Understanding Pedestrian Travel Behavior and Safety in Rural Settings
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has worked to create a methodology for counting people walking and bicycling through manual and automated counts. The purpose of this research is to further the understanding of walking behavior and safety. In rural communities, this is where people may not consistently pass a screen line and behavior is undercounted. With the first Minnesota Statewide Pedestrian System plan currently underway, this research would inform the direction for pedestrian counts and inform the plan's performance measures with the ultimate goal to improve safety and better inform MnDOT's future investment opportunities around pedestrian facilities. Additionally, the research would underscore working with priority population identified in the Pedestrian plan, including on tribal land where there is a strong interest in the community to improve safety along high speed rural roads where most of the walking typically occurs. The research would also explore additional counting methods such as technology or survey data and how rural communities can support safer walking along and across state facilities.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $150000
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Contract Numbers:
99008 WO#250
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Sponsor Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 -
Project Managers:
Holdhusen, Bruce
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Performing Organizations:
University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
301 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN United States 55455 -
Principal Investigators:
Lindsey, Greg
- Start Date: 20160624
- Expected Completion Date: 20210131
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Pedestrian counts; Rural highways; Safety; Travel behavior; Tribal government; Walking
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01609376
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 99008 WO#250
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 30 2016 12:12PM