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B-1 A P P E N D I X B Survey Responses
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B-2 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 1. Please select the state you represent State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Kansas Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin
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Survey Responses B-3 2. What is the source of your state's pedestrian infrastructure data?
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B-4 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 3. What is your state DOT's role in storing, compiling and distributing pedestrian infrastructure data?
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Survey Responses B-5 3a. How does your state collect pedestrian data (write in)
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B-6 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Montana Unknown As roads were evaluated, pedestrian infrastructure adjacent to state-owned Nebraska roads was inventoried Nevada Direct inspection – transition plan Field visits to inspect curb ramps; field visits to check sight distance for New Hampshire midblock crosswalks during layout; office reviews of midblock crosswalks using computer tools such as Google Earth and Bing Maps. New York Don't know PBIN geodatabase and Project Atlas – more descriptive info can be provided if North Carolina requested.
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Survey Responses B-7 EXTENT OF ROADWAY SHOULDER DATA COLLECTED Shoulder summary DOTs All state roadways 17 Some state roadways 5 Some projects 4 All projects 2 All public roads 2
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B-8 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning EXTENT OF SHOULDER DATA COLLECTED Extent State So m e ro ad w ay s A ll ro ad w ay s So m e st at e ro ad w ay s A ll st at e ro ad w ay s A ll pu bl ic r oa ds Arkansas x California x x Colorado x Florida x Idaho x Illinois x Indiana x Iowa x Kansas x x Kentucky x x Louisiana x x Minnesota x Montana Nebraska x New York x North Carolina x Ohio x Oklahoma x x Oregon x South Carolina x Texas x Utah x Vermont x Washington x x Wisconsin x Grand Total 4 2 5 17 2
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Survey Responses B-9 EXTENT OF ROADWAY SIDEWALK DATA COLLECTED Sidewalks summary DOTs All state roadways 15 Some projects 9 Some state roadways 6 All public roads 2 All projects 1
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B-10 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning EXTENT OF SIDEWALK DATA COLLECTED Extent State So m e ro ad w ay s A ll ro ad w ay s So m e st at e ro ad w ay s A ll st at e ro ad w ay s A ll pu bl ic r oa ds Alaska x Arkansas x California x x Colorado x Florida x Idaho x Illinois x Iowa x Kansas x x Kentucky x Louisiana x x Maryland x Massachusetts x Minnesota x Montana Nebraska x New Hampshire x x x New York x North Carolina x Oklahoma x x Oregon x South Carolina x Tennessee x Texas x Utah x Washington x x Wisconsin x Total 9 1 6 15 2
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Survey Responses B-11 EXTENT OF TRAIL DATA COLLECTED Trails summary DOTs Some Projects 12 Some State Roadways 7 All State Roadways 4 All Projects 0
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B-12 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning EXTENT OF TRAIL DATA COLLECTED Extent State So m e ro ad w ay s A ll ro ad w ay s So m e st at e ro ad w ay s A ll st at e ro ad w ay s Alaska x Arkansas x Colorado x Florida x Illinois x Iowa x Kansas x x Kentucky x Massachusetts x Minnesota x x Nebraska x New York x North Carolina x Oklahoma x x Oregon x Texas x Vermont x Washington x x Wisconsin x Total 12 0 7 4
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Survey Responses B-13 SUMMARY OF SIGNAL DATA COLLECTION Signal summary All state roadways Some projects 8 Some state roadways 1 All projects 1 all public roads 1 DOTs 9
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B-14 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning EXTENT OF SIGNAL DATA COLLECTED Extent State So m e ro ad w ay s A ll ro ad w ay s So m e st at e ro ad w ay s A ll st at e ro ad w ay s A ll pu bl ic r oa ds Arkansas x California x Illinois x Kansas x x Kentucky x Massachusetts x New Hampshire x x x New York x North Carolina x Oregon x x South Carolina x Texas x Utah x Vermont x Washington x x Wisconsin x Total 8 1 2 9 1
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Survey Responses B-15 5. Please provide some detail about the attributes your state DOT collects that are associated with pedestrian infrastructure data.
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B-16 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Shoulder summary DOTs Facility width 21 Facility material/surface type 17 Presence of rumble strip 11 Maintenance condition rating or needs 11 Other 4 Total 64
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Survey Responses B-17 6. Which of the following attributes does your state DOT collect for sidewalks?
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B-18 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Sidewalks summary DOTs Other 13 Facility width 11 Surface type 9 Detectable warnings 8 Maintenance condition rating or needs 5 Indicator utilities 4 Presence of buffer 2 Unknown 1 Effective width 1 Barriers 1
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Survey Responses B-19 7. Which of the following attributes does your state DOT collect for trails?
