NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Bicycles;NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Pedestrians;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Speed Limits;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;
Abstract:
This report was one in a series of pedestrian safety synthesis reports prepared for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to document pedestrian safety in other countries. Reports are also available for:
United Kingdom (FHWA-RD-99-089)
Canada (FHWA-RD-99-090)
Netherlands (FHWA-RD-99-092)
Australia (FHWA-RD-99-093)
This report is a review of recent pedestrian safety research in Sweden (in particular) with some attention to similar research in other Scandinavian countries. The report states that even Sweden, where attention has long been paid to pedestrian and bicyclists concerns, even so, still too much traffic planning is addressed as if it were a vehicular issue only.
If traffic cannot be separated, then consideration should be given in some areas to restricting vehicle speeds to 30 km/hr. It is argued that future planning must better balance the competing needs of motor vehicle traffic, pedestrians, and cyclists.
Intersections are critical points of access to local and regional destinations for all roadway users. When designed with pedestrians and bicyclists ex...
Stop-controlled intersections include any conventional intersection where one or more approaches are controlled by a STOP sign. However, there are sig...
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