Impact of Access Management Practices to Pedestrian and Bicycle Operations and Safety
The thrust of this proposal falls under the vital role which transportation system and network play in ensuring livability of communities through safe and efficient transportation services. In particular, this study focuses on the impact of access management (AM) practices to the operation and safety of pedestrians and bicyclists. The study which will be conducted in two phases whereby the start of phase two (operations simulation) will depend on phase one (safety evaluation) findings will consider access management practices that impact pedestrian and bicyclists including limiting direct access to and from major streets, locating signals, limiting the number of conflict points and separating conflict areas, removing turning vehicles from through traffic lanes, using nontraversable medians to manage left-turn movements and providing a supporting street and circulation system. All these can affect safety and operations of pedestrian crossing and bicyclist maneuvering. There is a need therefore to address how pedestrians and bicyclists operations and safety are impacted by these different access management practices. The study will evaluate through statistical modeling the correlation between access management practices to pedestrian and bicyclists crash types, crash frequency and injury severities.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $111840
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT13-G-UTC60
TRC-15-09
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI United States 49009-5316 1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI United States 49008-5241 -
Project Managers:
Dunn, Denise
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Performing Organizations:
Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI United States 49009-5316 Nashville, TN United States 37209 -
Principal Investigators:
Chimba, Deo
Triplett, Kimberly
- Start Date: 20150701
- Expected Completion Date: 20160630
- Actual Completion Date: 20170331
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
- Subprogram: Research
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Crash severity; Cyclists; Injury severity; Mathematical models; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Pedestrians; Traffic safety
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01590159
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
- Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC60, TRC-15-09
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Feb 11 2016 7:02PM