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NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study Final Report Prepared by Claire E. McKnight Kyriacos Mouskos Camille Kamga Institute for Transportation Systems City University of New York Region 2, University Transportation Research Center And Chris Hardej Aizaz Ahmed Safety Advisory Work Group Advisors New York Metropolitan Transportation Council Prepared for New York Metropolitan Transportation Council July 2007 Disclaimer The contents of this report reflect the views of those interviewed as interpreted by the authors except where specified. The authors are responsible for the facts, data, and analyses presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, nor the collective membership of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC). This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Acceptance of this report as evidence of fulfillment, in part or whole, of the objectives of the planning study PTCS06T00.01 and PTCS05T00.01 does not constitute endorsement or approval of the need for any recommended improvement or additional study. It is being sponsored by the NYMTC for the benefit of its members and all interested stakeholders. Other legislation, regulation, executive order(s), official policy, and/or standard practice may supersede the recommendations or advice provided within.
1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. TECHNICAL REPORT STANDARD TITLE PAGE 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. 4. Title and Subtitle Pedestrian Safety in the NYMTC Region 7. Author(s) Claire E. McKnight, Kyriacos Mouskos, Camille Kamga, Chris Hardej, and Aizaz Ahmed 5. Report Date July 9, 2007 6. Performing Organization Code 8. Performing Organization Report No. 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems University Transportation Research Center, 138th Street & Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address New York Metropolitan Transportation Council 199 Water Street, 22 nd Fl, NY, NY 10038 11. Contract or Grant No. 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Research Report 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstract According to the NYMTC Safety Advisory Working Group, pedestrian fatalities represent approximately half of all fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes in New York City and the other 20% occur in the suburban counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam and Rockland. Due to these high rates of incidences, a number of projects are under investigations regarding pedestrian safety. NYDOT and NYMTC sponsored a team from UTRC to embark on this type of research. The research team gathered all existing information on pedestrian safety and then recommended different strategies and technologies to NYMTC Safety Advisory Working Group. The project dealt with many different aspects concerning pedestrian safety including the current status of all ongoing efforts to high incidences of fatalities. The principal investigators in this project have identified the pedestrian safety issues and recommended counter measures in their report. The task of gathering information on the current status and ongoing efforts of pedestrian safety was conducted by interviewing local agencies and organizations within the region. There has been a background study on pedestrian safety, which provided statistics on it within the region by contrasting regional and national characteristics. The involvement of governmental and private non-profit organizations was also a major concern in the research. This was done by interviewing agencies to gather crash data. The research has given some suggestions for a better and improved pedestrian safety. These suggestions points out for a better policy and planning, new engineering methods for pedestrian path, and more improved and visible signals for pedestrian. For making pedestrian safety a prior issue, investigators have recommended for more coordination and collaborations of organizations to improve safety in the region. 17. Key Words Pedestrian, safety, pedestrian safety, transportation safety, traffic calming, road crossings 18. Distribution Statement No Restriction 19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-69) 20. Security Classification. (of this Unclassified 21. No of Pages 22. Price 150 NA
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Page 7 and 8: Table of Figures 2.1 Ten Year Trend
Page 9 and 10: I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Study Origin an
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Page 15 and 16: II. BACKGROUND ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
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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
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Page 41 and 42: programs in each borough. The NYCDO
Page 43 and 44: IV. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES IN THE
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Table 4.1 Continued Staten Island H
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4.4 Existing Infrastructure and Lan
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Some sidewalks are poorly designed
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pedestrian design. At least one per
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Crosswalks need to be more visible.
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V COUNTERMEASURES AND STRATEGIES Th
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timing and street lighting. New Jer
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Providing Sidewalks: Walking-along-
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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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