Lec 34, Ch.5, pp.164-170: Pedestrian facilities (Objectives)

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Lec 34, Ch.5, pp.164-170 Pedestrian facilities
(Objectives)

• Understand the number of accidents involving
  pedestrians is significantly high
• Learn the types of pedestrian accidents
• Learn where pedestrian accidents take place and
  who are vulnerable
• Know what types of countermeasures are used to
  improve pedestrian safety

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What we discuss in class today

• Pedestrian related accidents, recent statistics
• Types of pedestrian accidents and locations of
  high pedestrian accidents
• Countermeasures to improve pedestrian safety
• Ways to improve pedestrian safety
• Traffic calming in residential areas
• Bicycle facilities

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Pedestrian accidents in 2000
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Reduction in pedestrian accidents Almost 16
down in 2001 since1991
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Who are most vulnerable?
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Who are most vulnerable? (cont.)
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Time of day young pedestrian fatalities
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Alcohol involvement
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Types of pedestrian accidents (Tab. 5.15)
Dart-out (1st half) 24
Dart-out (2nd half) 10
Midblock dash 8
Intersection dash 13
Vehicle turn-merge with attention conflict 4
Turning vehicle 5
Multiple threat 3
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Types of pedestrian accidents (Tab. 5.15) (cont)
Bus-stop related 2
Vendor-ice cream truck 2
Disabled vehicle-related 1
Result of vehicle-vehicle crash 3
Trapped 1
Walking along roadway 1
Other 23
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How to improve pedestrian safety
Education
3Es of Traffic Safety
Enforcement
Engineering

• Principal geometric design elements we can use
  to enhance pedestrian safety

• Sidewalks
• Overpasses or tunnels
• Raised islands
• Auto-free shopping streets
• Neighborhood traffic control

• Curb cuts and ramps
• Shoulders paved and wide
• Crosswalks

to control speed and through traffic
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Pedestrians Heaven or Pedestrian District
Ginza Blvd, Tokyo

• Ginza Douri (Ginza Blvd) becomes a
  pedestrian-only street Saturday and Sunday
  afternoons for about 6 hours.

My suggestion to SLC Make Main St between 100
So. and 600 So. of SLC a pedestrians heaven on
Saturdays from, say, noon to 500 PM, rather than
try to catch jay walkers.
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Traffic calming measures (1)
Chokers
Road closures
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Traffic calming measures (2)
Speed bumps
Roundabouts
Entryways
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Bike facilities
NYC Subway
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Provo/Orems new bike facility (Opened early 2002)
Class I Bike path in this section
Class II Bike lane in this section
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Perils of bicyclists
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Pedestrians and bikes
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Bicycle advocates
Are you a bicycle lover? If you want to know what
other cyclists are doing, visit
http//www.transalt.org
Williamsburg Br. Bike Path