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Table 2.3 Pedestrian Fatalities in NYMTC Region from 1994 to 2004 Pedestrian Fatalities per year Ten year County or region 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 change Nassau 36 31 19 33 42 50 33 36 48 34 33 -8.3% Putnam 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 0.0% Rockland 8 4 1 5 3 13 4 3 6 8 3 -62.5% Suffolk 25 50 29 32 43 35 37 33 22 51 51 104.0% Westchester 37 17 14 10 21 9 13 10 18 13 15 -59.5% Suburban counties 108 102 65 80 109 108 87 84 96 109 104 -3.7% Bronx 46 36 38 29 19 32 28 33 29 23 31 -32.6% Brooklyn 87 72 81 88 72 69 78 62 60 59 51 -41.4% Manhattan 61 66 59 57 49 64 49 49 40 51 43 -29.5% Queens 57 66 51 71 55 53 45 52 43 46 34 -40.4% Staten Island 2 12 9 9 1 7 7 14 10 9 10 400.0% New York City 253 252 238 254 196 225 207 210 182 188 169 -33.2% NYMTC Region 361 354 303 334 305 333 294 294 278 297 273 -24.4% New York State 480 472 439 429 402 441 381 401 375 378 360 -25.0% Source of Data: FARS. New York City Department of Transportation has kept data on pedestrian fatalities since 1910; see Figure 2.3. The number has been in decline since 1929, with an almost steady annual decrease from 1989 to 2005. There are small discrepancies between the NYCDOT and FARS data on pedestrian fatalities per year, which may be due to the date at which the data was recorded; seriously injured persons who die later are added to the number of fatalities up to a given time, which differs between agencies. Table 2.4 shows the pedestrian actions preceding a fatal crash for the NYMTC region according to the 2004 FARS database. This information was compiled from police reports. While it may not be comprehensive nor totally accurate due to the pedestrian being unable to be interviewed, it provides potential insight into the pedestrian fatality. Given the small numbers of fatal crashes in the FARS database for the individual counties, the differences between New York City and the suburban counties are not significant. NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study 10
Figure 2.3 Historic Trend in Annual Pedestrian Fatalities in New York City Pedestrian fatalities 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1910 1914 1918 1922 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 Source of data: NYCDOT; see Appendix E for the data. Year 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 Table 2.4 Pedestrian Actions Contributing to Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in NMYTC Region–2004 Action contributing to fatal pedestrian Suburban Counties New York City NYMTC Region crash (Number) (Percent) (Number) (Percent) (Number) (Percent) None by pedestrian 62 59.6% 114 67.5% 176 64.5% Darting, Running or Stumbling into Road Improper Crossing of Roadway or Intersection Walking, Playing, Working, etc. in Roadway 6 5.8% 15 8.9% 21 7.7% 20 19.2% 20 11.8% 40 14.7% 5 4.8% 7 4.1% 12 4.4% Inattentive (Talking, Eating, etc.) 5 4.8% 0 0.0% 5 1.8% Failure to Obey Traffic Control Devices, Traffic Officers, Traffic Laws, etc. 3 2.9% 6 3.6% 9 3.3% Other 3 2.9% 7 4.1% 10 3.7% Total 104 100.0% 169 100.0% 273 100.0% Source: FARS Data NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study 11
Page 1 and 2: New York Metropolitan Transportatio
Page 3 and 4: 1. Report No. 2. Government Accessi
Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1
Page 7 and 8: Table of Figures 2.1 Ten Year Trend
Page 9 and 10: I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Study Origin an
Page 11 and 12: in the United States; the 2004 data
Page 13 and 14: Table 1.1 Organizations That Were I
Page 15 and 16: II. BACKGROUND ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Page 17: Figure 2.1 Ten Year Trend in Pedest
Page 21 and 22: than fatality rates.) The most noti
Page 23 and 24: III. ORGANIZATIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN S
Page 25 and 26: • Updating and creating new stand
Page 27 and 28: The New York State Metropolitan Pla
Page 29 and 30: getting input from people who have
Page 31 and 32: i. 20% of priority crash locations
Page 33 and 34: located by reference marker (the sm
Page 35 and 36: that the proper signage and other t
Page 37 and 38: and funding has been secured to adv
Page 39 and 40: Westchester County and NYSDOT have
Page 41 and 42: programs in each borough. The NYCDO
Page 43 and 44: IV. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES IN THE
Page 45 and 46: Drivers: Typical statements about d
Page 47 and 48: • Ability to lift foot high decre
Page 49 and 50: The national data indicates that th
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Page 53 and 54: Table 4.1 Continued Staten Island H
Page 55 and 56: 4.4 Existing Infrastructure and Lan
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Page 59 and 60: pedestrian design. At least one per
Page 61 and 62: Crosswalks need to be more visible.
Page 63 and 64: V COUNTERMEASURES AND STRATEGIES Th
Page 65 and 66: timing and street lighting. New Jer
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the pedestrian crash rate was signi
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Speed management through engineerin
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nearby streets. Whereas Bus-pedestr
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and have geometric curvature that e
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Roadway narrowings are used to prov
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have experienced a maintenance prob
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measures with specific geographic a
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and 3.0 feet per second more approp
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Figure 5.17 Split Phase Cycle Sourc
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Combined Automatic and Actuated Sig
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5.2.5 Visibility To insure safety,
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Pedestrian Crosswalk Signs: There a
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also be placed next to the stop lin
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Table 5.5 Crash Reduction Factors f
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ask them to act as role models for
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5.3.3 Educating Local Officials and
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• Good planning and organization.
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VI. FUNDING Funding for pedestrian
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York, Projects are chosen by the NY
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NHTSA distributes the Section 402 f
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VII. RECOMMENDATIONS As noted in Ch
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o Safe Routes to School • NYMTC s
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easy to use is residential populati
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REFERENCES American Council of the
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ITE (1998) Design and Safety of Ped
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Parsons Brincherhoff Quade & Dougla
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Intentionally left blank. NYMTC Ped
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Intentionally left blank. NYMTC Ped
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NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Interview f
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12. Do you have any strategies or t
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Appendix B: PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONTA
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New York City Department of Transpo
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Suffolk County Department of Public
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Appendix C: TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD CO
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Appendix D: ON LINE PEDESTRIAN SAFE
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FARS Query System is an interactive
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Education and Enforcement Counterme
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Appendix E: NEW YORK CITY FATATLIES
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Appendix F: Prompt Lists for Pedest
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Pedestrian Safety Prompt List Gener
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pathway provide direct access to wa
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If so, is there a sign that explain
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