REGIONAL SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE North Central Texas Council of Governments

Transportation Council Room Friday, April 26, 2019

10:00 am

AGENDA

1. Approval of January 25, 2019 Meeting Summary – Matt Hotelling, RSAC Chair

2. Congestion Management Process (CMP) Update – Mike Galizio, NCTCOG

3. Traffic Incident Management and After-Action Reporting – Anthony White, TxDOT

4. North Texas Crash Data Observations – John Denholm, Lee Engineering

5. Review of Regional Crash Data and Safety Performance Overview – Kevin Kroll,NCTCOG

6. Update Itemsa) Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Final Rule – Shawn Dintinob) Commercial Motor Vehicle Violations Training for Prosecutors and Judges – Kevin

Krollc) Your Driving Concern Employer Safety Train the Trainer Opportunity – Sonya

Landrumd) Future RSAC Meeting Location and Schedule – Sonya Landrum

7. Safety-Related Reference Items, Topics or Training Coursesa) Speed Management for Safety Resource Hub Releasedb) Analysis of Crashes Resulting in a Pedestrian Fatality or Serious Injury 2010-2017 –

TTI c) GHSA Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State

8. Upcoming Safety-Related Events and Training Announcementsa) Traffic Incident Management Executive Level Course, NCTCOG, May 2, 2019b) Traffic Incident Management First Responder and Manager Course:

• May 29 – 30, 2019, NCTCOG• July 17 – 18, 2019, Collin College, McKinney• September 24 – 25, 2019, Cedar Hill Rec Center• October 16 – 17, 2019, NCTCOG

c) Talking TIM Webinar Series, May 29, 2019d) 2019 Texas Traffic Safety Conference, San Antonio TX, May 29 – 31, 2019e) ATSIP Traffic Records Forum, Austin TX, August 4-7, 2019

9. Other Business (Old or New): Members have an opportunity to bring items of interestbefore the group.

10. Next RSAC Meeting: July 26, 2019 at 10 am

CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS (CMP) UPDATE

Regional Safety Advisory Committee MeetingApril 26, 2019

Mike GalizioPrincipal Transportation Planner

Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

Public Participation Plan (PPP)

Congestion Management Process (CMP)

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Federal Requirements

Federal Requirements

A regionally-accepted approach that provides up-to-date information on congestion levels and assesses alternative strategies for congestion management that meet state and local needs

Mandated in any urbanized area with a population exceeding 200,000 (known as Transportation Management Areas)

Federal regulations do not specify timelines for updates and are not prescriptive regarding the methods and approaches that must be used to implement a CMP

Statutory References: 23 USC 134(k)(3), 23 CFR 450.322, and CFR 500.109

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Federal Requirements

Focuses on Congestion Management Strategies which should include:i. Demand management strategies;ii. Traffic operational improvements;iii. Public transportation improvements; iv. ITS technologies; andv. "Where necessary, additional system capacity"

Requires a process to demonstrate that Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) capacity projects in nonattainment areas are justified and comply with the CMP by integrating congestion management strategies

The CMP shall be developed, established, and implemented as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process

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ELEMENTS DOCUMENTSCMP Elements and Related Documents

2. System Identification

3. Develop Performance Measures

4. System Performance Monitoring & Evaluation

5. Strategy Identification

7. Project & Program Implementation and

Monitoring

8. Project Performance Evaluation

MTP

TIP

6. Strategy Selection

Progress North Texas

1. Develop Regional Objectives

NEPA, Corridor &

Other Studies

Federal Performance Measures

NHS

FFCS

Routes of Significance

CMP History

1991 Congestion Management System (CMS) is required as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

1994 First CMS was Adopted

2005 CMS was Amended through MTP Update

2007 CMS was Updated and Renamed Congestion Management Process (CMP)

2013 RTC Approved CMP Update

2019 Update Efforts are Underway

Fosters an Objectives-Driven, Performance Based Approach

Advocates for Increased Collaboration and Coordination

Facilitates Strategy Selection and Project/Program Implementation

Provides a Linkage to Project Development/Environmental Review

Creates a Structured Process for Analyzing Congestion Issues

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CMP Benefits

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Recurrent and Non-Recurrent Congestion

