Comment:
Overview of pedestrian safety countermeasure implementation: installation challenges, ease of implementation, comparison of costs, availability of standard use.

Last Updated (Year): 2008

Year Produced: 2008

Abstract:

This report presents the methods and key findings from the Miami‐Dade comprehensive pedestrian safety planning and engineering project. It is one of three such projects in the nation funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to evaluate:
In Phase I: The effectiveness of a pedestrian safety plan to target higher‐injury areas;
In Phase II: The implementation of a range of mostly low‐to‐moderate‐cost, innovative engineering safety improvements.
This report concentrates on the Phase II countermeasure implementation efforts, minimizing duplication with earlier reports, and focusing primarily on the experience and overall lessons learned.
This project had three primary goals:
1.) The installation of pedestrian countermeasures;
2.) The scientific evaluation of the countermeasures in order to determine their efficacy;and
3.) To produce a significant crash reduction along the treated high crash corridors.

For:Walking

The E's:Engineering

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Design

Ped Bike Topic:

• Traffic Control Devices
• Traffic Calming
• Tools
• Safety
• Design
• Countermeasures
• Built environment

Facility Type:Traffic Calming, Signalized Intersection, Signals, Signage, Median/Island, Lighting, Hybrid Beacon/RRFB, Curb Extension, Crosswalk

Urban Context:Urban

Resource Type:

• Information

Link to Content Source:

PedSafe Countermeasures Miami Dade Phase 2 Final Report