NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Pedestrians;NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
Abstract:
About two-thirds of pedestrian fatalities in Maine involve people crossing urban streets or rural roads. Therefore, providing safe sidewalks is not a cure-all even if that is what many pedestrians ask for. We also need to improve safety at crosswalks and other places where people cross. In Maine, pedestrian fatalities reached a ten-year high in Maine even though other types of motor-vehicle fatalities have been reduced in later years. A recent accident illustrates the problem: “In Pittston, Maine, an 83-year-old man died November 23, 2015 while crossing the road to get to his mailbox.” This is a nationwide issue but Maine has a higher percentage of elderly people than most states and the safety of elderly should therefore be a special focus of safety improvements in Maine.
As America’s population continues to age, the number of pedestrians with mobility or vision disabilities will increase. The focus of this project wa...
This report presents an investigation of pedestrian conflicts and crash count models to learn which exposure measures and roadway or roadside characte...
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