Evaluation of R1-6 gateway treatment alternatives for pedestrian crossings : follow-up report : final report.

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• Creators:
  Van Houten, Ron ; Hochmuth, Jonathan
• Corporate Creators:
  Western Michigan University
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies ; Roadway Safety Institute (UTC)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Crosswalks
  • Durability
  • Location
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Traffic signs
  • Traffic speed
  • Yielding
  • Pedestrian signs
  • speed data
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CTS 17-05
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies ; Roadway Safety Institute (UTC)
• Abstract:
  Monthly follow-up data confirmed that permanent in roadway installations of the R1-6 gateway treatment led to an ; increase in the percentage of drivers yielding to pedestrians at midblock and multilane urban and suburban locations ; from 15% to 70% and that these increases endured without any decrement over the spring, summer and fall of 2016. ; Speed data collected at each site showed 4 to 5 mph reduction in mean when motorists traversed the crosswalk when ; pedestrians were absent. These speed changes persisted over time. An additional study showed that placing the signs ; between 5, 10, 20, 30, and 50 ft in advance of the crosswalk were equally effective and they enticed drivers to yield ; further ahead of the crosswalk. Data on sign survival showed that signs mounted on a curb type mount with a flexible ; rubber attachment all survived while only 58% of the flush mounted signs with a pivoting base survived. Data showed ; that none of the signs mounted on top of the edge of a curb on a refuge island or median island, curb extension, or the ; curb on the edge of the roadway under FHWA permission to experiment were destroyed or damaged.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT13-G-UTC35
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32467/dot_32467_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.67 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fc8b1ead4b6b48a65810f1a7c9e643fc60afb2ed7cef919420fcc17af479b92d