Low-Cost Pedestrian Safety Zone Case Study

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• Creators:
  Blomberg, Richard D. ; Wright, Timothy J. ; Gelinne, Dan ; Pullen-Seufert, Nancy ; Figueroa, Alessandro ; Houten, Ron Van ; Shahum, Leah ; Rosenthal, Kristin
• Corporate Creators:
  Dunlap and Associates, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Costs Countermeasures Pedestrian Areas Pedestrian Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 747
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/f53c-3t84
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Florida ; Michigan ; Minnesota
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  A previous study by Blomberg and Cleven (1998) developed a pedestrian safety zone approach in Phoenix, Arizona, and Chicago, Illinois, focusing on pedestrian safety countermeasures in subsets of the cities that had experienced a high number of crashes involving people 65 and older. It proved efficient deploying countermeasures, significantly reducing the targeted pedestrian crashes in Phoenix. This original zone process, however, still needed significant resources to address the entire city, and required a relatively long time to plan and implement. The primary objectives of the present study included adapting the previous zones approach to be implementable quickly by cities using their resources and demonstrating the resulting low-cost pedestrian safety zones approach in several cities. Three cities—Gainesville, Florida; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Saint Paul, Minnesota—agreed to demonstrate the low-cost zones approach. Each site prepared a case study report documenting the activities reported here. The approach appeared flexible and effective in all three cities. The discussion section of this report includes ideas for supporting more widespread use of the technique.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  693JJ921D000032/693JJ923F000223
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1dbaaede1065ec60b255be36a0243536e8da9b0db1fa1c00484c4c9ab41154817ceabe9b3bc2176cab51d59106fd2f6bf8812b3a5dcd333cdf51aa2d152049d4
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/90800/dot_90800_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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