Safety Evaluations of Innovative Intersection Designs for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Details

• Creators:
  Fitzpatrick, Kay ; Dastgiri, Maryam Shirinzadeh ; Whitacre, Jeff
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center ; Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; Kimley-Horn & Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intersections
  • Highway design
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Bicycle safety
  • Traffic islands
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-23-033
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Abstract:
  Traffic professionals are exploring innovative intersection designs to determine if they can successfully accommodate multimodal transportation by reducing conflicts between moving vehicles and vulnerable road users or by lowering the impact force (reducing the vehicle speed and changing the collision angle in the event of a collision). The objective of this Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) project was to investigate the operational and safety improvements of innovative intersection retrofitting designs that benefit pedestrians and bicyclists while maintaining a reasonable service to motor vehicles. The project included summarizing previous research efforts, developing three design types, identifying potential study sites (both before-after and comparison-existing pairs), and collecting operational behaviors of the users.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH6116D00039L/693JJ319F000377/P00002
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66612/dot_66612_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.19 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9d0ef46fb63f68de149da2a63797885ab252910717bce964b38dd93ffa1eeebc21f0d85d75e9cb7e2566a3b6e818e2f86d61fb16bd780932f58c7670607feb1