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Gearing Up for Cycle 2: Lessons Learned from ATP Cycle 1
Tony Dang, Deputy Director
@CaliforniaWalks www.californiawalks.org
Our Mission
California Walks is the statewide voice for pedestrian safety & healthy, walkable communities for people of all ages & abilities.
Our Network
27 dedicated local walk advocacy groups & GROWING!
Reviewing ATP Cycle 1
o Top 25% of awarded projects in Statewide component
o Top 50% of awarded projects in Small Urban/Rural component
o Evaluated for common themes and model responses
Top Applications
Common Themes Overall
o Leveraged prior planning efforts (big & small!) to maximize engagement
o Broad stakeholder support
o Corridor or multi-site interventions
o Strong partnerships between agencies (public works, public health, law enforcement, etc.) & with community groups, academic institutions, etc.
Top Applications
Common Themes Overall
o Effectively visualized needs related to project
Increasing Mode Share
Common Themes
o Data-driven analysis & estimates – Manual/automated counts, student tallies,
parent surveys, etc.
o Clearly explained assumptions & sources
o Accounted for pre- & post- evaluation
Increasing Mode Share
Pomona, CA
Increasing Mode Share
Pomona, CA
Increasing Mode Share
Vista, CA
o Conducted manual counts, student tallies, and traffic speed surveys leading up to application; used WHO Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) to calculate benefits
Increasing Mode Share
Vista, CA
o Committed to monitoring pedestrian counts post project for 2 cycles of city’s traffic monitoring program
Increasing Mode Share
Oakland, CA
Increasing Mode Share
Resources
o NCHRP Report No. 797, Guidebook on Pedestrian & Bicycle Volume Data Collection
o NCHRP Report No. 770, Estimating Bicycling & Walking for Planning & Project Development
o NCHRP Report No. 552, Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities
o FHWA Non-motorized Transportation Pilot Program
o Review methodologies of awarded projects
Improving Safety
Common Themes
o Leveraged publicly available data sources (TIMS, SRTS Collision Viewer, OTS Collision Rankings)
o Documented community concerns (qualitative findings from workshops, surveys; photos, media stories, etc.)
Improving Safety
Jurupa Valley, CA
o Provided quantitative AND qualitative data: – “Concerned parents, school district staff, and city
and elected officials identified these concerns during a Safe Routes to School survey conducted by the DPH, public workshops by the DPH and Jurupa Unified School District, and walk audits led by the school administrative staff and DPH....43% of parent respondents to the DPH survey stated they have witnessed a child hit or almost hit by a car in the community”
Improving Safety
Paradise, CA
Improving Safety
Common Themes
o Provided analysis of collision data (e.g., Primary Collision Factor, corridors, hot spots, etc.)
o Correlated improvements to crash reduction & effectiveness (Guidance includes Caltrans Local Road Safety Manual, National CMF Clearinghouse, PedSafe, BikeSafe)
Improving Safety
Los Angeles, CA
Improving Safety
Los Angeles, CA
Improving Safety
o SafeTREC Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) & SRTS Map Viewer, tims.berkeley.edu
o Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Collision Rankings, ots.ca.gov/media_and_research/Rankings/
o FHWA PedSafe & BikeSafe Guides, pedbikesafe.org
o Caltrans Local Roadway Safety Manual, 2013 www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LocalPrograms/HSIP/Documents/hsip/CA_SM4LROv11.pdf
o Crash Modification Factors (CMF) Clearinghouse cmfclearinghouse.org
Resources
Community Pedestrian Safety Trainings
A project of the UC Berkeley, Safe Transportation Research & Education Center, funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Contact Tony Dang for more information
Pedestrian/Bicycle/Rural Safety Assesments
E-mail [email protected]
http://www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/services/pedestrian-safety-assessments
Limited number of FREE assessments available each year
Combined Infrastructure/NI
Common Themes
o Infrastructure at selected sites (with highest need) with non-infrastructure available to all or most participating sites
o Non-infrastructure programs addressed long-term sustainability after grant ends
o Non-infrastructure used to inform future infrastructure projects
Combined Infrastructure/NI
Florence-Firestone, CA (LA County) o Strong community-agency partnership
(Florence-Firestone Community Enhancement Team)
o Originally, only an infrastructure application drawing from past planning processes
o Team hosted April 2014 meeting with community where residents identified community education as a priority – Project now includes 2 Year Education/
Encouragement Program in English and Spanish; leverages volunteers for post-grant sustainability
Combined Infrastructure/NI
Fortuna, CA o Infrastructure at
2 schools prioritized in regional assessment
o Non-infrastructure district-wide, including youth-led SRTS Club
Combined Infrastructure/NI
Winton, CA o Infrastructure
targeted at 1 school, but will serve another nearby elementary school, library, churches, etc.
o Partnerships with Public Health, Law Enforcement & School District for non-infrastructure
Questions? Tony Dang, Deputy Director
[email protected] (510) 507-4943
@CaliforniaWalks www.californiawalks.org