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Comprehensive Plan <br />'Dnanisperlation Hie ment <br />cirashes n stilting in fbitallilic s hats also remainc c constant (<I% cifl aill (iraishes), this ir.ic irate s that no <br />increase in the scveriq ciflorashes tas cicicurred in Indian River County. <br />NMhile overall] cirash rales have remaincc cionstalnt in Indian River Coungll in the paist dcciadc, the <br />number cifI interseclicans with fivc cir more crashes has incireaised ovcir time. This is ncit, however, <br />ncccissarily indicatives cifla wcarseaning saifeity situatican. Raatf ear, it is to be axpciatod That thea number of <br />carashes will incareaso, given receant growth in population, travel, anc thea number of new intc rsections <br />that rcasult from ncaw roac wary caonstrucaticir. . A betllcar ir.idication cafl saftaty can to c atarmir.ied by <br />caxarriining cavarall carash rates arc thca seaverity ofIcarashcas, a tochriquca utilized :in thca X1351 Floricaa <br />11ransportation Plain. <br />It shcauld be noted that safl:aty on many of thca major corridors in thca caount)l has imprcavad <br />draamaticaally caspiile a significarat incraasca in tiaffia. TT. is caan be atllril:wic tca tta fact 1hall FUGII aand <br />tta aount)l roulincly undertake a numter of safbt)l improvcament� in tta caourse of rcaadway widening <br />prcjecats. For axampka, part of the dualine car.i US] amd SR (Cl car.i be attributed tca FUOTI's saf iq <br />managemcant techniqueas, ir.ialuicing 1he installatican of mast arm signadizalion aand backlit stiecat <br />icantificaallion signs; access manaagerrieant improvcmenu, includin€ tta install iticm of ccar.ater medians; <br />arid thea use cafl ITS leahrcalogies (ir.ialucing fiber optic caablles, traffic cameras, and whita. <br />car.ifbrccmcant lights;. As more inftarrnafion on 1he efftactivcnass of FDIOT's lecahniqucas is attained, <br />some car all of lhesca improvements may to inccarflorailed intra tte aountyl's roacway cosign and saaf iq <br />procaedureas. <br />In the future, the aount)l shcauld rcavicaw and revisea its regul iticar.is and ado now regullations, whcarea <br />warrantud, that provide ftar devalcapar-prcavidec safety imprcverrieants at inlerseeations anc projecl <br />car.atranaes. In additican, the (icaunty stcauld adapt a ccamprehensive plan policy to evaluato and provica <br />for now wohn:iques in its deparlmcar.atal opcarations. Dxaampleas of such tocahnigtcis include installing <br />camera monitoring at unsaf& interse(Ccans; paarl:iaiparting in staltcaw'ce 1T1S 'raitiativcas suicah acs the. <br />"5111" 'r.ifcarmaticar.ial systclm; caplca}ling while caraforcemearat lights at maajor iratcarseactions; careatin€ a <br />subccammittee cflthc MPO to accress safeq arae opcarational issues; and imprcaving tho visibillit)l of <br />signage and traff'ca caontrcl c ov icaes. <br />At thea stato lcavel, thea Fllcarida Tlransportation Alara caontalins a.nurritar of tcohn'cluos applicablca lo <br />Indian River Ccatinty, includ:irg thca adoption cif laonstrucat:icara and incident not'ficaation sNslems and <br />car.igincaearing tcchniques Thal prcamotc saftaty and discaraagca aggressive driving (sucat as raisead (ionter <br />tri eadiaans and accaess m ane€ cirri cant techniques). 11t ese anc other tcacli ques havca beaen appl icac in <br />Indian River Ccit iraty during rcacnl FD011 construction projects on US 1, SR 60, anc Indian River <br />Boulevarc . <br />In addilion to level of scrvucc, the CountN alsca cacaras'cars saf iq whcar.i pricarit4rig intarsoction <br />improvements. 'logettor with the intarscatioras listcad above, other intersections will to <br />cacansiderad as cars idatas for imprcavemenls based on tt a aar.inuial crash data cacallcacatcac . <br />Mlulti-Jurisdi ati or.i Transportation Impacl mothodollcagy A sscassmcar 1 <br />With'n all] six of 1he jur'sd'cat'cans in Inc ian Rivcar County, ccampliance with adcaplad rcaadway <br />Ieavel cflsarvicae stalracards is mcaraitorcac through local cacanaurrenoN managerrieant systems. 'Ill of <br />Community Devel c pm(nt De pawl m enl Indian River County 7-1 <br />AAAENDIIN A — Trar.ispor anti or.i A mane m ents <br />