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Book Synopsis Traffic Safety Evaluation of Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Roundabouts in Minnesota by : Mark Wagner
Download or read book Traffic Safety Evaluation of Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Roundabouts in Minnesota written by Mark Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of 2022, nearly 450 roundabouts were installed on Minnesota roadways. An evaluation of traffic safety at roundabouts published by MnDOT in 2017 showed substantial decreases in fatal and serious injury crashes for all users at intersections after installation of a roundabout. The safety effects of roundabouts are largely due to geometric design practices that reduce the speed of motorized vehicles as they approach and travel through the intersection. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine if the safety effects seen in the 2017 evaluation still apply to roundabouts with higher levels of use by pedestrians and bicyclists. This evaluation conducts a before-after analysis of 95 roundabouts in Minnesota and an analysis comparing roundabouts to untreated intersections. With the installation of a roundabout, this study finds that the before-after analysis results in a 40% decrease in all severity injury crashes for all roadway users, a 70% decrease in fatal and serious injury crashes for bikes and pedestrians, and a 15% decrease in total pedestrian bike and pedestrian crashes. The results of the comparison analyses suggest roundabouts have better safety performance than through-stop and traffic signal-controlled intersections and similar safety performance to locations with all-way stop control. The results of this evaluation thus indicate that roundabouts can be an effective safety treatment for pedestrian and bicycle crashes.
Book Synopsis The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota by :
Download or read book The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As attention in transportation circles, increasingly focuses on encouraging pedestrian and bicycle travel, it is important that planning initiatives be informed about the safety aspects of these modes. However, recent research suggests a limited understanding of the features that affect the pedestrian and bicycle travel, particularly when it comes to safety. The report examines the information that is collected regarding pedestrian and bicycle crashes in Minnesota in comparison to other states and looks a new ways in which this data can be used increase knowledge of pedestrian and bicycle crashes. To do this exercise exploits a database of crash report information for all pedestrian and bicycle crashes in the State of Minnesota from 1998-2002. Our analysis examines general trends of pedestrian and bicycle crashes. In addition, we demonstrate that pedestrian crashes tend to occur in different locations than bicycle crashes. The final part of the paper focuses on developing a method to identify where pedestrian and bicycle crashes are more likely to occur, Poisson regression to identify the relationships between crashes and neighborhood attributes.
Book Synopsis Roundabouts by : Lee August Rodegerdts
Download or read book Roundabouts written by Lee August Rodegerdts and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2010 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 672: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide - Second Edition explores the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of roundabouts. The report also addresses issues that may be useful in helping to explain the trade-offs associated with roundabouts. This report updates the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, based on experience gained in the United States since that guide was published in 2000.
Book Synopsis Safety in Numbers by : Kristin Carlson
Download or read book Safety in Numbers written by Kristin Carlson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This investigation aims to evaluate whether the Safety in Numbers phenomenon is observable in the midwestern U.S. city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Safety in Numbers (SIN) refers to the phenomenon that pedestrian safety is positively correlated with increased pedestrian traffic in a given area. Walking and bicycling are increasingly becoming important transportation modes in modern cities. Proper placement of non-motorized facilities and improvements has implications for safety, accessibility, and mode choice, but proper information regarding estimated non-motorized traffic levels is needed to locate areas where investments can have the greatest impact. Assessment of collision risk between automobiles and non-motorized travelers offers a tool that can help inform investments to improve non-motorized traveler safety. Models of non-motorized crash risk typically require detailed historical multimodal crash and traffic volume data, but many cities do not have dense datasets of non-motorized transport flow levels. Methods of estimating pedestrian and bicycle behavior that do not rely heavily on high-resolution count data are applied in this study. Pedestrian and cyclist traffic counts, average automobile traffic, and crash data from the city of Minneapolis are used to build models of crash frequencies at the intersection level as a function of modal traffic inputs. These models determine whether the SIN effect is observable within the available datasets for pedestrians, cyclists, and cars, as well as determine specific locations within Minneapolis where non-motorized travelers experience elevated levels of risk of crashes with automobiles.
