Safety Corridors Mike Quintana New Mexico

Safety Corridors • Mike Quintana, • New Mexico • Department of Transportation, • Traffic Safety Bureau • Alan Ho, • Federal Highway Administration • New Mexico Division

New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Traffic Safety Bureau (TSB) Mission: reduce traffic fatalities & injuries by developing & supporting a comprehensive, multi-strategy approach: Enforcement: Deterrence, Prevention Education: Media, Training Legislation & regulation Data management & analysis.

Reduce Crashes & SAVE LIVES Goal: Reduce crashes and fatalities by 20%, New Mexico, saving 20 to 40 lives/year 12 Safety Corridors 2 per NMDOT district based on crash/fatality data 3 - 5 year history length determined by: data clusters – serious injury and fatality crashes consult with LE - enforceability

Who The 4 E’s • Engineering • Education • Enforcement • Emergency Services

Who Building your team-Possible players • State • Local agencies – New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) – Traffic Safety Bureau (TSB) /Highway Safety Office (HSO) – DPS State police – MTD IRIS van Motor Carrier safety • Federal – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin (FMCSA) – LE • • • City police departments Sherriff’s offices Tribal police – Fire – EMS

Who Building your team-Possible players TOGETHER WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

WHO Crash Fatalities in New Mexico by Age and Sex, 2005

Where • Geographics – 5 th largest state – 121, 355 square miles (316, 332 square km) – Approximately 128, 635 lane miles – Safety corridors about 150 highway miles? – Largely rural • Population less than 2 million statewide

• pilot Where – Limited to 2 per district • 6 NMDOT districts • Length – Other states designate from border to border – NM focus on the high crash sections • Shortest 7 miles • Longest 38 miles • Majority 15 -20 miles • Enforcement input on workable length • Road conditions – weather patterns • Trauma centers • Rural roads

Why • data driven – FATALITIES • HIGH RATE ON RURAL HIGHWAYS • Approximately 70% of NM fatals – Serious injuries – Overall crashes

When • 3 -5 year history • Each runs for at least 3 years • Evaluate crash data • Type of crashes • Time of day • Day of week – When numbers come down move to new location

How – Data Analysis Crashes in Corridors by Year District FY 01 Corridor FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 total Enforcement Began 1 I 10 mp 146 -164 76 76 93 106 85 436 3/1/2004 1 I 10 mp 35 -75 66 74 78 69 64 351 11/26/2003 2 US 82 mp 2 -16 41 50 44 36 28 199 7/1/2002 2 US 70 mp 264302 85 61 83 79 41 349 5/1/2003 3 I 25 mp 206 -225 240 261 273 287 216 1277 12/1/2005 3 I 40 mp 168 -184 130 110 90 117 153 600 12/1/2005 4 I 40 mp 267 -279 39 49 22 30 30 170 12/5/2003 4 US 64 mp 375395 16 12 23 8 19 78 12/10/2003 5 US 64 mp 40 -67 340 334 341 323 401 1739 5/23/2006 5 NM 502 mp 4 -20 77 76 74 79 62 368 11/15/2005 6 I 40 mp 53. 6 -64. 8 55 53 71 50 44 273 3/9/2005 6 US 491 mp 1. 1 -14 116 115 86 34 23 374 3/16/2005 1281 1278 1218 1166 6214 total

Crashes in Corridors by Year Distric t Corridor FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 total 1 I 10 mp 146 -164 76 76 93 106 102 68 521 1 I 10 mp 35 -75 66 74 78 69 70 44 401 2 US 82 mp 2 -16 41 50 44 36 29 36 2 US 70 mp 264 -302 85 61 83 78 42 47 396 3 I 25 mp 213 -225 204 241 256 260 292 295 1548 3 I 40 mp 168 -184 130 110 90 117 184 98 729 4 I 40 mp 267 -279 39 49 22 30 25 22 187 4 US 64 mp 375 -395 16 12 23 8 20 14 93 5 US 64 mp 40 -67 5 NM 502 mp 4 -20 77 76 74 79 83 65 454 6 I 40 mp 53. 6 -64. 8 55 53 71 50 48 23 300 6 US 491 mp 1. 1 -14 53 46 50 33 20 22 224 842 848 884 866 915 734 4355 total 0

How – Graphic Analysis

Crash Map Comparison 6 of 12 have alcohol related crashes

How - Partnerships • • Legislative actions (state or local) Develop guidelines/criteria Develop standard signage plans Districts responsible for signage Funding for enforcement, signage, other corridor needs Enforcement Paid/earned media

How Legislative Double Speeding Fine Zone Authorization New Mexico Statute 66 -7 -301 Speed regulation – A (4) the posted speed limit …as double fine zones… – B (3) to protect workers in construction zones posted as double fine zones or other safety zones posted as double fine zones as designated by NMDOT

How Guidelines/Criteria The Foundation of Program 1. 5 year history of serious injury and fatality crashes 2. 3. 4. 5. in a moving 5 mile stretch Crash Investigation Unit (review of contributing factors) Review of Existing Law Enforcement and Engineering initiatives (what already exists, don’t duplicate) District Engineer review/approval of proposed safety corridor Public awareness campaign (community buy-in)

How Develop standard signage plans • Standard plans – Coordinate with state and federal engineers – Developed in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

How - Enforcement • High Visibility Enforcement – Corridor overtime funding – 100 Days of Summer Campaign

Funding for enforcement, signage, other corridor needs • Overtime wave enforcement – Special overtime funding – NHTSA/State • Signage – Districts – FHWA/State

How Enforcement • Targeted enforcement – Time of day – Day of week – Type of crashes

How Earned Media • Kick Off Events • Community presentations • Radio/TV talks shows • Newspaper articles

How Paid media • TV spots • Radio • Print – Billboards – Bus panels – Flyers

How - Media No such thing as Bad press JUST BECAUSE WE SHOULD!

How - Media No such thing as Bad press • I-25 South, Albuquerque – KOAT Channel 4 – Radio talk shows

Conclusion Reduce Crashes & SAVE LIVES

Questions?

Mike Quintana New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Bureau johnny. quintana@state. nm. us 505 -827 -0491 Alan Ho New Mexico Federal Highway Administration alan. ho@dot. gov 505 -820 -2037