Refining C3 Context-Classification Criteria for Low-Income and Minority Populations
FDOT’s context classification system seeks to provide guidance for design of streets in different developmental contexts. While this prescriptive approach to street design can greatly aid in addressing the safety needs of pedestrians and bicyclists, it presumes that rates of walking and bicycling are more likely to occur in areas with more “urban” developmental patterns. While this is certainly true for more affluent populations, for whom non-motorized travel is a choice, it is often not the case for lower income populations, which report lower levels of automobile ownership and thus greater reliance on walking, bicycling, and transit to accomplish basic travel objectives. (restart of BED27 977-01)
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Supplemental Notes:
- This is a restart of BED27 977-01.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $80861
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Contract Numbers:
BED27 977-02
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Sponsor Organizations:
Florida Department of Transportation
Research Center
605 Suwannee Street MS-30
Tallahassee, FL United States 32399-0450 -
Managing Organizations:
Florida Department of Transportation
Research Center
605 Suwannee Street MS-30
Tallahassee, FL United States 32399-0450 -
Project Managers:
Gehrke, Tiffany
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Performing Organizations:
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Boca Raton, FL United States 33431 -
Principal Investigators:
Dumbaugh, Eric
- Start Date: 20230927
- Expected Completion Date: 20231231
- Actual Completion Date: 20240718
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Classification; Cyclists; Highway design; Highway safety; Low income groups; Pedestrian safety; Safety; Transportation corridors; Underserved communities
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01894862
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: BED27 977-02
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 28 2023 8:20AM