Improving Pedestrian and Motorist Safety Along Light Rail Alignments (2009) / Chapter Skim
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In Phase I, the project team undertook the following tasks: • Literature review of LRT safety issues, safety measures, devices, practices, and new technologies relevant to LRT alignments. • Survey of North American LRT agencies.
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In response to these limitations, the project team took a dual approach: assessing treatments quantitatively where quantitative data were available, and collecting and summarizing qualitative and anecdotal information where quantitative data were not available. This summary is divided into the following sections: • State of the practice methodology and summary, • LRT safety data available from local transit agencies, SSOs, and the NTD, • Safety issues and their treatment, • Catalog of LRT safety treatments, • Risk analysis methodology for LRT, and • Review of the accident data collection process.
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LRT Safety Data Available from Local Transit Agencies, SSOs, and the NTD In the United States, LRT collision data are collected and stored at three levels of transit administration. As part of the data collection portion of the project, the project team identified the purpose of storing collision data at each level, identified the data collected, assessed the quality of the data collected, identified any potential issues or deficiencies, and, where possible, analyzed the data to determine root causes and contributing factors for LRT collisions.
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Four strategies are recommended to address safety issues: • Give responsibility to the operators; • Increase motorist, pedestrian, and cyclist awareness by providing active, appropriate information for them to act upon at each LRT location; • Educate the public and increase awareness of risks in the LRT alignment; and • Separate LRT space from the space occupied by other modes, using physical barriers, environmental cues, or traffic control. Catalog of LRT Safety Treatments A wide range of specific safety treatments is available and used along LRT alignments.
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CCTV/video recording Risk Analysis Methodology for LRT The project team approached the task of developing a risk analysis methodology for LRT alignments by: • Reviewing the established concept and principles of road safety audits, • Consulting the FTA's "Hazard Analysis Guidelines for Transit Projects" standard, and • Examining the process of safety issue identification in a number of recent sources from North America and the United Kingdom. A safety issue checklist for LRT agencies was then developed.
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During the site visits, a number of local LRT staff mentioned that the FTA Guidelines are a commonly used reference for safety management and a commonly used basis for safety problem resolution. The principles and approach adopted in road safety audits and by the FTA and others were used to develop a draft LRT Alignment Risk Assessment Checklist.
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The project makes three recommendations for the development of a national LRT collision data reporting system: 1. A standardized electronic reporting form should be developed and made available to all local LRT agencies.
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