Pedsafe Countermeasure Selection Guide

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Pedsafe Countermeasure Selection Guide

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• Charlie Zegeer
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
• UNC Highway Safety Research Center

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Miami-Dade County
Pedestrian Safety Demo Project
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Pedestrian Strategies
Objective 1 - Reduce Vehicle Speed

• Implement Road Narrowing Measures
• Install Traffic Calming Road Sections
• Install Traffic Calming Intersection
• Provide School Route Improvements

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Pedestrian Strategies
Objective 2 - Improve Sight Distance and/or
Visibility Between Motor Vehicles Pedestrians

• Implement Lighting/Crosswalk Illumination
  Measures
• Provide Crosswalk Enhancements
• Improve Reflectorization/Conspicuity of
  Pedestrians

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First car stops for pedestrian, but too close,
masking visibility for driver in 2nd lane
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Advance Stop Bar helps prevent Multiple Threat
crash
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Problem Car 1 stops to let pedestrian cross car
1 masks car 2, which doesnt stop, hits
pedestrian at high speed.
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Advance Stop Bar helps prevent Multiple Threat
crash
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Solution place advance stop bar, so car 1 stops
further back car 1 no longer masks car 2, which
can be seen by pedestrian.
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Pedestrian Strategies
Objective 3 - Reduce Pedestrian Exposure to
Vehicular Traffic

• Provide Vehicle Restriction/Diversion Measures
• Construct Pedestrian Refuge Islands Raised
  Medians
• Install or Upgrade Traffic Pedestrian Signals
• Provide Sidewalk/Walkways Curb Ramps
• Install Overpass/Underpass

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Pedestrian Strategies
Objective Design Safer Intersections

• Provide Traffic signal options
• Test innovative signal strategies

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On some multi-lane roads, traffic and pedestrian
signals are needed to better accommodate ped.
crossings
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Pedestrian countdown signals
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New animated eyes feature
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Tucson HAWK Signal
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Pedestrian Strategies
Objective Separate pedestrians from motor
vehicle traffic

• Provide well-designed sidewalks and walkways
• Provide grade separation

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Pedestrian Strategies
Objective 4 - Improve Pedestrian and Motorist
Safety Awareness and Behavior

• Provide Education, Outreach, and Training
• Implement Enforcement Campaigns

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High-Crash Zones
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Education Children
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Education Transit Riders
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Education The Elderly
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Enforcement
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Engineering
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Results Pedestrian Fatalities and Injuries