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Title:

Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities
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Accession Number:

01326538

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

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Abstract:

This report is intended to provide practitioners with useful information related to establishing safe crossings at roundabouts and channelized turn lanes for pedestrians with vision disabilities. The specific focus areas of the report provide guidance on: identifying under what conditions pedestrians with vision disabilities may experience problems with crossing performance; tying treatment solutions to specific crossing challenges faced by the visually impaired pedestrian population; conducting pedestrian/vehicle studies that help identify performance problems and appropriate treatment strategies; quantifying pedestrian accessibility at a particular crossing; presenting findings from selective field studies performed through this research; developing approaches for extending research findings to other locations; and discussing implications for the practitioner in terms of treatment selection and facility design. The results of this research will be useful to engineers, the accessibility community, policy makers, and the general public to aid in understanding the specific challenges experienced at these facilities by pedestrians with vision disabilities. It is only through the understanding of the components of the crossing task and the particular challenges involved that solutions can be developed, installed, and evaluated appropriately.

Supplemental Notes:

Appendices B through N are available on the TRB website (www.trb.org) by searching "NCHRP Web-Only Document 160".

Report/Paper Numbers:

Project 3-78A

Language:

English

Authors:

Schroeder, Bastian
Hughes, Ronald
Rouphail, Nagui
Cunningham, Christopher
Salamati, Katy
Long, Richard
Guth, David
Emerson, Robert Wall
Kim, Dae
Barlow, Janet
Bentzen, Billie Louise
Rodegerdts, Lee
Myers, Ed

Pagination:

150p

Publication Date:

2011

Serial:

NCHRP Report

Issue Number: 674
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0077-5614

ISBN:

9780309155304

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices (14) ; Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 14 2011 1:20PM