Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation: Lesson 12: Midblock Crossings

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Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation: Lesson 12: Midblock Crossings

2006-07-01
By United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration

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Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Subject/TRT Terms:

Bicycling Education And Training Midblock Crossings Pedestrians
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-HRT-05-107
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Tech Report
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Public Domain
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

Designers often assume that pedestrians will cross roadways at established intersections. However, observation of pedestrian behavior clearly indicates that people routinely cross at midblock locations. Pedestrians will rarely go out of their way to cross at an intersection unless they are rewarded with a much improved crossing—most will take the most direct route possible to get to their destination, even if this means crossing several lanes of high–speed traffic. Well–designed midblock crossings can actually provide many safety benefits to pedestrians when placed in proper locations. This chapter discusses those benefits and explains several basic design principles for midblock crossings.
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