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CDOT Safety Grants Webinar Carol Gould, Occupant Protection Program Manager Lenore C. Bates, Colorado Safe Routes to School Program Manager Lorann Stallones, MPH, PhD, FACE, Professor, Colorado State University Slide 2 Office of Transportation Safety (OTS) Traffic Safety Programs PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS SAVING LIVES Slide 3 MISSION STATEMENT To reduce the incidence and severity of motor vehicle crashes and the human and economic loss associated with motor vehicle crashes. Slide 4 In support of this mission, the OTS offers grants for programs, projects, services, and strategies that are intended to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries resulting from traffic crashes on Colorado roads. Slide 5 Eligibility Colorado state agencies Federally recognized tribal governments Cities, counties and their sub-agencies For Profit entities Non-profit entities with existing IRS 501 (c) (3) status Slide 6 Application Process Approximately $3.0 million projected to be available, with award amounts typically ranging from $10,000 - $250,000. Contracts run on federal fiscal year cycle: October 1 through September 30 Slide 7 Application Process Match (Cash or In-Kind) must equal a minimum of 25% of the total project cost CDOT funds grants on a "cost reimbursement basis only Application cycle begins May 2011 - http://www.coloradodot.info/business/grants/ safetygrants Slide 8 NHTSA Performance Measures The proposed project must impact at least one of the following performance measures: C-1. Reduce the number of traffic fatalities Number of traffic fatalities in 2008: 548 C-2. Reduce the number of serious injuries in traffic crashes Number of serious injuries in traffic crashes in 2005: 4,1810 Slide 9 NHTSA Performance Measures C-3. Reduce the fatalities per Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Total fatalities per Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in 2008 : 1.15 Urban fatalities per Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in 2008 :.78 Rural fatalities per Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in 2008: 1.89 Slide 10 NHTSA Performance Measures C-4. Reduce the number of unrestrained passenger vehicle occupant fatalities, all seat positions Number of unrestrained passenger vehicle occupant fatalities in 2008 : 173 C-5. Reduce the number of fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of.08 and above Number of fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of.08 and above in 2008 : 173 Slide 11 NHTSA Performance Measures C-6. Reduce the number of speeding-related fatalities Number of speeding-related fatalities in 2008 : 210 C-7. Reduce the number of motorcyclist fatalities Number of motorcyclist fatalities in 2008 : 98 C-8. Reduce the number of unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities Number of unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities in 2008: 68 Slide 12 NHTSA Performance Measures C-9. Reduce the number of drivers age 20 or younger involved in fatal crashes Number of drivers age 20 or younger involved in fatal crashes in 2008: 87 C-10. Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities Number of pedestrian fatalities in 2008 : 44 B-1. Increase the observed seat belt use for passenger vehicles Observed seat belt rate for passenger vehicles in 2010: 82.9% Slide 13 Available Data and Resources 2009 Fatal Data - FARS County by County fatality data Seat Belt Surveys 2010 Colorado Problem ID NHTSA Countermeasures that Work http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/safety-data-sources- information Slide 14 Uniform Minimum Standards for Prevention Programs Developed by the Colorado Prevention Leadership Council in accordance with state statute Adopted across five state departments in 2004 Intended to guide best-practice approaches for prevention programs and services Incorporated in state-issued RFPs and RFAs for prevention programs for children and youth Slide 15 Uniform Minimum Standards Clear Statement of the Issue/Need(s) to be Addressed Focus on Contributing Factors Intended outcomes Evidence-based Programs/Services Services and Target Population Specified Evaluation Agency Capacity Collaboration Slide 16 Uniform Minimum Standards Assessment Tool Identifies core competencies for each standard Assists local prevention providers in assessing strengths and opportunities for improvement Slide 17 Uniform Minimum Standards Assessment Tool Identifies specific, targeted training and technical assistance needs Identifies areas of excellence www.colorado.gov/plc click on Resource tab to download the UMS Assessment Tool Slide 18 Contact Information Impaired Driving Prevention and Motorcycle Safety Programs: Glenn Davis 303-757-9462 glenn.davis@dot.state.co.us Occupant Protection Programs: Carol Gould 303-757-9648 carol.gould@dot.state.co.us Law Enforcement Coordinator: Captain Bruce W. Sheetz 303-757-9463 Bruce.sheetz@dot.state.co.us Slide 19 Colorados Approach to Safe Routes to School Lenore C. Bates (303) 757-9088 SRTS@dot.state.co.us Slide 20 August 2005, SAFETEA-LU was passed. This law