Common use of Safety Study Clause in Contracts

Safety Study. The Traffic Operations office is responsible for reducing crashes through the implementation of engineering countermeasures. Therefore, the study’s goal is to develop traffic operational strategies to enhance safety, while minimizing impact, if any, on traffic flow. As part of this assignment, the Consultant shall complete the following tasks consistent with the procedures and guidelines outlined in the FDOT MUTS Manual, MUTCD, HSIP and AASHTO: 1. Collect data relevant to the study location, example: a. Crash data b. Hard copies of police reports c. High crash listing d. Aerial photographs e. Field inventory f. Lighting levels (if night time crashes are the object of the study) g. Other relevant data 2. Summarize the latest 3-year crash data by preparing crash summary tables 3. Review hard copies and: a. Prepare collision diagrams b. Ensure that there are no discrepancies between the police reports, the crash data, and the summary tables 4. Identify significant crash patterns 5. Conduct AM and/or PM peak hour field reviews to assess the existing safety and operational conditions 6. Develop engineering countermeasures to reduce number of crashes and/or the severity of the crash patterns identified while attempting to minimize any negative impact on operations. 7. Present findings at pre-Safety Review Committee meeting (pre-SRC) 8. Revise recommendations, if necessary, based on the input from the pre-SRC meeting and conduct a more detailed safety analysis based on the findings from steps 4 and 6. The findings from step 4 and 6 should not limit the reach of this detailed safety analysis. 9. Assess the constructability of the proposed improvements 10. Prepare an existing condition sketch based on the MUTS Manual 11. When impacts on operations are unavoidable, conduct an operational analysis of the existing and proposed conditions. The operational analysis shall be made using the most recent version of a traffic analysis software package approved by the project manager. The Consultant shall choose the software package based on the software’s ability to analyze the situation under consideration. The following software packages are considered as approved for general analysis: a. Signal 2000: Approved for analysis of single/isolated intersections