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How Master Plans Can Help Us Reach Vision Zero 111/25/19

How Master Plans Can Help Us Reach Vision ZeroMontgomery Planning 11/25/19

Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board

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What We Do:• Master Planning

• Regulatory Review

• Capital Project Review

• Advocate as agent of change

• Collaborate with agency partners

What We Don’t Do:• Construct Roads, Sidewalks or Bikeways

• Install Traffic Signals or Crosswalks

• Enforce Traffic Laws

Role of the Planning Department

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Presentation Overview

• What is Vision Zero?

• How is Safety Created?

• How Master Plans Can Help Us Reach Vision Zero

• Aspen Hill Vision Zero Study

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• An international effort to achieve ZERO deaths and serious injuries on our roadways due to traffic crashes

• In the United States, it is a response to the approximately 40,000 traffic fatalities annually

What is Vision Zero?

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What is Vision Zero?

Image Credit: Vision Zero Network

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• Reduce conflicts• Designate space for different users

• Provide predictability where users interact

Image Credit: Cooper HewittImage Credit: Alta Planning and DesignImage Credit: Chicago Department of Transportation

Decreasing Crash Frequency

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40 MPH 30 MPH 20 MPH 15 MPH

Driver Field of Vision at Various Speeds

Image Credit: Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

• Increase the ability to yield

Decreasing Crash Frequency

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Image Credit: World Resources Institute

Decreasing Crash Severity

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High Injury Network

Source: Montgomery County Vision Zero Action Plan

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Percent of Severe/Fatal Crashes that are Pedestrians/Bicyclists

Countywide Rural Suburban Urban

Source: County Stat, Montgomery County Planning

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Higher Percentage of house holds that speak English less than very well

Higher Percentage of population that is Hispanic/Latino

Higher Percentage of households below the poverty level

Lower Median Age

11

Source: Montgomery County 2-Year Action Plan

Greater Crash Density in neighborhoods with:

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Profile-Countermeasure PairingsLeft turn conflicts at signals

Weaving in and out of traffic

Excessive Speeding

Leading pedestrian interval

Street redesign

Street redesign and streetscape improvements

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Safety Toolkit – Short term• Relocate school bus stops from high-volume, high-speed roads.

• Reduce speed limits.

• Employ right turn on red restrictions.

• Narrow interior travel lanes to 10 feet and curb lanes to 11 feet on Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue.

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Safety Toolkit – Long term• Implement left turn protection measures.

• Install intersection lighting to enhance visibility at crosswalks.

• Reconfigure or remove channelized right turn lanes to improve safety at Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue.

• Install permanent buffers along the sidewalk by moving the curb on Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue.

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Tool Kit – Mini Case Studies, Data, Regulations, and National Best Practices

Example: Install Speed Cameras to Enforce Speed Limits and Reduce Fatal Crashes (Pages 26-27)

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Website: montgomeryplanning.org/visionzero

montgomeryplanning.org/aspenhillvisionzero

Twitter: @montgomeryplans

Facebook: Facebook.com/montgomeryplanning

Instagram: @montgomeryplanning

Questions | Comments | Connect

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Tool Kit – National Best Practices

Example: Narrow Interior Travel Lanes to 10 Feet and Curb Lanes to 11 Feet on Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue (Pages 46-47)