designated $612 million in Federal transportation funds, distributed through each States Department of Transportation to: enable and encourage children to walk and bicycle to school; improve the safety of children walking and bicycling to school; and facilitate projects and activities that will reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution near schools. Slide 21 Elements of Safe Routes to School programs Evaluation Encouragement Education Enforcement Engineering Slide 22 Safe Routes to School Programs are part of the solution to improve unsafe walking and biking conditions to increase physical activity to improve poor air quality by reducing vehicle emissions to create walking and bicycling options for an array of needs to reduce transportation costs for schools Slide 23 Fewer kids are biking and walking More parents are driving 1969 2009 48% walked13% walked 12% driven44% driven (U.S. DOT, 2008) Slide 24 Parents driving Parents driving their children to school account for 20%-25% of morning rush hour traffic. (Parisi Associates; Melbourne Department of Infrastructure) Slide 25 The consequences of this Slide 26 instead of this can be alarming. Slide 27 School siting issues: A generation ago Small (average of 127 students)* Located in community centers 42% of kids walked or biked to school** (*EPA, 2003; **1969 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey) Slide 28 School siting issues: Today Mega-schools (average 538 students) 44% of secondary schools have 1500+ students Schools located on 10 to 30+ acres fringe land Lowest-cost construction (U.S. Department of Education, 2005-2006) Slide 29 Slide 30 School Arrival and Departure Modes Slide 31 More social interaction Increased independence Increased physical activity Improved pedestrian skills Community design Less reliance on automobile Decreased neighborhood/ school traffic Reduced fear of crime Many reasons to do a Safe Routes to School program Connected to many issues Slide 32 Colorados Program 107 Projects/411 Schools Crossing Guard Program SRTS Curriculum Walk to School SRTS State Network Art by Tony Ortega & design by Phil Normand Slide 33 Community success stories Slide 34 Central Elementary School, Commerce City, CO New facilities needed to guide children to cross at crosswalk Slide 35 Central Elementary School, Commerce City, CO Partnerships between transportation, health, police, and school Slide 36 Student Population: 635 students Free/Reduced Lunch students: 83 percent Located in Commerce City, CO Federal funds awarded: $100,689.22 Awarded 2006 for infrastructure (includes $3,500 component for education) Results: Approximately fifty percent of the children crossed outside of the crosswalk before improvements Continue re-teaching using communication tools such as the Principals Parent newsletters. Walking increased by approximately 10% Central Elementary Slide 37 Public Works, Loveland, CO Improving transportation around schools Slide 38 Number of Schools:3 Student Population: 1,145 Free/Reduced Lunch students: 34.8 percent avg. Located in Loveland, CO Funds awarded: $5,800 in 2008 for education and encouragement $74,040 in 2008 for infrastructure Results: Increases: 4% riding, 2% walking, 1% school-pooling and decrease in personal vehicle by 7% Reached 4,000 families through outreach Partnerships SafeKids, LiveWell Loveland (CanDo), etc Loveland Public Works Slide 39 Public Health, Teller County, CO Healthy, active kids make better learners. Slide 40 Number of Schools:3 schools Free/Reduced Lunch students: 24 - 62 percent Student Population: 1,089 Located in Cripple Creek and Woodland Park, CO Federal funds awarded: $13,581 Awarded 2007 for education and encouragement Results: Speed limit reduced in Woodland Park35 to 30 mph Sidewalk improvements around schools - provided by the City of Cripple Creek and Woodland Park RE2 Bike and Hike successful now held annually Teller County Public Health Slide 41 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 20 mph 30 mph40 mph UK Department of Transportation Death No Injury Injury Fatalities based on speed of vehicle A pedestrians chance of death if hit by a motor vehicle Slide 42 Southern Ute Community Action Program (SUCAP), Ignacio, CO Improving health is a community goal Slide 43 Number of Schools:4 schools Free/Reduced Lunch students: 60 percent avg. Student Population: 605 Located in Ignacio, CO Federal funds awarded: $13,377 Awarded 2008 for education and encouragement $15,000 Awarded 2009 for education and encouragement Results: Student Participation in spite of inclement weather Summer Walking & Riding so it is the norm Increase in biking & helmet use SUCAP Slide 44 Case study: Bear Creek Elementary, Boulder, CO A car-free commute changes habits of entire families Slide 45 Student Population: 365 students Original Percentage of walkers/bikers: 41 percent Current Percentage: 70 percent and growing! Federal funds awarded: $ 36,101 Awarded 2008; Shared among 3 schools $ 73,000 Awarded 2007; Shared among 6 schools (Education & Encouragement) $154,000 Awarded 2009 to City of Boulder to retrofit an intersection Results: 2007-2008 school year: 30 percent reduction