tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8378304489234178710..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Road Funding, Project Lists, and Road Fatalities at the MPO YesterdaySalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-43301040178931471102015-01-29T07:15:10.550-08:002015-01-29T07:15:10.550-08:00Regarding crash data: 5-year rolling averages of f...Regarding crash data: 5-year rolling averages of fatalities and serious injuries (both number and rate) will be required under proposed FHWA rules. These are totals and not broken down by mode.<br /><br />This will be reported by all the state DOTs and each of the MPOs in the country.<br /><br />We (SKATS) will expand on the reporting to include non-fatal/non-serious injury crashes and property damage only crashes (as we do now) and break the data out by mode (motorized vehicle, bike, ped).<br /><br />RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-47445409045997873202015-01-28T21:08:45.446-08:002015-01-28T21:08:45.446-08:00Yes, that's exactly how we baseline to an aver...Yes, that's exactly how we baseline to an average and acceptable level of death! <br /><br />The dead aren't someone's parent or child, they're just data points.<br /><br />Thanks for the headsup.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-2123892606159078662015-01-28T19:59:04.813-08:002015-01-28T19:59:04.813-08:00This is going to be in tomorrow's newspaper. W...This is going to be in tomorrow's newspaper. We are "in line with the national average":<br /><br />"On a larger scale, the state of Oregon is in line with the national average for pedestrian deaths, according data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in May 2014.<br /><br />Lou Torres, a public affairs specialist for ODOT, said that there were 31 urban pedestrian fatalities and 17 rural pedestrian fatalities in Oregon in 2014 which was similar to 2013 when there were 37 urban and 15 rural.<br /><br />“If you look at our history of fatalities, there has been a gradual decline over the last 25 years both nationally and in Oregon,” Torres said. “There was a low point in 2009 and we have seen an increase since.”"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-19354261343097658342015-01-28T19:45:17.397-08:002015-01-28T19:45:17.397-08:00By email SKATS staff send some comments (with addi...By email SKATS staff send some comments (with additional comment here in parens):<br /><br />- A quibble regarding the "wish list" projects in Chapter Five: The unfunded projects actually in Chapter Five are those "those projects with funding reasonably anticipated over the next 20 years" and then there will be a <i>true</i> "wish list" of projects whose funding is not reasonably anticipated published in an appendix titled "Illustrative Projects," which is not out yet.<br /><br />(While this is a meaningful distinction for staff and insiders, for interested citizens an unfunded project is still an unfunded project. For our perspective here it still counts as an item on a "wish list." I appreciate the clarification, but I think there are functional differences that depend on one's perspective. So not to say that one is right and the other wrong, but that the nomenclature here is definitely a matter of perspective.)<br /><br />- The 2013 crash reports will be <a href="http://www.mwvcog.org:8080/2/document-folder/data-and-reports/collision-information" rel="nofollow">published along with ones from 2007 - 2012 here</a>.<br /><br />(It would be nice to see them rolled up; a 7 year slice is going to offer a much better sample than a 1 year slice.)<br /><br />- Once the Technical and Policy Committees complete their review, a public review draft will be released and a formal process for review and comment announced. Look for this in the Spring.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.com