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The Council’s long range plan discusses safety of travel in the region and shows tables that allow for comparisons of the eight counties. Problems associated with roads and drivers are fully discussed and suggestions are made for improvements. In MoDOT’s Blueprint for Safer Roadways, a very comprehensive examination of roads and drivers is made. This document covers much of the items noted above. Both these reports make suggestion for reducing crashes and their severity including the four “E’s,” Enforcement, Engineering, Education, and Emergency Deployment. All these items and the referenced material noted is considered an important part of this chapter and this report. In summary, it appears the number of crashes, their severity, and crash rates on roads in St. Charles County is slightly higher than in other parts of the region and the state. The roads that handle the highest volumes and have the most crashes are maintained by MoDOT. Yet, many such as I-70, do not have high crash rates and are considered quite safe for the volume of traffic that they carry. It may be that the County ranks higher than the region or state as a result of its increased population and fast growth. Road and street improvements, except for some major high cost MoDOT projects, seem to have kept up with this growth, although the County’s Ten year Plan contains a large number of yet to be completed projects. It would seem that some combinations of the above factors are the reason for the higher crash rates. C. Railroad Safety Railroad safety has been considered for two categories of railroad traffic in the County. The first is the safety of railroad crossings with roads and the second is safety on the railroad lines themselves. For road crossings, they involve at-grade crossings of roads maintained by MoDOT, the County, and some cities. A number of crossings are grade separated by bridges (such as the recently completed T.R. Hughes bridge over the Norfolk Southern) and with rare exception, have no crash related experiences. MoDOT’s Multi modal Division gathers crash data for all railroad crossings and all injuries and deaths on railroad lines and has provided the data for this section. In addition, they monitor and approve requests for state funding for railroad crossing improvements. On the railroad lines there are incidents that involve trains and railroad employees or trains with pedestrians. Train and pedestrian incidents, in addition to crossing incidents, are reported by the railroads to MoDOT and are included in MoDOT’s data. In St. Charles County there are two railroads with current traffic over railroad lines, the BNSF and the Norfolk Southern. The BNSF runs from West Alton west along the northern part of the County close to the Mississippi River and then north into Lincoln County. It has 26 public crossings with state and county roads and 34 private crossings in close proximity to the river. There are also three grade separations. It has experienced no crashes in the last four years at these crossings. The Norfolk Southern runs just north of I-70, from the Missouri River west to Wentzville, where it crosses over I-70 and runs into Warren County. It has 34 public at-grade crossings and 21 private crossings and has experienced three crashes during the last four years, no fatalities but two injuries. There are also 14 grade separations. 80
Overall the number of safety incidents in St. Charles County was quite low. In comparison to other counties, St. Charles County has proportionally more signalized crossings than most other counties because of its increasing population. When safety improvements are needed, MoDOT evaluates all crossings in the state using a formula that takes into account the number and speed of trains that pass an at-grade crossing, the time of the crossings, any applicable sight distance problems, and the amount and speed of traffic on the road. It then determines which crossings in the state should receive the limited amount of federal and state funding which is available each year. In some cases, the state, in conjunction with cities and counties and other public and private entities, will contribute to the costs of building bridges over railroads to completely eliminate an at-grade crossing, thereby permanently eliminating the potential for future crashes. D. Airport Safety The two airports in the County, Smartt Airport and St. Charles Municipal Airport, routinely provide improvements for safety. They take the form of maintaining the existing facility and keeping all systems operating properly. Additionally, improvements to the runways, striping, and taxiway markings, are made. Airfield lighting improvements, and other similar upgrades also improve airport safety. The airports may also make major improvements that are safety related that would also enhance operational safety, such as runway extensions and additional or improved instrument approaches. Funding is provided by applying for Federal and State grants for such improvements. Improvements to Smartt Airport generally are considered of a higher priority since it is the designated reliever airport and is equipped for instrument landing. Safety at both airports has not been an issue and aircraft incidents are quite infrequent if not absent. 81
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THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY TRANSPORTATI
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C. Present Land Use Basic inputs in
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Interstate highways serve traffic w
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other uses as well. They generally
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Table 4 Average Daily Traffic Volum
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U.S. 67 is a four-lane expressway t
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Figure 4 Year 2004 Average Daily Tr
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APPENDIX B 2030 TRAFFIC VOLUME FORE
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