in cars and corresponding traffic congestion during the 2007-2008 school year September 2008: students accrued 4,800 miles from 6,600 Car-Free Commute trips in one month Bear Creek Elementarys Car-Free Commute Program Slide 46 How do you start a SRTS program? Form a committee: Identify key people with SRTS interests (safety, activity, community); Look for existing groups (safety task force, wellness committee); and Hold a kick-off meeting. http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/guide/steps/i ndex.cfmhttp://www.saferoutesinfo.org/guide/steps/i ndex.cfm Slide 47 Continue forming a SRTS program Gather Information, Identify Issues with CDOT School Zone Traffic Safety Evaluation; NCSRTS Student Talley & Parent Survey; and Walkability and Bikeability Checklists. Slide 48 Include the five Es in the program Identify Specific Solutions to Address the Issues Identified in the Previous Step; Make a Plan; Funding (Federal, State, County, City, Private, and Charitable Organizations); and Just Do It! Slide 49 Safe Routes to School Applications Non-Infrastructure (Education) $3,500 min Infrastructure (Capital) $50,000 min; $250,000 max Now Available at www.coloradodot.info www.coloradodot.info Due 12/3/2010, 4 p.m. Slide 50 Application Information Eligible Entities Pre- and Post-Evaluations Cover Sheet Contact Information Sheet Application Checklist Other Person Proofread Slide 51 Application Information Tell Us About Your Project Solutions Audiences What are the Problems Identified through sources School Demographics Timeline Slide 52 Application Information Who are Your Partners Help with Application Roles & Responsibilities Evaluation/Measurement Talley & Survey Other Tools Budget Slide 53 Thank you! SRTS@dot.state.co.us saferoutesinfo.org Slide 54 Lorann Stallones, MPH, PhD Director, Colorado Injury Control Research Center Colorado State University Slide 55 Systematic, visual way to present and understand the relationships between the resources you have to operate a program, the activities planned, and the changes or results you hope to achieve. Helps to focus attention on your planned work and your intended results. Provides a framework to ensure your activities are linked to your intended long term outcome. This model provides a road map of your program, highlighting how it is expected to work, what activities need to come before others, and how desired outcomes are achieved. Slide 56 Resources/ Inputs OutputsOutcomes What we have Needs Plans Strategies Resources Data about the problem addressed What we do Convene Create Advocate Train Educate Products of program activities Types of services Levels of services Target populations to receive services Short term Awareness Knowledge Attitudes Skills Motivations Intentions Medium term Behaviors Policies Services Systems Norms Long term Reduced disease and death Activities Generic Logic Model Impact Certain resources are needed to operate your program If you have access to them, then you can use them to accomplish your planned activities If you accomplish planned activities, then you will deliver the amount of product/service you intended If you accomplish planned activities as intended, then your participants will benefit in certain ways If benefits to participants are achieved, then certain changes in communities might be expected to occur Slide 57 Resources/ Inputs OutputsOutcomes What we have High number of traffic deaths among young drivers Community coalition to address the problem (e.g. DriveSmart Funding from CDOT What we do Engage local high school in program Develop training materials for students Deliver training program Conduct informational meetings with parents Products of activities Number of schools recruited Number of training programs developed Number of high school students receiving training Number of programs delivered to parents, number of parents attending programs Short term Awareness increased among school personnel Knowledge of safe behaviors increased among students Attitudes of students and parents toward reducing crashes and injuries changed Long term Reduce the number of deaths from crashes, injuries and deaths among young drivers Activities Logic Model-Office of Transportation Safety Impact Goal of the program: Reduce the number of young drivers crashing, suffering from serious injuries and dying. Slide 58 Resources/ Inputs OutputsOutcomes What we have High number of pedestrian/traffic injuries in the community Police department School District Local radio station Funding from CDOT What we do Develop a radio campaign about school zones and safe motorist behavior Post radio campaign to local websites Conduct radio listener survey Conduct observational studies around school zones before and after the campaign Products of activities Number of radio spots delivered during study Number of downloads from the website Number of interviews conducted with radio listeners Number of observations of safe and unsafe behaviors in school zones during the campaign Short term Knowledge of safe behaviors increased among radio listeners Medium term Fewer violations of safety laws in school zones after the campaign Long term