Crash Rates (“Hot Spots”)

Incident Response and Training

Roadway Safety Monitoring

Traveler Information Services

Safety-Related Infrastructure Improvements

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Safety Considerations and Strategies

1. Keep or update the CMP Goals and Objectives?

2. Expand or reduce the CMP Performance Measures?

3. Maintain or change the CMP Network?

4. Retain or revise the CMP Scoring Criteria?

5. Keep or replace the CMP Corridor Rankings?

6. Add or reduce the number of CMP Policies?

7. Expand or downsize the number of CMP Strategies?

8. Retain or replace the CMP Corridor Fact Sheets?

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Key Questions for the Next CMP Update

Roadway Corridors in 2013 CMP UpdateHighway Name

DNTIH 20IH 30IH 35

IH 35EIH 35WIH 45IH 635IH 820

Loop 12PGBT

SH 114SH 121SH 161SH 183SH 360SP 97SP 366SP 408SP 482US 67US 75US 80US 175US 287

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February 2019 STTC Overview PresentationMarch 2019 RTC Overview PresentationApril 2019 Public Input MeetingApril-Aug 2019 Committee Outreach (STTC, RSAC, RFAC, PWC)Aug-Sept 2019 30-Day Public Comment PeriodAugust 2019 STTC Workshop and Public Meeting – Draft CMPSeptember 2019 STTC (Info) – Scoring Criteria and Corridor RankingsOctober 2019 RTC Workshop – Draft CMPOctober 2019 STTC (Action) – Final CMPNovember 2019 RTC (Action) – Final CMP

CMP Update Schedule

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Natalie Bettger, Senior Program ManagerCommunications and Transportation Solutions

(817) 695-9280 / nbettger@nctcog.org

Mike Galizio, Principal Transportation PlannerCongestion and Asset Management

(817) 608-2329 / mgalizio@nctcog.org

Clifton Hall, Transportation PlannerCongestion and Asset Management(817) 608-2384 / chall@nctcog.org

www.nctcog.org/cmp

Contacts

Crash Data Observations from North Texas

John Denholm III, PE, PTOE, RSPNCTCOG Regional Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

April 26, 2019

• Some Quick Numbers

• Underreporting Discussion

• Parting Thoughts

89,726

92,214

Signalized IntersectionCrash Rates – City 1

Signalized IntersectionCrash Rates – City 2

Signalized IntersectionCrash Rates – City 3

Beware of traps

Crash reporting is decreasing(in some places)

What is a Reportable Crash?

• Greater than $1,000 damage to any one person’s property

• Injury

• But wait… there’s more

Audience Participation

• Raise your hand if:

• You, a family member, or one of your vehicles has been in a crash with $1000 damage or an injury?

• Keep your hand up if law enforcement responded.

• Keep your hand up if a crash report did NOT get completed.

What is a Reportable Crash?• Sec. 550.041. INVESTIGATION BY PEACE OFFICER.

(a) A peace officer who is notified of a motor

vehicle accident resulting in injury to or death of a

person or property damage to an apparent extent

of at least $1,000 may investigate the accident and

file justifiable charges relating to the accident

without regard to whether the accident occurred

on property to which this chapter applies.

What is a Reportable Crash?

• Sec. 550.062. OFFICER'S ACCIDENT REPORT. (a) A

law enforcement officer who in the regular course

of duty investigates a motor vehicle accident shall

make a written report of the accident if the

accident resulted in injury to or the death of a

person or damage to the property of any one

person to the apparent extent of $1,000 or more.