Book Synopsis Minnesota's Best Practices for Pedestrian/bicycle Safety by :
Download or read book Minnesota's Best Practices for Pedestrian/bicycle Safety written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Traffic Safety Evaluation at J-turn Intersections in Minnesota by : Max Moreland
Download or read book Traffic Safety Evaluation at J-turn Intersections in Minnesota written by Max Moreland and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2010 and 2022, 83 J-turn intersections were installed on Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) roadways. The J-turn is an alternative intersection layout that is intended to provide safety benefits by limiting the number of points within an intersection that two or more vehicle paths might intersect. Before-after analyses at J-turns and control sites were conducted and compared. With the installation of a J-turn, the analyses found decreases in fatal and serious injury crashes, angle crashes, and fatal and serious injury angle crashes. The large decreases in severe crashes at J-turn locations indicate the J-turn can be an effective safety treatment. The analysis also found J-turns have lower crash rates for key crash types as compared to low-volume interchanges and rural, high-speed signalized intersections.
Book Synopsis Effectiveness and Efficiencies in Pedestrian Safety. Evaluation Summary Report by : Patricia H. Ehrlich
Download or read book Effectiveness and Efficiencies in Pedestrian Safety. Evaluation Summary Report written by Patricia H. Ehrlich and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Minnesota Traffic Safety Curriculum Guide by : Minnesota. Department of Public Safety
Download or read book Minnesota Traffic Safety Curriculum Guide written by Minnesota. Department of Public Safety and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Study of the Traffic Safety at Roundabouts In Minnesota by : Derek Leuer
Download or read book A Study of the Traffic Safety at Roundabouts In Minnesota written by Derek Leuer and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pedestrian User Experience at Roundabouts by : Ranjit Godavarthy
Download or read book Pedestrian User Experience at Roundabouts written by Ranjit Godavarthy and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the nature and extent of problems related to pedestrian user experience at Minnesota roundabouts. Pedestrian user experience in this study is measured by way of studying driver-yielding rates toward pedestrians at Minnesota roundabout crossings, pedestrian infrastructure design, and pedestrian behavior characteristics at Minnesota roundabout crossing treatments. To gather roundabout candidates for this study, a survey was conducted with Minnesota city and county engineers, as well as with the project Technical Advisory Panel members. Fifteen roundabouts were shortlisted for conducting field observations followed by installing multiple cameras at each roundabout. Eight roundabout locations were shortlisted for conducting case studies and in-depth analysis to study pedestrian user experience. Case study findings have shown that when compared to multi-lane roundabouts, single-lane roundabouts performed well in terms of driver vehicle-yielding rates toward pedestrians. Use of rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at pedestrian crossings has shown better driver-yielding rates while in-roadway signs have shown satisfactory results. Based on the knowledge gathered from previous research by way of literature review combined with Minnesota roundabouts studied in this research effort, a guidance document was developed to help city and county engineers enhance pedestrian user experience at Minnesota roundabouts.
Book Synopsis Case Study #12 by : Arlene M. Cleven
Download or read book Case Study #12 written by Arlene M. Cleven and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Investigation of Pedestrian/bicyclist Risk in Minnesota Roundabout Crossings by : John Hourdos
Download or read book Investigation of Pedestrian/bicyclist Risk in Minnesota Roundabout Crossings written by John Hourdos and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many cities in the United States are installing roundabouts instead of traditional intersections, due to evidence that roundabouts dramatically reduce fatal and severe injury crashes compared to traditional signalized intersections. However, the impact on pedestrian safety is not clear. This project was developed to investigate pedestrian accessibility in Minnesota urban roundabouts, addressing complaints from pedestrians regarding difficulties in crossing and safety. The methodology followed in this ongoing research is typical of other observational studies. A sufficiently large number of observations on the interactions between pedestrians or bicycles (peds/bikes) and vehicles at two modern urban roundabouts in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota were collected and reduced. These observations have supported a two phased analysis. Phase 1 involved the extraction of general information describing the crossing event, such as who yielded, the location of the crossing, or the number of subjects involved. Phase 2 looked deeper into these factors by considering the conditions inside the roundabout before the vehicle proceeds to the crossing and meets with the ped/bike. The results presented, although containing no surprises, do highlight and categorize the existence of friction between pedestrians and drivers at roundabout crossings. Also the identification of factors affecting driver yield behavior and pedestrian wait time do offer good background for modeling such interactions.
