Coalition • Planning underway on new design review criteria for construction projects – traffic and pedestrian safety impacts • With Facilities Division, proposed ~$500, 000 in pedestrian safety improvements in Unicall (FY-13 – FY-15) 8