What is a Reportable Crash

• “Investigates” is not defined in statute

• What an “investigation” is and when it occurs is left to the agency to determine via policy

Agency 1 - Policy

Officers shall make a written report of a Traffic Crash under the following circumstances:

A. The crash resulted in injury to, or death of, a person; orB. Where damage to any vehicle renders it undriveable requiring towing; orC. Where Class B misdemeanor or higher charges may be filed; orD. Where City equipment is involved.

This policy complies with Texas Transportation Code (TTC) 550.041 Investigation By Peace Officer and 550.062 Officer’s Crash Report.

Agency 2 - Policy

There is an injury, reported injury, fatality, or possible injury

Damage to vehicles to extent towing is required

Effects of Underreporting

• May impact the application of HSM methodologies when calibrating SPF

• May skew data making comparisons to other jurisdictions difficult.

• May erode public confidence in traffic engineer/law enforcement / government entity

Citizen Requests / Complaints

• Signal Warrants

• MWSC Guidelines

Effects of Underreporting

1.72 PDO : 1 INJ

1.36 PDO : 1 INJ

1.01 PDO : 1 INJ

Statewide Average 20171.97 PDO : 1 INJ

Underreporting(# of agency records in CRIS vs # of crashes to which police responded)

Underreporting(# of agency records in CRIS vs # of crashes to which police responded)

Grand Prairie data is for 2016-2017 only.

Safety Improvement?

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Intersection Related Crashes

Safety Improvement?

~ 1600

~ 975

Some Parting Thoughts

• Know the limitations of the CRIS data• Some of the limitations due to police reporting practices

in your jurisdiction• Some are due to the CR3 and TxDOT interpretations

• Reported Crashes /= actual crashes

• Work with your PD to educate them on why crash reports matter – some have no idea how engineers use them.

Some Parting Thoughts

HB 3953

SECTION 2. Section 550.062(a), Transportation Code, isamended to read as follows:

(a) A law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle accident shall make a written report of the accident if the accident resulted in injury to or the death of a person or damage to the property of any one person to the apparent extent of $5,000 [$1,000] or more.

John Denholm III, PE, PTOE, RSP

jdenholm@lee-eng.com972-456-9013

Preliminary Review of Regional Crash Data and Safety Performance Overview

Regional Safety Advisory Committee

Kevin KrollApril 26, 2019

North Central Texas Council of Governments

Preliminary 2018 Safety Performance Measures

TxDOT and NCTCOG Safety Performance Targets and Reduction Schedule

Preliminary NCTCOG Crash and Fatality StatisticsPreliminary Crash Rates by CountyTraffic Incident Management Course AttendanceHazMat StatisticsMobility Assistance Patrol Program PerformancePreliminary Wrong-Way Driving Crash StatisticsPreliminary Crashes Involving Impaired DriversPossible Safety Performance Measures

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TxDOT and NCTCOG Safety Performance Targets and Reduction Schedule 3

Two percent reduction by Target Year 2022.Targets are based on a five-year rolling average (2014 – 2018) for 2019.First biennial reporting period for Safety Performance Targets due in 2020.

Safety PerformanceTargets

2018 TxDOTTargets

2018 NCTCOGTargets

2019 TxDOTTargets

2019 NCTCOGTargets

2020 Targets

2021 Targets

2022 Targets

0.4% Reduction 0.8% Reduction 1.2% Reduction

1.6% Reduction

2.0% Reduction

No. of Fatalities 3,703.08 665.2 3,791.0 599.2 - - -

Fatality Rate 1.432 0.960 1.414 0.838 - - -

No. of Serious Injuries 17,565.4 3,647.8 17,751.0 3999.6 - - -Serious Injury Rate 6.740 5.180 6.550 5.568 - - -

No. of Non-motorized Fatalities and Serious

Injuries2,150.6 560.0 2,237.6 582.4 - - -

Preliminary 2018 Crash Statistics: 12-County MPA 4

2014 - 2018 Reportable Crashes County 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 % Change

