Hawaii

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Hawaii

• Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
• October 9, 2007

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Hawaii SHSPThe Agenda

• The Infrastructure
• The Strategy
• The Beginning
• The First Summit
• Emphasis Areas
• Work Group Meetings
• SHSP Major Strategies
• Report Back Summit
• Next Steps
• The Journey Continues

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Hawaii SHSPThe Infrastructure

• Initiated in 2006
• Core Committee of 30 people representing various
  (state, county, federal) agencies and community
  partners
• Executive team of 10 people representing
• DOT
• DOH
• FHWA
• Police

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Hawaii SHSPThe Strategy

• Selected four champions to present the final SHSP
  plan to the Governor
• DOT Deputy Brennon Morioka, PhD
• Asst Chief Bryan Wauke (HPD)
• Formerly headed the Traffic Division
• Chief of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and
  Injury Prevention program, Linda Rosen, MD
• Director North Hawaii Outcomes Project (NHOP)
  Sharon Vitousek, MD
• A non-profit organization dedicated to decreasing
  deaths and injuries on the Big Island)

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Hawaii SHSPThe Strategy (continued)

• Hawaii opted for a different track from most
  other states
• Wanted to develop a SHSP plan first
• Deliver it to the Governor by the SHSP major
  champions
• Have the Governor lead the collaborative effort
  with all major stake holders (mayors, chiefs of
  police, departmental heads) to effectuate change
  for a safer Hawaii

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Hawaii SHSPThe Beginning

• SHSP Kick-Off Summit on January 10, 2007

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Hawaii SHSPThe First Summit

• 155 people in attendance
• Lt. Governor provided opening remarks
• Successful, high energy Summit

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Hawaii SHSPThe Seven Emphasis Areas

• Supported by Hawaii fatal (FARS) data
• Aggressive Driving
• Impaired Driving
• Occupant Protection
• Pedestrian Bicycle Safety
• Motorcycle Moped Safety
• Roadway Design
• Data Management Systems

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 1 Aggressive
Driving

• EA 1 Aggressive Driving
• Major contributor to traffic crashes between
  2001-2005
• Speed is the leading factor in traffic crashes in
  2006
• Challenge reduce speeding and other forms of
  aggressive driving

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 2 Impaired Driving

• EA 2 Impaired Driving
• Hawaii is currently ranked first in the of
  alcohol-related traffic crashes in the nation
• Challenge lower number of alcohol and drug
  related traffic crashes

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 3 Occupant
Protection

• EA 3 Occupant Protection
• Only 41.4 of fatal vehicle passengers were
  wearing seat belts in 2006
• Challenge persuade every occupant in a vehicle
  to wear their seat belts and those with small
  children to use child safety seats

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 4 Pedestrian
Bicycle Safety

• EA 4 Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
• Fifth highest pedestrian fatality rate and second
  highest fatality rate for bicyclist between
  2001-2005
• Challenge take steps to make roads and
  intersections safe for pedestrians and bicyclists

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 5 Motorcycle
Moped Safety

• EA 5 Motorcycle and Moped Safety
• Motorcyclist and moped fatalities have been
  rising from 2001 to 2005
• Challenge reduce the number of motorcycle and
  moped crashes

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 6 Roadway Design

• EA 6 Roadway Design
• Head-on collisions, running off the road and
  crashes at intersections sre the most common
  types of crashes
• Challenge employ roadway engineering design
  strategies to help make the road more forgiving

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Hawaii SHSPEmphasis Area 7 Data
Management Systems

• EA 7 Data and Management Systems
• Overarching and essential strategy to reduce
  traffic crashes
• Challenge to develop and implement a
  comprehensive SMS that gives decision makers and
  those who manage and maintain local roadways the
  tools to systematically identify, prioritize,
  correct and evaluate performance of their
  transportation safety investments

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Hawaii SHSPWork Group Meetings

• Emphasis Area groups met in Feb 2007 and Mar 2007
  to evaluate and determine strategies for the
  seven focus areas
• Hundreds of strategies were developed
• Core Committee prioritized the strategies and
  pared to 100 plus
• DOT, DOH, FHWA and LTAP and the Highway Safety
  office co-authored the SHSP

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SHSP - Major Strategies EA 1 Putting the
Brakes on Aggressive Driving

• Define aggressive driving and seek more stringent
  penalties and driving restrictions to deter and
  curb aggressive driving
• Increase participation and effectiveness of the
  Hawaii graduated drivers education program with
  greater emphasis on behavior and attitude issues
• Encourage police departments to establish
  aggressive driving as an enforcement priority

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SHSP - Major Strategies EA 1 Putting the
Brakes on Aggressive Driving (Continued)

• Improve traffic flow by using Intelligent
  Transportation System technologies such as
  synchronization of lights to reduce stress and
  frustration on the road
• Use crash data to identify high-risk locations in
  order to direct resources in enforcement,
  education and engineering

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 2 Combating Impaired
Driving

