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Home My WebLink AboutA001 - Council Action Form dated March 25, 2025ITEM #:8 DATE:03-25-25 DEPT:AAMPO SUBJECT:TARGET YEAR FOR ACHIEVING ZERO FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE ACTION FORM BACKGROUND: The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program was established in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) with the primary purpose to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through safety action plan development, refinement, and implementation focused on all users. On December 13, 2023, the AAMPO was awarded $100,000 in SS4A planning & demonstration grant funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the creation of a comprehensive safety action plan (CSAP). The AAMPO has been developing its CSAP in coordination with its 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) update, including shared data collection and public engagement efforts (see Attachment A for presentation slides introducing the CSAP and highlighting its components and anticipated timeline) The anticipated adoption date of the CSAP is September 23, 2025. One required component of the CSAP specified by the SS4A grant program is a leadership commitment and goal setting as follows: An official public commitment (e.g., resolution, policy, ordinance) by a high-ranking official and/or governing body (e.g., Mayor, City Council, Tribal Council, metropolitan planning organization [MPO], Policy Board) to an eventual goal of zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries. The commitment must include a goal and timeline for eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries achieved through one, or both, of the following: (1) the target date for achieving zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries, OR (2) an ambitious percentage reduction of roadway fatalities and serious injuries by a specific date with an eventual goal of eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries. At its meeting on March 13, 2025, the Transportation Technical Committee, which is comprised of technical staff from all the MPO's member agencies, discussed and arrived at a recommendation as to what target year would be appropriate for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the current AAMPO planning area. Using a balance of regional crash data trends, anticipated future funding available to implement safety-focused projects and initiatives, and a desire to establish a target year that was both ambitious and attainable as well as in alignment with the planning horizon year of the 2050 MTP, Ames Connect 2050 , the technical committee unanimously recommended that 2050 would be the most appropriate target year. 1 ALTERNATIVES: 1. Set 2050 as the target year for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the AAMPO's current planning area. 2. Set an alternative year as the target year for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the AAMPO's current planning area. MPO DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Transportation Technical Committee, which is comprised of technical staff from all the MPO's member agencies, unanimously recommended setting 2050 as the target year for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes based on a balance of regional crash data trends, anticipated future funding available to implement safety-focused projects and initiatives, and a desire to establish a target year that was both ambitious and attainable as well as in alignment with the planning horizon year of Ames Connect 2050. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the MPO Executive Director that the Transportation Policy Committee adopt Alternative No. 1, as noted. ATTACHMENT(S): Attachment A - CSAP Presentation.pdf 2 AMES CSAP Policy Committee Informational Presentation 3 WHAT IS A CSAP AND SS4A? CSAP Comprehensive Safety Action Plan SS4A Safe Streets and Roads for All Leadership Commitment & Goal Setting Equity Considerations Planning Structure Policy & Process Changes Safety Analysis Strategy & Project Selections Engagement & Collaboration Progress & Transparency 4 WHY DOES IT MATTER? AAMPO Traffic crash statistics from 2017 to 2023 98 SERIOUS INJURIES 30 CYCLIST CRASHES 29 PEDESTRIAN CRASHES 11 FATALITIES 22 IMPAIRMENT CRASHES 158 YOUNG DRIVER CRASHES 5 HOW WILL WE GET THERE? •Multimodal travelers •Engineers •Planners •Educators •Maintenance •Law Enforcement •EMS/Hospitals 6 MAJOR PROJECTS Highest-Ranking | Project Details I Capital Improvement Plan HOW WILL WE GET THERE? 7 MAJOR PROJECTS Highest-Ranking | Project Details I Capital Improvement Plan HOW WILL WE GET THERE? SYSTEMIC PROJECTS Low-Cost Strategies | Minimal Investment but Noticeable Improvements Countermeasures 8 MAJOR PROJECTS Highest-Ranking | Project Details I Capital Improvement Plan HOW WILL WE GET THERE? SYSTEMIC PROJECTS Low-Cost Strategies | Minimal Investment but Noticeable Improvements Countermeasures POLICY STRATEGIES Behavior Modification I Proactive Prevention I Policy Change I Best Practices 9 WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? SPEED MANAGEMENT •Appropriate speed limits for all road users •Variable speed limits •Speed safety cameras ? 10 WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? NON-MOTORIST SAFETY •Bicycle lanes •Leading pedestrian interval •Pedestrian hybrid beacons •Road diets (roadway configuration) •Crosswalk Visibility •Medians and pedestrian refugee islands in urban suburban areas •Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) •Walkways 11 WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? INTERSECTIONS •Backplates with retroreflective boarders •Dedicated left-and-right-turn lanes at intersections •Roundabouts •Yellow change intervals •Corridor access management •Reduced left-turn conflict intersections •Systematic application of multiple low- cost countermeasures at stop- controlled intersections 12 WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? CROSSCUTTING •Lighting •Pavement friction management •Local road safety plans •Road safety audit 13 WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? ROADWAY DEPARTURE •Enhanced delineation for horizontal, curves •Longitudinal rumble strips and stripes on two-lane roads •Median barriers •Roadside design improvements at curves •Wider edge liners •SafetyEdge SM 14 Draft Results Safety Analysis Policy & Process Review WHAT IS OUR PROGRESS? 15 Progressing Public & Stakeholder Input WHAT IS OUR PROGRESS? Draft Results Safety Analysis Policy & Process Review Regular Technical Committee Input Equity Considerations Target Year Setting 16 Progressing Public & Stakeholder Input WHAT IS OUR PROGRESS? Draft Results Safety Analysis Regular Technical Committee Input Equity Considerations Target Year Setting Still to Come Policy & Process Recommendations Future Annual Progress Reporting Technical Committee Handover of Actions Leadership Adoption of Plan Public & Stakeholder Plan Review Strategy & Project Selections Policy & Process Review 17 WHAT IS THE PLANNING STRUCTURE? SHORT TERM Approval of CSAP work products LONG TERM Action plan implementors of projects and strategies EXISTING FIRST MAJOR ACTION AAMPO Technical Committee will serve as the planning structure Proposed adoption of a target year of 2050 to reach zero deaths and serious injuries SS4A Taskforce 18 TARGET YEAR SETTING Requires a 4% reduction average annual reduction 19 WHAT IS LEADERSHIP’S ROLE? •Be a safety champion – You have a unique platform to encourage safe driver behaviors •Commit to a Goal of Zero Deaths and Serious Injuries by 2050 •Adopt the Plan in September 2025 •Support funding of priority projects identified by this community plan 20 QUESTIONS 21