2017-2018Collin 11,845 12,893 13,865 13,073 13,185 0.86%Dallas 42,895 48,811 55,642 50,535 49,730 -1.59%Denton 9,886 11,655 12,182 11,931 11,743 -1.58%

Ellis 2,173 2,401 2,595 2,724 2,810 3.16%Hood 752 749 795 820 725 -11.59%Hunt 1,110 1,317 1,396 1,297 1,472 13.49%

Johnson 1,998 1,983 2,269 2,346 2,351 0.21%Kaufman 1,480 1,752 2,011 1,911 2,128 11.36%

Parker 1,999 1,981 2,175 2,306 2,217 -3.86%Rockwall 1,019 1,285 1,362 1,359 1,406 3.46%Tarrant 28,222 30,714 34,596 34,226 30,762 -10.12%Wise 910 791 915 953 970 1.78%Total 104,289 116,332 129,803 123,481 119,499 - 3.22%

Preliminary 2018 Fatalities Statistics: 12-County MPA 5

2014 - 2018 Fatalities

County 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 % Change 2017-2018

Collin 41 36 50 68 41 -39.71%Dallas 235 256 317 282 286 1.42%Denton 36 34 49 49 45 -8.16%

Ellis 23 25 28 34 16 -52.94%Hood 8 3 15 11 5 -54.55%Hunt 18 18 29 26 17 -34.62%

Johnson 23 23 23 21 19 -9.52%Kaufman 24 17 28 31 23 -25.81%

Parker 15 19 21 20 25 25.00%Rockwall 3 4 11 13 8 -38.46%Tarrant 142 155 159 180 156 -13.33%Wise 14 20 19 21 14 -33.33%Total 582 610 749 756 655 -13.36%

Preliminary 2018 Crash Rates By County6

Traffic Incident Management Attendance Overview First Responders

Training: 3,086 Attendees Executive Level Training:

948 Attendees Photogrammetry Training:

230 Attendees (Basic); 133 Attendees (Advanced)

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2018 HazMat Incidents: 16 Counties8

Palo Pinto

County 2018Collin 0Dallas 11Denton 4Ellis 1Hood 0Hunt 0Johnson 0Kaufman 1Parker 0Rockwall 2Tarrant 3Wise 2Total 24

Mobility Assistance Patrol Program9

Patrol 2017 Assists

2018 Assists

Dallas County 66,166 66,048

Tarrant County 26,687 27,129

NTTA 26,138 29,622NTE 4,436 5,829LBJ 7,055 6,176Total 130,482 134,804

Dallas and Tarrant County MAPP Assist Types (2018) 10

Preliminary Wrong-Way Driving Crashes: 12-County MPA

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 TotalCollin 28 30 36 33 36 163Dallas 253 231 240 249 236 1,209Denton 45 52 53 46 35 231

Ellis 17 12 12 18 12 71Hood 9 10 12 7 15 53Hunt 7 12 11 15 23 68

Johnson 10 28 23 26 18 105Kaufman 20 16 19 11 9 75

Parker 16 5 10 14 12 57Rockwall 4 4 2 2 3 15Tarrant 116 106 112 97 101 532Wise 7 12 12 8 8 47Totals 532 518 542 526 508 2,626

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Preliminary Crashes Involving Impaired Drivers: 16-County Region 12

+25%

Overview of Requested Safety Report Performance Topics

Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP)Traffic Citation Data

Transit Safety DataQuiet Zones and Railroad CrossingsCRIS Data Report ExpansionStratify Grade Separated or Limited Access vs. Surface StreetsUrban vs. RuralCrash Rates Per Capita

Motorcycle Crashes

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Contacts

Kevin KrollTransportation Planner

kkroll@nctcog.org(817) 695-9258

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Camille FountainTransportation Plannercfountain@nctcog.org

(817) 704-2521

Sonya LandrumPrincipal Transportation Planner

slandrum@nctcog.org(817) 695-9273