• Continue high-visibility sobriety checkpoints and
  media campaign
• Develop a Statewide DUI Task Force to increase
  focus on alcohol and drug strategies that include
  implementation and evaluation phases
• Set up DUI court within Judiciary to provide a
  systematic and coordinated approach to
  prosecuting, sentencing, monitoring and treating
  DUI offenders

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 2 Combating Impaired
Driving (cont)

• Provide specialized training for police,
  prosecutors and judiciary to keep up with latest
  trends and legal issues
• Urge police departments to adopt a mandatory
  blood draw policy for serious vehicular crashes
• Utilize Ignition Interlocks to prevent drinking
  and driving by DUI offenders

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 3 Protecting Vehicle
Occupants

• Ban passengers from riding in the back of pick-up
  trucks
• Consider sharing revenue from fines with the
  counties to be used for enforcement and to create
  a special fund to continue occupant protection
  programs
• Enhance penalties including community service to
  reach the 5 percent of motorist who do not wear
  seat belts

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 3 Protecting Vehicle
Occupants (cont)

• Develop a statewide occupant protection task
  force to meet regularly to ensure a comprehensive
  statewide program
• Work closely with rental car agencies to
  distribute information about Hawaiis seat belt
  and child safety seat laws

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 4 Safeguarding
Pedestrians and Bicyclists

• Provide funding for law enforcement to address
  the current shortage of personnel
• Increase the use of advanced technology to
  improve roadway safety for all users (i.e. red
  light-running cameras)
• Support a multi-sector, multi-disciplinary
  coalition to advance bicycle and pedestrian safety

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 4 Safeguarding
Pedestrians and Bicyclists (cont)

• Identify and prioritize bike and pedestrian
  facilities requiring upgrades and improvements in
  accordance with Bike Plan Hawaii 2003 and AASHTO
  guidelines, and begin phased implementation
• Improve data collection systems to facilitate
  creation and dissemination of a standardized data
  set to track bicycle and pedestrian activity,
  level of use, injuries and fatalities

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 5 Ensuring
Motorcycle Moped Safety

• Enact a universal helmet law
• Increase penalties for high-risk riders
  (impaired, unlicensed, speeding), as they are
  involved in a disproportionately high number of
  crashes and fatalities
• Develop public information programs to encourage
  sharing of the road and how to drive safely
  around motorcycles and mopeds

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 5 Ensuring Motorcycle
Moped Safety (cont)

• Encourage inexperienced riders to participate in
  training before going out on the roadways
• Create a motorcycle and moped safety
  clearinghouse web site to increase access to
  information and spread awareness

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 6 Building Safer
Roadways

• Install mill rumble strips in centerline and
  shoulders of roadways
• Implement Road Safety Audits to find deficiencies
  and corrective measures
• Incorporate design in roadway for traffic calming
  such as Bulb Outs, Roundabouts, Center Islands,
  etc.

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 7 Improving Data
Safety Management Systems

• Improve data and information to facilitate and
  track progress in each of the other emphasis
  areas
• Use crash data sources to identify high-risk
  locations in order to improve effective
  allocation of resources by engineering,
  enforcement, EMS, and education
• develop an accessible crash database and use a
  standardized motor vehicle crash form
• Gain leadership long-term commitment to improve
  data and safety management systems

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 7 Improving Data
Safety Management Systems (cont)

• Improve traffic safety data to be more timely,
  accessible, integrated, complete and useable
• Identify organizations and leaders responsible
  for improvement
• Inventory and assess existing databases
• Determine safety partners data and information
  needs
• Improve the process to turn data into useful
  information
• Analysis, display, communication and distribution

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SHSP Major Strategies EA 7 Improving Data
Safety Management Systems (cont)

• Improve integrated Safety Management Systems
• Identify an individual or organization to take
  the lead
• Strengthen the culture of collaboration
• Resolve data liability issues
• Resolve road jurisdictional issues
• Obtain funding needed to improve data,
  information flow and develop an effective SMS

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Hawaii SHSPReport Back Summit

• SHSP Report Back Summit was held on August 29,
  2007
• Approximately 115 people attended the summit
• Lt. Governor provided the opening remarks

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Hawaii SHSPReport Back Summit (cont)

• Director of Transportation Barry Fukunaga
• Director of Health Chiyome Fukino
• HPD Assistant Chief Bryan Wauke
• MADD Executive Director Leah Marx
• AARP President Barbara Stanton
• All the speakers provided support for the SHSP
  and explained how it would affect their agencies.

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Hawaii SHSPThe Next Steps

• The four champions will meet with the Governor in
  October 2007 to discuss the SHSP and their
  support of the plan and to formally ask for her
  support
• Core Committee to meet to develop action steps
  to move the SHSP along
• Core Committee to monitor progress of the SHSP
  and provide an annual report

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Hawaii SHSPThe Journey Continues

• Completion of the SHSP is just the BEGINNING of
  our journey
• The four champions will keep the Governor
  appraised annual of the progress of the SHSP

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