Reduce the number of pedestrian/traffic injuries near school zones Activities Logic Model-Safe Routes to School Impact Goal of the program: Increase safe behavior of drivers in and around school zones. Slide 59 http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/resources/2010/Logic- Model-Development-Guide.aspx http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/resources/2010/Logic- Model-Development-Guide.aspx http://www.cdc.gov/eval/resources.htm http://www.cdc.gov/eval/resources.htm Slide 60 Lorann Stallones, MPH, PhD Director, Colorado Injury Control Research Center Colorado State University Slide 61 http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/cohid/ http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/cohid/ The Colorado Health Information Dataset (CoHID) allows access to local-level health data compiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to help users determine the health status of a neighborhood, community, county, or region in Colorado. Death data since 1990 by county and zip code. Dataset DetailsDataset Details Population estimates from the Demography Section of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government since 1990 by county. Dataset DetailsDataset Details Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for Colorado adults 18 years or older for the most recent available years. Dataset DetailsDataset Details Injury hospitalization data for Colorado residents 1995 through the most recent available year. Dataset DetailsDataset Details Slide 62 http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/seatbelts- carseats/surveys http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/seatbelts- carseats/surveys 2010 CDOT Teen Seat Belt Survey 2009 CDOT Teen Seat Belt Study 2009 Child Restraint Juvenile Seat Belt Survey 2009 RETAC Seat Belt Survey 2009 Statewide Seat Belt Survey Slide 63 http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/ncsa/fars.html http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/ncsa/fars.html FARS contains data on all fatal traffic crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The data system was conceived, designed, and developed by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) to assist the traffic safety community in identifying traffic safety problems, developing and implementing vehicle and driver countermeasures, and evaluating motor vehicle safety standards and highway safety initiatives. Data on fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes are gathered from the state's own source documents, and are coded on standard FARS forms. The analysts obtain the documents needed to complete the FARS forms, which generally include some or all of the following: Police Accident Reports (PARS) State vehicle registration files State driver licensing files State Highway Department data Vital Statistics Death certificates Coroner/Medical examiner reports Hospital medical records Emergency medical service reports Slide 64 http://www.nhtsa.gov/ http://www.nhtsa.gov/ Special Crash Investigations (SCI) National Driver Register (NDR) State Data Program & CODES Linking Up Crash Data - The State Data Program (SDP) supports NHTSAs efforts to identify traffic safety problems, help develop and implement vehicle and driver countermeasures, evaluate motor vehicle standards, and to study crash avoidance issues, crashworthiness issues, and regulations. Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes remain a major public health problem. These injuries cause unnecessary burden of increased taxes and insurance premiums. They can be prevented, or reduced, but only if we understand their type, severity and cost in relation to the characteristics of the crash, vehicles, and persons involved. Crash data alone do not indicate the injury problem in terms of the medical and financial consequences. By linking crash, vehicle, and behavior characteristics to their specific medical and financial outcomes, we can identify prevention factors. Slide 65 http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ Safe Routes to School programs enable community leaders, schools and parents across the United States to improve safety and encourage more children, including children with disabilities, to safely walk and bicycle to school. In the process, programs are working to reduce traffic congestion and improve health and the environment, making communities more livable for everyone. http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/data/ http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/data/ This page is the one-stop place for all the National Centers resources related to data collection and evaluation. The links provided here direct users to resources for collecting, entering, and using Safe Routes to School (SRTS) data. Slide 66 http://www.coloradodot.info/library/traffic/traffic- manuals-guidelines/safety-crash-data/fatal- crash-data-city-county http://www.coloradodot.info/library/traffic/traffic- manuals-guidelines/safety-crash-data/fatal- crash-data-city-county CDOT website has extensive information on crashes and fatalities that you can explore. Slide 67 Questions?