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The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) has long used 4.0 ft/sec as the recommended walking speed to be used in setting the time for the pedestrian clearance (Flashing Don’t Walk) phase for pedestrian signal installations. Recently, the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices voted to change the recommended walking speed to 3.5 ft/sec for the pedestrian clearance phase, and 3.0- ft/sec for the entire Walk/Flashing Don’t Walk interval. This paper will give the history of the 4.0 ft/sec walking speed, going back to the 1961 MUTCD, and then explain the rationale for the new MUTCD recommendations.

01091711

English

8p

2007

3rd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work

CD-ROM

References (17)

Flashing traffic signals; Highway traffic control; Pedestrian clearance interval (Traffic signals); Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian phase; Pedestrians; Speed; Walking

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Mar 28 2008 10:52AM

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