Low-Cost Pedestrian Safety Zone Case Study

Blomberg, Richard D.; Wright, Timothy J.; Gelinne, Dan; Pullen-Seufert, Nancy; Figueroa, Alessandro; Houten, Ron Van; Shahum, Leah; Rosenthal, Kristin

doi:10.21949/f53c-3t84

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Low-Cost Pedestrian Safety Zone Case Study

2026-05-01
By Blomberg, Richard D. ; Wright, Timothy J. ; Gelinne, Dan ; Pullen-Seufert, Nancy ; Figueroa, Alessandro ; Houten, Ron Van ; Shahum, Leah ; Rosenthal, Kristin

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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 Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
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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
Description:

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.
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693JJ921D000032/693JJ923F000223
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/90800/dot_90800_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 3.35 MB]
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NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
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