What Policy and Budget Choices Yield the Greatest Decreases in Pedestrian & Bicyclist Fatality Rates?

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• Creators:
  Schneider, Robert J ; Barbee, Henry ; Nelson, Kyle ; Gu, Xiaohan
• Corporate Creators:
  Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) ; University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Commuters Cyclists Fatalities Pedestrians
• Publication/ Report Number:
  23UWM06
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/13j9-jw80
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report – June 2023 to May 2024
• Corporate Publisher:
  Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC)
• Abstract:
  US pedestrian fatalities increased from 22,100 during the 2008-2012 five-year period to 32,674 during the 2017-2021 five-year period (a 48% increase). Bicyclist fatalities increased from 3,385 to 4,450 during the same timeframe (a 31% increase). However, changes in fatality rates were not distributed evenly across US communities between 2008-2012 and 2017-2021. Overall, ACS journey-to-work data showed that US pedestrian commuting decreased from 2.82% to 2.48% and bicycle commuting decreased from 0.56% to 0.48% of all workers between the baseline and later study periods. However, pedestrian commuting increased in MSAs such as Virginia Beach, VA, San Diego, CA, San Jose, CA, and Dallas, TX and counties such as Collin County, TX (Plano), San Francisco County, CA, Davidson County, TN (Nashville), and Jefferson County, AL (Birmingham). Bicycle commuting increased in MSAs such as New York, NY, San Antonio, TX, and Washington, DC, and counties such as Collin County, TX (Plano), New York County, NY (Manhattan), and Hudson County, NJ (Jersey City). Nationally, pedestrian fatality rates increased by 51% (from 1.12 fatalities per thousand to 1.70 fatalities per thousand walk commuters) and bicyclist fatality rates increased by 40% (from 0.86 fatalities per thousand to 1.20 fatalities per thousand bike commuters). Yet, pedestrian fatality rates decreased in New York, Massachusetts, New York County, NY (Manhattan), Collin County, TX (Plano), Kings County, NY (Brooklyn), and Essex County, MA. Bicyclist fatality rates decreased in New York, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Hartford County, CT, Queens County, NY, Kings County, NY (Brooklyn), and San Mateo County, CA. Identifying leading communities may help reveal policies and practices that can be used in other parts of the country to increase pedestrian and bicyclist activity and reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3552348336
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
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