Book Synopsis Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Evaluation for the City of Emeryville at Four Intersections by :
Download or read book Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Evaluation for the City of Emeryville at Four Intersections written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :National Association of City Transportation Officials Publisher :Island Press ISBN 13 :1610915658 Total Pages :258 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (19 download)
Book Synopsis Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition by : National Association of City Transportation Officials
Download or read book Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition written by National Association of City Transportation Officials and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide quickly emerged as the preeminent resource for designing safe, protected bikeways in cities across the United States. It has been completely re-designed with an even more accessible layout. The Guide offers updated graphic profiles for all of its bicycle facilities, a subsection on bicycle boulevard planning and design, and a survey of materials used for green color in bikeways. The Guide continues to build upon the fast-changing state of the practice at the local level. It responds to and accelerates innovative street design and practice around the nation.
Author :Minnesota. Department of Public Safety. Highway Safety and Research Section Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :80 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Building a Pedestrian Safety Program for Your Community; a Guide for Community Action by : Minnesota. Department of Public Safety. Highway Safety and Research Section
Download or read book Building a Pedestrian Safety Program for Your Community; a Guide for Community Action written by Minnesota. Department of Public Safety. Highway Safety and Research Section and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Traffic Safety Evaluation at Reduced Conflict Intersections in Minnesota by : Max Moreland
Download or read book Traffic Safety Evaluation at Reduced Conflict Intersections in Minnesota written by Max Moreland and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2010 and 2020, 49 Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCIs) were installed on Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) roadways. The RCI is an alternative intersection layout that is intended to provide safety benefits by limiting the number of points within an intersection that two or more vehicle paths might intersect. Both a before-after analysis at RCIs and a cross-sectional analysis comparing RCIs to untreated intersections were conducted. With the installation of an RCI, both analyses yielded statistically significant decreases in fatal and serious injury crashes, angle crashes, and fatal and serious injury angle crashes. Statistically significant increases in rear-end crashes were found. Both analyses showed no significant changes to sideswipe crashes or total crashes. Based on these results, severity shift in crashes has been seen at the RCIs in Minnesota. The overall number of crashes have not changed, but the high-severity crashes have been reduced while property damage crashes have increased. The large decreases in severe crashes at RCI locations indicate the RCI can be an effective safety treatment.
Book Synopsis Traffic Safety Evaluation of Lane Constrictor Intersections in Minnesota by : Max Moreland
Download or read book Traffic Safety Evaluation of Lane Constrictor Intersections in Minnesota written by Max Moreland and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2018 and 2019, MnDOT installed a lane constrictor design at 66 side-street, stop-controlled intersections in Minnesota. The lane constrictor design narrows the lane width for mainline approaches via a striped median with centerline rumble strips. By narrowing the mainline lane, the goal of this design is to encourage mainline traffic to slow down as it approaches the intersection. The striped median also provides greater separation between mainline directions and draws more attention to the location of the intersection. Following the installation of lane constrictors at MnDOT intersections, overall crash rates have seen little change but there have been decreases in fatal and serious injury (KA) as well as fatal and all injury (KABC) crash rates. These results indicate the addition of lane constrictors have a positive impact on crashes by reducing the severity of crashes, swapping injury crashes for property damage only crashes.
