Oregon Traffic Safety Performance Plan
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OREGON TRAFFIC SAFETY PERFORMANCE PLAN Fiscal Year 2021 Highway Safety Plan ODOT/TSD is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to our programs, services, activities. This publication can be made available in alternate format on request by calling (503) 986-4188 or via the Oregon Relay Service at 7-1-1 or e-mail: [email protected]. OREGON TRAFFIC SAFETY PERFORMANCE PLAN Fiscal Year 2021 Highway Safety Plan Produced: June 2020 Transportation Safety Division Oregon Department of Transportation 4040 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE, MS 3 Salem, Oregon 97302 Table of Contents Forward ......................................................................................................... 1 Document Purpose ........................................................................................ 2 Process Description ....................................................................................... 3 Overview of Highway Safety Planning Process ............................................. 7 Acronyms and Definitions .............................................................................. 9 Performance Goals ...................................................................................... 13 Statewide ..................................................................................................... 23 Aging Road Users ........................................................................................ 27 Bike and Pedestrian (Non-Motorized) .......................................................... 31 Community Traffic Safety ............................................................................ 35 Driver Education and Behavior .................................................................... 41 Emergency Medical Services ...................................................................... 45 Highway Safety Improvement Program ....................................................... 47 Impaired Driving (Drug and Alcohol) ............................................................ 51 Judicial Outreach ......................................................................................... 55 Motorcycle Safety ........................................................................................ 57 Occupant Protection (Adult and Child Passenger Safety) ............................ 61 Police Traffic Services ................................................................................. 65 Region 1 ...................................................................................................... 69 Region 2 ...................................................................................................... 73 Region 3 ...................................................................................................... 77 Region 4 ...................................................................................................... 81 Region 5 ...................................................................................................... 85 Roadway Safety ........................................................................................... 89 Safe and Courteous Driving (includes Distracted Driving) ........................... 91 Safe Routes to School ................................................................................. 93 Speed .......................................................................................................... 97 Traffic Records .......................................................................................... 101 Vehicle Safety Equipment Standards ........................................................ 105 Work Zone Safety ...................................................................................... 109 2021 Project Funding Narratives by Program Area ................................... 111 2021 Anticipated Revenues Summary ....................................................... 134 2021 Anticipated Revenues by Program Area ........................................... 135 Highway Safety Plan .................................................................................. 136 NHTSA CARES Act Waiver Notice ............................................................ 137 Foreword This performance plan has been prepared to provide documentation that supports Oregon’s 2021 program plan for highway safety (HSP). The 2021 Performance Plan will be presented for approval to the Oregon Transportation Safety Committee (OTSC) on April 29, 2020 and request approval by the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) on May 26, 2020. The majority of the projects will occur from October 2020 through September 2021. The process for identification of problems, establishing performance goals, and developing programs and projects to meet those goals is detailed on page 3. A detailed flow chart of the grant program planning process is offered on page 7, Overview of Highway Safety Planning Process. Each program area page consists of five different parts. 1. A link to the Transportation Safety Action Plan (TSAP) outlining how ODOT-TSD is addressing the long range strategies for Oregon. 2. Problem statements for each topical area. 3. Data visualizations reflecting the latest information available and providing previous year averages where available. 4. Goal statements for the year 2025 (5-yr TSAP); performance measure targets for 2021 (annual HSP). 5. Individual project summaries are listed by topical area and include the funding source at the end of the document. The dollar amounts provided are federal dollars, with state and other funding sources contained in [brackets.] Throughout the 2021 fiscal year the following funds are anticipated (financial figures represent the latest grant and match revenues available through April 20, 2020): Federal funds: $13,870,188 State/local match: [$ 6,355,000] Grand Total $20,255,188 Copies of this performance plan are available and may be requested by contacting the Transportation Safety Division at (503) 986-4188. 1 Document Purpose This document is Oregon’s annual application for federal NHTSA Highway Safety grant funding, which meets the requirements of 23 CFR 1300 Title 23 Part 1300. The plan represents a one-year look into the 2021 transportation safety program and the NHTSA funds managed by the ODOT-Transportation Safety Division. In addition, every year an Annual Evaluation report is completed that explains what funds were actually spent and how ODOT- TSD fared on its annual performance measures (December). TSD always looks forward to a successful program where many transportation crashes are avoided and the fatality and injury toll is dramatically reduced. Each and every day, Oregon’s goal is zero fatalities. 2 Process Description The following is a summary of the current process by the Transportation Safety Division (TSD) for the planning and implementation of its grant programs and projects. The performance plan is based on a complete and detailed problem analysis prior to the selection of grant projects. A broad spectrum of agencies at state and local levels and special interest groups are involved in problem identification, setting performance measure targets, and project implementation. In addition, federal grants are awarded to TSD directly (on behalf of the State) that it can in turn award contracts to private agencies, or manage multiple sub-grant projects. Self-awarded TSD grants help supplement basic programs to provide more effective statewide services involving a variety of agencies and groups working within traffic safety programs that are usually not eligible for direct grant funds. HSP 2021 planning began with problem analysis by Transportation Safety Division staff, the Oregon Transportation Safety Committee (OTSC), and partner agencies and groups January 28, 2020. A state-level analysis was completed, using the most recent FARS data available (2017 data) as well as any preliminary 2018 data. The data is directly linked to performance goals and proposed projects for the coming year, and is included in the project objectives (not all of the reviewed data is published in the Performance Plan). Performance goals for each program are established by TSD Program Managers, taking into consideration partner input and data sources that are reliable, readily available, and reasonable as representing outcomes of the program. TSD Programs and their projects are designed to impact problems identified through the process described above. TSD and its partner agencies work together in providing continuous follow-up to these efforts throughout the year, adjusting plans or projects in response to evaluation and feedback as feasible. The 2020 national COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting the ability of Oregon law enforcement agencies to conduct enforcement of traffic laws as they respond to higher priorities and follow their agency’s guidance; this national emergency is unprecedented, so it’s hard to anticipate the results of the 2020 plan implemented last October. Highly visible enforcement (HVE) is a strong countermeasure to infractions of the law by drivers and other roadway users, thus helping to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. Without maintaining the same (or higher) level of performance achieved from Oregon’s law enforcement agencies with their 2019 grant awards, there is much concern for the unintended consequences the COVID-19 pandemic may cause for the 2021 plan and into the immediate future.