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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04082025 KPB CSAP CC Presentation - Safe Streets and Roads for AllKPB Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Robert RuffnerPlanning Director, KPB Celina RobinsonGIS Specialist, KPB Brenda AhlbergEmergency Manager, KPB Because everyone deserves to get home safely Why do we need it? SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 2 3,722 total crashes between 2018 and 2022 44 Fatal Crashes 157 Serious Injury Crashes 41 Motorcycle Crashes 23 Pedestrian 19 Bicycle Crashes Fatal Serious Injury Minor Injury Possible Injury No Apparent Injury Crash Trends 2018-2022 SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 3 6 8 5 12 13 30 31 29 35 32 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Fatal Serious Injury 20XX 4 High Injury Network A High Injury Network (HIN) helps identify corridors with the highest levels of severe injuries and fatalities. 74% of fatalities and serious injuries occur on just 4% of roads in the KPB. SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Community Outreach 20XX 6 In-person Public Workshops 3 Virtual Public Workshops Safety Survey – 728 responses 1. Homer – May & September 1. May 6 meetings with CSAP Steering Committee2. Soldotna – May & September 2. October 4 meetings with city staff 3. Seward – May & September 3. February 1 meeting with KPB Mayor and Directors 9 Presentations/discussions with Advisory Planning Commissions & City Council/Planning Commissions •Cooper Landing •Hope/Sunrise •Funny River •Moose Pass •Nikiski •City of Homer •City of Kenai •City of Seldovia •City of Seward •City of Soldotna SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Program & Process Recommendations •Policy & process recommendations are complimentary to site specific recommendations 2024 6SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Strategies & Solutions for KPB Emergency Evacuation Routes •Require new streets to connect w/existing streets •Require construction of platted ROW through the subdivision process •Inform public of contraflow operations (when deployed) •Identify predefined evacuation locations (hazard dependent) Demonstration Project 2024 7SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 School Zone Safety • Boroughwide School Zone Safety Study Eastern Peninsula Highway Emergency Service Area •Develop & implement a 5-year plan to fund and expand improve communications and expand emergency response capabilities •Safety Emphasis Roadway Program Safe People Encourages safe, responsible driving and behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize everyone’s ability to get home safely. •Establish a Safety Action Plan (Safe Streets KPB) Implementation working group. •Implement Safe Streets KPB campaigns and build and maintain a regional Safe Streets KPB webpage. •KPB and partner cities work together to develop Complete Streets Policies and create and distribute educational materials about Complete Streets. •KPB and partner cities work with local community partners to create and distribute seasonal safety messaging on how to be safe on the roadway during winter and low light conditions. •Combine countermeasure deployment with promotional activities (press releases, promotional signage, media interviews). •Explore a change in state law to reduce the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) for impaired driving. •Implement a submittal checklist for developers and/or roadway design project reviews prior to project approval. •Host safety walking tours annually for elected officials and the public to demonstrate safety needs and navigating locations where improvements have been implemented. •Create a policy to establish consistent messaging for school zone safety throughout the KPB. •Work with local partners to develop a safety campaign that encourages young people to advocate for safe driving behaviors. •Explore the feasibility of a local ATV, snowmachine, and bicycle safety program, working with local dealerships, bicycle shops, and rider groups. Focus on education and outreach for safe and legal operation and increased use of helmets. •In urban areas of the Borough, work with local agencies and policy makers to create economic investment incentives for new development that adds walkable facilities, smaller lot sizes, increased density, and greenspace. 2025 8SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Safe Vehicles Seeks to expand the availability of vehicle systems, features, and safety enhancements (i.e. car seats, helmets) that help prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants. •Conduct education workshops to inform the public about safe vehicle practices such as correct child car seat set up, preparing vehicles for winter travel conditions, proper driver ergonomics, and other safe vehicle practices. •Incentive programs to encourage vehicle owners to maintain proper care and upkeep of their vehicles such as operable headlights, blinkers, brakes and brake lights, and seasonal tires . •When purchasing new vehicles for the KPB and partner cities vehicle fleet, ensure that vehicles with optimal safety features are selected. These can include hazard warning notification, safety automations, and back up cameras. 