Local Road Safety Plan
Fort Bragg City Council Meeting
April 25, 2022
Purpose of this meeting
• Present Local Roadway Safety Plan
• Seek Council comments and feedback
• Seek Council approval
What is Local Roadway Safety Plan ?
• Overarching Goals:
• To reduce fatalities and severe injuries (F+SI) on the City’s roadways and intersections • To identify, analyze and prioritize safety improvements on local roads • A required document to be eligible for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant funding • Considers Engineering and Non-engineering Strategies
• 4 E’s of Traffic Safety: Education, Enforcement, Engineering and Emergency Medical Services Project Status and Milestones
Data Collection Collision Trend
Analysis
Identification of
High-Risk
Locations
Identify Emphasis
Areas
Develop
Countermeasures
Toolbox
Cost-Estimates
and BCR LRSP Report Develop Safety
Projects
1st Stakeholder Meeting
– June 17,2021
2nd Stakeholder Meeting
Community
Outreach
through
Website
and
Interactive
Council Map Input
Adoption
HSIP Grant
Application
Analysis Findings
• 548 collisions between
2015-2019
• 5 fatal and severe injury
(F+SI collisions)
• 1 killed and 78 injured
Fatal
0.2%
Severe
Injury
1%
Visible
Injury
4%
Complaint
of Pain
9%
Property
Damage
Only (PDO)
86%
110
121
101
113
103
0 20
40 60
80 100
120
140
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
F+SI Property Damage Only (PDO) Total
High-Injury Intersections
ID Intersection Total F+SI EPDO Score
Collisions
1 Redwood Ave and Route
1/S Main St 5 1 171
2 Oak St and Route 1/S Main
St 2 1 165
3 Boat Yard Dr and Route 20 1 1 165
4 Pine St and Route 1/ S
Main St 1 1 165
5 South St and Route 1/S
Main St 1 1 165
6 Boat Yard Drive and Route
1/ S Main St 3 0 28
7 Route 1 and Route 20 3 0 23
8 Cypress St and Route 1/ S
Main St 3 0 18
High-Injury Corridors
ID Corridors Total F+SI Length (miles) EPDO Score
Collisions
A
Main St/Route 1: Jane
Ln to Highway 20/ Fort
Bragg Willits Rd
29 1 3.6 383
B
Highway 20/ Fort Bragg
Willits Rd: Route 1 to
South Harbor Dr
1 1 0.1 165
C
Redwood Ave: West
Terminus to North
Whipple St
5 0 0.3 35
D Franklin St: Laurel St to
E Chestnut St 3 0 0.6 23
E
Fort Bragg Sherrwood
Rd: California Way to
Dana St
1 0 0.2 11
F River Dr/ Kempe Way:
South St to Cypress St 1 0 0.3 11
Outreach Effort
• Map Input Responses
21 comments
• Survey Period – March
2021 – September 31,
2021
Top Emphasis Areas
• Intersection Safety
• Collisions within 250 feet of intersections
• Pedestrian Safety
• Vehicle-Pedestrian collisions
• Pedestrian right-of-way violations
• Pedestrian violations
• Improper Turning Collisions
• Route 1 Collisions
• Alley Way Collisions
E-Strategies
4E’s of
Transportation
Safety
Engineering
Education
Enforcement
Emergency
Medical
Services
Signalized Intersection Improvements
Improve Signal Hardware
Install raised median on approaches Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) Install Pedestrian Countdown Convert Signal to Mast Arm Install raised pavement markers Unsignalized Intersection Improvements
Install Signals Install/upgrade larger or additional stop signs or other intersection warning/regulatory
signs
Upgrade intersection
pavement markings
Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing at
uncontrolled locations
Install Rectangular Rapid Flashing
Beacon (RRFB)
Install right turn lane
Roadway Segment Improvements
Install/Upgrade signs with new fluorescent Install sidewalk/pathway sheeting (regulatory or warning)
Install/upgrade pedestrian crossing
(with enhanced safety features)
Install raised pedestrian crossing
Install dynamic/variable speed
warning signs
Non Engineering Strategies
• Education
• Conduct public information and education campaign for intersection safety laws, unsafe speeds, distracted driving, improper turning and driving under the influence. • Conduct bicycle and pedestrian safety campaigns and outreach to raise their awareness of bicycle and pedestrian safety needs through media outlets, social media and Bike and Walk Mendocino. Update pamphlet for crosswalk safety and bicycle safety for Fort Bragg every 3-5 years • Enforcement
• Targeted enforcement at high-risk locations.
• Increase the number of personnel who have completed Advanced Roadside impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) training
• EMS
• Install emergency vehicle pre-emption systems
• Increase the number of EMS/fire control personnel taking Traffic Incident Management Training Viable Safety Projects
• Project #1: Systemic Improvements at Signalized
Intersections including improve signal timing,
raised pavement markers and striping and
addition of Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
• Project #2: Pedestrian Improvements at
Unsignalized Intersections, including addition of
warning and regulatory signs, enhanced safety
features, and RRFB’s
• Project #3: Roadway Segment Improvements
including upgrading signs with new fluorescent
sheeting, dynamic/variable speed warning signs
and enhanced pedestrian safety features.
• Project #4: Segment lighting and installation of
sidewalks
• Project #5: Pedestrian set-aside to upgrade
pedestrian crossing with enhanced safety
features
Evaluate
countermeasures
Continue
monitoring highrisk locations
Implementation
Approve
LRSP
Implement
countermeasures
under Estrategies
Monitor high-risk
locations
Analyze
performance
measure
Discuss with
safety partners
Evaluate number
of collisions
Update LRSP + every 2-5 years
Successful reduction in the
number of collisions
No reduction in the
number of collisions
THANK YOU