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Toll Facility Safety Study Report to Congress Inventory of Roadway Elements (MMIRE), that will identify the importance of roadway inventory and traffic data for safety programs and will define what critical roadway data variables are required in order to take advantage of current and future cutting-edge analytical tools and resources. 5 The study team recommends that toll operators voluntarily participate in MMIRE data collection activities to have this data available for their own safety analyses, as well as national safety analyses. As for the injury data, although the written descriptions included with the injury data made it easier for the study team to determine the various characteristics of the injury, the study team recommends that similar, consistent data be collected across agencies if national trends and comparisons are of interest. The study team recommends that the following data should be collected as a minimum for all workplace injuries occurring in the vicinity of toll plazas: Location. Date. Time. Involvement of a vehicle. Injury. Causes. Body parts affected. 5 For more information about MMIRE, contact the FHWA Office of Safety Research and Development or the FHWA Office of Safety. Findings – Characteristics of Accidents and Injuries Occurring at Toll Plazas Page 18
Toll Facility Safety Study Report to Congress 4 Findings – Factors Affecting Safety at Toll Plazas Through in-person and telephone interviews, the team gathered information regarding the key factors that can affect safety at toll plazas. This section presents these safety issues – and for each safety issue presents mitigation strategies that have been successfully used across the country. The findings are organized according to four categories. The first two categories focus directly on the issues called for in the legislation: Design of toll facilities - this includes the effect of design or construction of the facilities on the likelihood of vehicle collisions with the facilities; the safety of crosswalks used by toll collectors in transit to and from toll booths; the use of warning devices, such as vibration and rumble strips, to alert drivers approaching the facilities; and the use of traffic control arms in the vicinity of the facilities. Enforcement practices – this includes the extent of the enforcement of speed limits in the vicinity of the facilities; the use of cameras to record traffic violations in the vicinity of the facilities; and law enforcement practices and jurisdictional issues that affect safety in the vicinity of the facilities. The final two categories present additional information that was uncovered during this study that is still very relevant to the topic of highway safety at toll plazas, but that does not directly address the requirements of the legislation: Maintenance practices – this includes strategies focused on reducing the occurrence of incidents and injuries related to maintenance activities in and around toll plazas. Human factors issues – this includes strategies focused on reducing the incidence of vehicles stopping or backing up in high-speed lanes, mitigating sensory overload, and mitigating driver inattention. Beyond these four categories, the study also uncovered information about other safety challenges at toll plazas that are not highway-related – such as ergonomics, worker exposure to the environment, and worker risk of assault. These additional findings are presented in Appendix F. In addition to this, information on workshop participants’ thoughts on all of the strategies (both those presented here and those presented in Appendix F) can be found in Appendix H. 4.1 Design of Toll Facilities This section presents information regarding ways in which toll agencies have responded to safety issues at toll plazas through design. This section includes a discussion of: The effect of design or construction of the facilities on the likelihood of vehicle collisions with the facilities. The safety of crosswalks used by toll collectors in transit to and from toll booths. The use of warning devices, such as vibration and rumble strips, to alert drivers approaching the facilities. The use of traffic control arms in the vicinity of the facilities. Findings – Factors Affecting Safety at Toll Plazas Page 19
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