20XX 9SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Safe Speeds Promotes safer speeds in all roadway environments through a combination of thoughtful, equitable, context-appropriate roadway design, appropriate speed-limits, targeted education, outreach campaigns and enforcement. •Develop a policy for active monitoring for speed enforcement. •As part of the KPB or partner city’s Complete Streets Plan(s), assess current designated road speed and evaluate potential changes based upon proposed compete streets functionality. •Work with local enforcement agencies to advocate for and provide more funding for enforcement of safe speeds throughout KPB. •Develop a boroughwide Speed Management Plan. 20XX 10SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Safe Roads Safe roads aims to design roadway environments to mitigate human mistakes and account for injury tolerances, to encourage safer behaviors, and to facilitate safe travel by the most vulnerable road users. •Develop a KPB Complete Streets Plan. •Partner cities develop Complete Streets Plans. •Revaluate street design guidelines, standards, and Borough code to prioritize and support the SSA and Complete Streets principles. •Seek implementation funding for projects identified in the KPB CSAP including federal grant funding such as the SS4A program. •Create design policies to ensure design that supports complete streets in new developments and subdivisions within KPB. •Create design policies that require connections between new developments and existing subdivisions whenever possible. •Create new policies centered on consistent, year-round maintenance practices and standards that ensure walkability and safe non-motorized travel within KPB. •Facilitate efficient use of resources dedicated for road maintenance and upkeep through consolidation of Road Service Areas. 20XX 11SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Post Crash Care Post crash care seeks to enhance the survivability of crashes through expedient access to emergency medical care, while creating a safe working environment for vital first responders and preventing secondary crashes through robust traffic incident management. •Coordinate training opportunities for emergency responders involved in post-crash care and crash reporting. •Involve health organizations and safety advocacy groups (non-profits) in the development of rehabilitation programs for people involved in drug and alcohol related crashes. •Work with the state and federal governments to increase funding for emergency services on segments of the road network that are predominantly within federal and state lands. 20XX 12SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Proven Safety Countermeasures 202420XX 13 Known to reduce crashes Selected from FHWA’s Proven Countermeasures Not all strategies are appropriate for every road Not an all-inclusive list Intended to aid decision making during planning and design Incorporating multiple countermeasures will create redundancy in the SSA Address at least 1 safety focus area (listed below) •Speed management •Intersections •Roadway departures •Pedestrians/bicyclists SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Proven Countermeasures SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 14SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Proven Countermeasures SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 15SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Criteria Data Notes Inclusion of Overall HIN 3 Pts- On0 Pts – Off “Yes or no” based on overlap with HIN KSI Crashes (Crash Density)3 Pts - Highest2 Pts – Middle1 Pt – Lowest0 Pts – No KSI Crashes Currently, segments include midblock crashes only, intersection use interactions crashes only. Equity Index Score 3 Pts – Value0 Pts – No Value Score percentile of National Tool Community Feedback Score 3 Pts – More than Three2 Pts – Two Points1Pt – One Point0 Pt – No Points Community feedback data Proximity to Vulnerable Road User Destinations 3 Pts – More than Three2 Pts – Two points1 Pt – One Point0 Pts – No Points Based on nearby transit, school, and park destinations within ¼ mile. Scoring Criteria for Priority Project Locations 2024 16SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Steps to Identify Final Project Locations SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 17 1. Scored Segments 2.Compared to AKDOT STIP projects 3.Removed redundant projects 4. Included at least 1 road segment in each of the 5 partner cities regardless of scoring Identified the 20 top scoring segments 20XX 18 20 Priority Locations Each with recommended countermeasures: •Low •Medium and •High-cost SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 20XX 19 Priority 17 – Seward Highway SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 20XX 20 Priority 7 – Seward Highway SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 20XX 21 Priority 6 – Sterling Highway SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 20XX 22 Priority 1 – Kenai Spur Highway SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 Next Steps SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 DRAFT KBP Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (Public Review) - (April 1, 2025 thorough April 30, 2025) Upcoming Public Meetings •City/APC Presentations - (April) Upcoming Special Meetings •Steering Committee Meeting 7 – (mid-May) DRAFT KPB Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (For Adoption) •KPB Planning Commission – June 9, 2025 •KPB Assembly – June 17, 2025 23 How to Review the Draft Plan and Provide Comments SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 24 •Visit the project website and download the draft plan; and Submit your comments through the project website OR •Request a paper copy from the KPB Planning Department; and Submit your comments through the project website or via paper form to KPB Planning Department To review the Draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan •Visit the Website https://www.kpb.us/safestreets SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan 2025 25 Thank you Beth McKibben Email address: bmckibben@rmconsult.com Website: http://kpb-ss4a-comprehensive-safety-plan-kpb.hub.arcgis.com 2025 26