Traffic Engineering Section Overview

At the November 21, 2024 BPAC meeting, Brian Sukkar and Joe Wang from the Traffic Engineering Section, Safe Streets Division of OakDOT provided an overview of their section’s work programs including:

An excerpt is below, followed by the full presentation.

Traffic Safety Request Program

We receive between 800 and 1,200 requests for new traffic safety improvements each year.
We continue to monitor and respond to every request we receive.
We try to find synergy pointing requests to existing projects, for example if a project is in the design stage or recently constructed, we connect residents to the project manager so their concerns can be addressed.
We also connect residents with existing relevant programs, for example if they request speed bumps or cite concerns about speeding on their street, we perform an evaluation of whether the block may qualify and share an application with them from our Speed Bump program.
While we continue to resolve numerous requests from the above effort, detailed investigations for requests not fitting into existing projects/programs have been limited due to staffing capacity constraints and prioritization of other programs and projects. For perspective, looking one year back from Wednesday, 11/20/2024, we received 1,101 requests and investigated 217.

Rapid Response Program

A Rapid Response may be activated for traffic crashes resulting in pedestrian or bicyclist fatalities, or severe injuries to pedestrians or bicyclists who are youth or seniors. A Rapid Response may be activated for additional crashes based on the individual circumstances of a crash.
Investigation: Engineering staff will conduct site visits and review already available data, plans, and policies to make recommendations for improvements including maintenance treatments or new construction.
In 2023, we had 26 rapid response investigations.
In 2024 to date, we have had 15 rapid response investigations underway or complete.