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B-20 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning
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Survey Responses B-21 8. Which of the following attributes does your state DOT collect for crossing information – e.g., crosswalks?
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B-22 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Crossing summary Crosswalk location Traffic signals 8 Curb ramps 7 Midblock crossing 7 Other 5 Lighting 4 Crosswalk type 3 Maintenance condition rating or need 2 DOTs 11
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Survey Responses B-23 9. Which of the following attributes does your state DOT collect for signalization – e.g., pedestrian heads, leading pedestrian interval?
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B-24 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 0 Pedestrian Signal Head Other Leading Pedestrian Interval Turn Prohibition Number of DOTs 42 6 8 10 12 11 7 4 3 3Maintenance Condition Rating or Needs
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Survey Responses B-25 In a re la tio na l da ta ba se sy st em In ta bu la r f or m at w ith n o sp ati al re fe re nc e In a CA Dba se d sy st em In ta bu la rf or m at w ith ro ut e an d m ile po st a tt ri bu tio n in a sp ati al G IS sy st em PD Fs ,d ra w in gs or ot he rp ap er m ap s KM Z fil e U nk no w n fo rm at O th er 10. How are your state's DOT data stored?
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B-26 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Data storage Count In a spatial GIS system 21 In a relational database system 10 PDFs, drawings or other paper maps 9 In tabular format with route and milepost attribution 8 Other 5 In a CAD-based system 5 KMZ file 4 Unknown 4 In tabular format with no spatial reference 2 Total 68
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Survey Responses B-27 As a standalone State Roadway linear Centerline feature Other Unknown Alaska Arkansas x California x Colorado x Florida x Idaho Illinois x Indiana x Iowa x x Kansas x x x Kentucky x Louisiana x Maryland Massachusetts x Minnesota x Montana x Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire x x x x x x x x North Carolina x Ohio x Oklahoma x Oregon x x x South Carolina x Tennessee Texas x Utah x x Vermont x Washington x Wisconsin x Total 19 7 3 8 10a. If your sidewalk or shoulder data have a spatial association, how would it be mapped?
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B-28 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Roadway sidewalk centerline DOTs Roadway centerline 19 As a standalone linear feature 8 Unknown 7 Other 3
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Survey Responses B-29 11. Does your state DOT have a data maintenance plan to keep data up-to-date over time?
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B-30 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning Maintenance Yes 12 Unknown 9 Other 8 No 2 DOTs
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Survey Responses B-31 12. How is pedestrian data collection and/or data maintenance funded?
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B-32 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning State Data is available to the public via website or digital portal Data is only made available to the public upon request Status of Data- Sharing Mechanism is Unknown No formal mechanism currently exists for data sharing Other Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Florida Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina x x x x Tennessee x x x Texas Utah Vermont x x x x x x x x x Washington x x x x x x x x x x x x x Wisconsin x Total 13 4 3 9 1 13. How are your state DOT's pedestrian infrastructure data shared with the public?
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Survey Responses B-33 Sharing data with public Data are available to the public via website or digital portal 13 No formal mechanism currently exists for data sharing 9 Data are only made available to the public upon request 4 Status of data sharing mechanism is unknown 3 Other 1 DOTs
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B-34 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 14. Does your state DOT have any concerns with sharing pedestrian infrastructure data?
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Survey Responses B-35 Liability DOTs No, we have no data sharing concerns 12 We have no known concerns 11 Yes, liability is a concern 6 Yes, user privacy is a concern 3 Yes, we have contractual concerns about sharing data 1 Yes, we have other data sharing concerns 1
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B-36 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 15. How does your state DOT currently use pedestrian infrastructure data?
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Survey Responses B-37 Values DOTs ADA planning 22 Project-level planning work 19 Safety-related analysis 15 Connectivity-related analysis 10 Maintenance condition rating or needs 8 State Comment Alaska General Kansas Use PROWAG as a guideline Nevada SRTS planning New Hampshire Permitting reference New York state ATP Oregon Active transportation needs inventory Utah Signals
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B-38 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 16. How would your state DOT like to be able to use pedestrian infrastructure data?
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Survey Responses B-39 Safety-related analysis 15 Project-level planning work 11 ADA planning 9 Connectivity-related analysis 5 Maintenance condition rating or needs 0 Utah 1 2 5 4 3 Vermont 2 1 3 5 4 Washington 4 2 1 5 3 Wisconsin 1 4 3 5 2 Desired uses DOTs
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B-40 Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning 17. The synthesis includes three to five case examples to illustrate representative use case studies.
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Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012)
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