NCHRP Report 562:

Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings

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Size: 111 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2006

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Authors:
Marcus Brewer; Brooke Ullman; Jeffrey Whitacre; Eun Sug Park; Shawn M Turner; Nada D Trout; Dominique Lord; Nazir Lalani; Kay Fitzpatrick; Paul J Carlson; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) and National Cooperative Highway Research Program have jointly produced and published Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings. The product, which can be referred to as TCRP Report 112 or NCHRP Report 562, examines selected ...
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Front Matter	i-xi
Summary	1-2	(skim)
Approach	3-3	(skim)
Organization of this Report	4-5	(skim)
Why People Do Not Walk	6-6	(skim)
Walking Speed	7-8	(skim)
Pedestrian Space Requirements	9-10	(skim)
Pedestrian Crossing Choices	11-12	(skim)
Child Pedestrians	13-13	(skim)
Pedestrian Delay	14-15	(skim)
Combinations of Treatments	16-16	(skim)
Flashing Beacons	17-17	(skim)
In-Roadway Warning Lights	18-18	(skim)
Motorist Warning Signs and Pavement Markings	19-19	(skim)
Summary	20-21	(skim)
Review of Current Pedestrian Signal Warrant	22-24	(skim)
Findings From the Workshop	25-25	(skim)
Summary	26-26	(skim)
Observations From Survey of Providers	27-28	(skim)
On-Street Pedestrian Surveys	29-30	(skim)
Summary	31-31	(skim)
Site Selection	32-33	(skim)
Protocol for Data Collection	34-35	(skim)
Collection Approaches	36-39	(skim)
Data Reduction	40-40	(skim)
Summary	41-42	(skim)
Walking Speed	43-45	(skim)
Motorist Compliance	46-51	(skim)
Gap Acceptance	52-54	(skim)
Transit Rider Walking Behavior Before Departing	55-55	(skim)
Pedestrian Crosswalk Use	56-56	(skim)
Pedestrian Activation	57-57	(skim)
Pedestrian Delay	58-58	(skim)
Revisions to the MUTCD Traffic Signal Warrant	59-59	(skim)
Motorist Compliance	60-61	(skim)
References	62-63	(skim)
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms	64-64	(skim)
Appendix A	65-98	(skim)
Appendixes B Through O	99-99	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	100-100	(skim)

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) and National Cooperative Highway Research Program have jointly produced and published Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings. The product, which can be referred to as TCRP Report 112 or NCHRP Report 562, examines selected engineering treatments to improve safety for pedestrians crossing high-volume and high-speed roadways at unsignalized locations. The report presents the edited final report and Appendix A. TCRP Web-Only Document 30/NCHRP Web-Only Document 91 (Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings: Appendices B to O) contains the remaining appendixes of the contractor's final report.

A summary of TCRP Report 112/NCHRP Report 562 as published in the July-August 2007 issue of the TR News is available online.

NCHRP Report 562:

Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings

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