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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
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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)