Guidelines for Safer Pedestrian Crossings: Understanding the Factors that Positively Influence Vehicle Yielding to Pedestrians at Unsignalized Intersections

Approaches to encouraging drivers yielding to pedestrians are typically guided by the posted and operating speeds of a roadway. Stopping sight distance and a driver's ability to perceive a pedestrian are negatively impacted by the speed of the vehicle. An analysis of the relationship between vehicle speed, roadway context, and drivers yielding to pedestrians should be conducted.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Local Road Research Board

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St. Paul, Minnesota  United States  55155-1899

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Managing Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering

  500 Pillsbury Drive SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455
• Principal Investigators:

  Stern, Raphael

• Start Date: 20200701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pedestrians; Speed; Stopping sight distance; Unsignalized intersections; Yielding
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727535
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 9 2020 3:41PM