Development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections.

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• Alternative Title:
  Project title: Development of pedestrian safety-based warrants for protected or protected-permissive left-turn control
• Creators:
  Bonneson, James ; Pratt, Michael ; Songchitruksa, Praprut
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway safety
  • Construction and maintenance
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance practices
  • Repairing
  • Roads
  • Traffic safety
  • Transportation safety
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Signalized intersections
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-11/0-6402-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2009-Aug. 2011.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  For intersections with a permissive or protected-permissive left-turn mode, pedestrians cross during the ; permissive period. This operation requires the left-turn driver to yield to both opposing vehicles and ; pedestrians, prior to accepting a gap and completing the turn. Pedestrian crash risks are increased in these ; complicated driving conditions because left-turn drivers sometimes fail to yield to pedestrians. ; This document summarizes the research conducted and the conclusions reached during the development of ; guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections. The guidelines are focused on ; treatments that alleviate conflicts between left-turning vehicles and pedestrians. One treatment addressed in ; the document is the use of protected or protected-permissive left-turn operation. The guidelines are based on ; consideration of pedestrian safety and vehicle operation. These considerations include the road-user costs ; associated with pedestrian-vehicle crashes and vehicle delay. The guidelines were incorporated in the Traffic ; Signal Operations Handbook. The guidelines were also incorporated into a spreadsheet that was developed ; to accompany the Handbook. The Handbook was previously developed for Project 0-5629. It provides ; guidelines for timing traffic control signals at intersections that operate in isolation or as part of a ; coordinated signal system.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6402
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23773/dot_23773_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.69 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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