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Title:

Investigating the Correlation Between Sidewalk Gaps and Pedestrian Safety

Accession Number:

01588681

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In recent years, pedestrian and bicycle safety have emerged to be of major concern to Federal and selected States in the US. With the transition to the mobility of people, pedestrian and bicycle safety has become more prevalent for governmental agencies to address and prioritize for strategic constructing. It was crucial to address the pedestrian- vehicular conflict within Florida as it was reported in the “Dangerous by Design” report as having the highest four (4) pedestrian incident locations in the country. This paper investigates correlation between pedestrian safety and sidewalk/bicycle-lane gaps within Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 5. A wide array of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) information associated with the sidewalk/bicycle lane gaps and the safety data was secured by FDOT. The data included all the Roadway Characteristics Inventory (RCI) within the district. Crash data combined with other geometric design data, traffic data, and census data were used to develop a statistical model. The results showed that presence of sidewalk along roadway segments is one of the main factors that have significant impact on the expected number of pedestrian crashes at a specific location. Other factors included daily traffic volumes, roadway category, specifically along urban two-way divided and undivided arterials with 4-6 lanes as well as the average population within half-mile radius surrounding the crash location. The analysis also concluded that the likelihood of a pedestrian crash along roadways with no sidewalk is 3 times greater than the likelihood of a crash with the presence of a sidewalk.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Standing Committee on Pedestrians.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-5064

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Abou-Senna, Hatem
Radwan, Essam
Mohamed, Ayman

Pagination:

26p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Appendices; Maps; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Florida

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-5064

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 6:12PM