Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings (2006) / Chapter Skim
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Instead, the persons interviewed indicated that certain crossing treatments could be more effective than others in certain street environments with particular ranges of traffic characteristics. For example, several cities use crossing treatments with steady or flashing red signal displays on highvolume, high-speed roadways to achieve better motorist yielding in this high-risk street environment.
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For example, Redmond recently adopted an approach that includes pedestrian volumes that are 80 percent of the values included in the MUTCD. Other cities incorporate reduction factors for different street environments or different pedestrian populations (e.g., school children, elderly pedestrians, and those with physical disabilities)
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For example, one transit agency was re-evaluating stop locations along several major arterial streets and consolidating some stops closer to intersections or preferred pedestrian crossings. The same transit agency was also considering shifting some bus service to parallel streets to avoid the harsh pedestrian crossing environments of high-speed, high-volume highways (although such shifts to lower-speed streets would affect transit mobility)
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The potential participants were approached and asked if they would be willing to complete a survey about pedestrian crossings that would take about 5 minutes. The surveyor would read the questions to participants and record his or her responses.
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Many engineers expressed difficulty in using the pedestrian traffic signal warrant to address pedestrian crossing problems. Some engineers had developed a modified pedestrian signal warrant process that was less restrictive than the MUTCD warrant.
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