Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress (PLTS) Application and Validation
Many of the existing methods to evaluate pedestrian and bicyclist suitability require a large number of inputs, some of which are not available in typical roadway inventory data (e.g., pavement condition, on-street parking coverage, heavy vehicle proportion), making them impractical for most agencies to apply. Some of these methods also require statistical modeling expertise or specialized software to run, further putting them out of reach for many agencies. Occasionally, their outputs do not make intuitive sense. The Year 1 Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) project created a well-researched, standardized version of a table-based, Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress (PLTS) tool. It incorporates many of the most important and easy-to-collect roadway factors associated with pedestrian suitability from a) existing pedestrian suitability methods and b) the pedestrian safety literature. This Year 2 project will build on the previous effort to apply the method in at least two case study communities (including the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and validate the PLTS categories in a sample of locations against real pedestrian stress ratings from public surveys and police-reported pedestrian crash data. The goal is to establish a validated, practical PLTS method that agencies across the country can use to estimate suitability and stress for pedestrians in various contexts, ultimately leading to safer and more enjoyable walking and rolling conditions. As done for the BLTS in 2012, the research team will produce a final technical report that includes a description of the PLTS method. This report will include PLTS tables and example PLTS maps from communities where the method has been tested. The final report will discuss how well the PLTS method works for practitioners and matches with public perceptions of pedestrian stress and pedestrian crash locations. As done for the BLTS in 2012, the research team will produce a final technical report that includes a description of the PLTS method. This report will include PLTS tables and example PLTS maps from communities where the method has been tested. The final report will discuss how well the PLTS method works for practitioners and matches with public perceptions of pedestrian stress and pedestrian crash locations.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $109850
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348336
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Stearns, Amy
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Performing Organizations:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Department of Urban Planning/Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation
Milwaukee, WI United States -
Principal Investigators:
Schneider, Robert
- Start Date: 20240601
- Expected Completion Date: 20250531
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash locations; Mapping; Methodology; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Stress (Psychology)
- Geographic Terms: Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01923825
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348336
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jul 8 2024 2:54PM