Synthesis of Practices to Deter Pedestrians from Crossing Freeways [Technical Brief]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Crash Characteristics Crashes Freeways Pedestrian Movement Pedestrians Pedestrian Traffic Pedestrian Vehicle Crashes
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Technical Brief
• Contracting Officer:
  Finley, Melisa; Schwerdt, Tom
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has seen an increase in recent years in crashes involving pedestrians crossing freeways and other high-speed roadways. This technical brief summarizes relevant practices found through a literature review, which included a variety of research studies, practitioner interviews and surveys, and published resources and guidelines. The review produced a set of countermeasures that could be assigned to several broad categories.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-7198
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a9bb9ab6bffd66cb716c330997804a4495f6b89d1aa2242688de5c58588b86a50e3ac79609b5a26be2d2058f22b08d72b2e51382ea2c050eeca42be04666afdd
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83535/dot_83535_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 669.00 KB ]