2EC963E5441AD5B287258A12006FBF0E Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM BICYCLE COLORADO & AAA ON ROAD DEATHSINTERIM COMMITTEE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEEDate Aug 21, 2023 Location Old State Library Presentation from Bicycle Colorado & AAA on Road Deaths - Committee Discussion Only Attachment Tag File Name http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/9BC465D8FE4F...$File/AttachmentHBicycleCO.pdf?OpenElement AttachmentHBicycleCO.pdf 02:23:54 PM Rachel Hultin, Director of Policy and Government Affairs for Bicycle Colorado, provided information about road and traffic injuries and deaths for those not traveling in a car (Attachment H). She talked about the goals of Bicycle Colorado. Ms. Hultin shared the federal definition of a vulnerable road user, including pedestrians, bicyclists, other cyclists, and a person in a personal conveyance. She mentioned that the definition is used for federal assessments and funding. 02:25:55 PM Ms. Hultin provided statistics about pedestrian crashes and deaths and mentioned that last year was the deadliest year for road users, especially those traveling on foot. She said that 36 percent of fatalities occurred outside of a vehicle and included vulnerable road users and motorcylists. She talked about contributing factors to an uptick in fatalities and injuries, including more vulnerable road users, dangerous road designs, heavier and faster vehicles, insufficient funding, and road user behavior. 02:27:49 PM Ms. Hultin shared that dangerous road design can contribute to accidents, since roads are often designed to handle a maximum volume of cars at a particular time. She indicated that when there is less traffic on roads outside of a high volume time, cars may drive faster since there are fewer cars. 02:29:29 PM She stated that vehicle speed and weight, insufficient funding, and road user behavior are also contributing to deaths and accidents for vulnerable road users. She talked about how speeds are set and about the field of vision being less on larger cars. 02:31:20 PM Ms. Hultin outlined the safe sytems approach, which focuses on human mistakes and human vulnerabilities in design. She said that redundancies are worked into the system to protect everyone. She mentioned that due to our accident and fatality numbers, 15 percent of federal funds must be spent on road users. Ms. Hultin said that funding is being spent on bike lanes, improved crossings, and slowing speeds. Ms. Hultin outlined several efforts to address increased fatalaties and injuries for vulnerable road users, including shift driving, road user assessments, and a safety transportation program. She said that shift driving is an education program in partnership with CDOT to change driver behavior. Ms. Hultin talked about a road user assessment that identifies who, when, where, and vulnerable road users are being killed. She said that with this information funding may be directed to those areas or situations. Ms. Hultin also talked about the state's safety transportation program that sets engineering principles to direct funding using data engineering systems.