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Countermeasures_Traffic Calming: Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (PEDSAFE)

Comment:
Countermeasure strategies for improving pedestrian safety using traffic calming: Temporary Installations for Traffic Calming: Chokers, Chicanes, Mini-Circles, Speed Hump, Speed Tables, Gateways, Landscaping, Specific Paving Treatments, Serpentine Design

Last Updated (Year): 2013

Year Produced: 2003

Abstract:

The Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System is intended to provide practitioners with the latest information available for improving the safety and mobility of those who walk. The online tools provide the user with a list of possible engineering, education, or enforcement treatments to improve pedestrian safety and/or mobility based on user input about a specific location.

For:Walking

The E's:Engineering

Ped Bike Activity:

  • Planning
  • Design

Ped Bike Topic:

  • Traffic Calming
  • Safety Promotion
  • Safety
  • Facility Design
  • Countermeasures
  • Built environment

Facility Type:Traffic Calming, Speed Hump

Resource Type:

  • Guidance

Link to Content Source:

Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (PEDSAFE)