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

Stopping sight distance and a driver's ability to perceive a pedestrian are negatively impacted by the speed of the vehicle. The study will examine driver compliance with Minnesota crosswalk laws when traveling at various speeds on roadways with varying road designs and/or types of treatments. Road design components could include number of lanes, turn lanes, channelized turn lanes, medians, or curb extensions. Treatments could include marked crosswalks, signs, advanced stop lines, Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons, or Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $165278
• Contract Numbers:

  1036210

• 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: 20200722
• Expected Completion Date: 20230630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geometric design; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Speed; Stopping sight distance; Unsignalized intersections; Yielding
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727535
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036210
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 9 2020 3:47PM