Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Practices. Topic SA-54. Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Bus/BRT Corridors

America's arterial corridors host a variety of users including passenger cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and pedestrians. Many of these corridors lack basic safety for pedestrians and cyclists such as sidewalks, bike lanes, and crosswalks. Unsafe corridors are inequitably prevalent in low-income communities and communities of color. Yet along these corridors, commerce, housing, transportation, and all manner of origins and destinations exist. A new bus transit corridor project involving a dedicated bus lane(s) is an opportunity to identify and improve dangerous or nonexistent pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, potentially improving the health and safety of transit users and community residents. This study will provide benefits to the transit industry by documenting how new bus transit project sponsors look to incorporate pedestrian/bike safety and complete streets within their transit improvement designs. The objective of this synthesis is to examine the state of practice in bus transit corridor planning, design and construction as it relates to pedestrian and bike safety, public health, and equity. The specific focus will be on dedicated bus lanes and their relationship to the issues of safety, public health and equity. The study will include the interaction of buses with bicyclists, pedestrians, and vehicles especially at bus stops, driveways and intersections. Information To Be Gathered will include specific items as determined by the panel during the first panel meeting. These might include (among others): (1) Analysis of bike and pedestrian improvements in the design and construction phases; (2) Other measures implemented as part of the transit project that are focused on enhancing bicycle and pedestrian safety as well as the safe operation of buses; and (3) Percent change in bike and pedestrian injuries and fatalities since implementation of new sidewalks and/or bike lanes.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5173

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $45000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-07, Topic SA-54

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Garcia-Colberg, Mariela

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Hudson, Joan

• Start Date: 20211206
• Expected Completion Date: 20230606
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus stops; Cyclists; Driveways; Equity (Justice); Highway corridors; Intersections; Literature reviews; Pedestrian safety; Public health; State of the practice
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01772930
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-07, Topic SA-54
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 24 2021 3:14PM