More Safety Tools and Analysis Examples
Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Documents findings from a research team studying Australian and New Zealand approaches to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on urban, signalized arterial roadways.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes how separated bike lanes are making roads safer for bicyclists and impacts of these efforts in Richmond, VA.
Read More >Saving Lives with Connectivity: A Plan to Accelerate V2X Deployment
Source: US Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Presents a plan to accelerate the deployment of vehicle-to-everything technology, enabling vehicles to communicate wirelessly with other road users and roadside infrastructure.
Read More >Noteworthy Practice: Equity Approaches for Vision Zero: San Francisco
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Offers a case study on equity considerations in San Francisco CA using equity data to inform Vision Zero Network.
Read More >Noteworthy Practice: MnDOT’s SPACE Tool: Using Equity Data to Inform Active Transportation Safety
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Offers a case study on equity considerations in Minnesota DOT using equity data to inform active transportation safety.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Offers a case study on Virginia DOT Pedestrian Safety Action Plan.
Read More >Integrating the Safe System Approach into California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Offers a case study of the Safe System Approach in California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
Read More >Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center 2023 Annual Report
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Provides an overview of advancements in pedestrian and bicyclist safety through 2023 and PBIC's contributions to these efforts.
Read More >Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia- Summary Brief
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Shares a summary of key findings of the FHWA Global Benchmarking Program Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia project and how they may be applied to US policies and practices.
Read More >Source: Toole Design
Describes via case studies three key principles for advancing a Safety Action Plan into a successful implementation
Read More >Source: StreetLight Data
Describes helpful ways to analyze new pedestrian safety metrics, including: top 20 cities ranked by highest amount of pedestrian activity; significant shifts in pedestrian travel patterns nationwide; how to pinpoint exposure hot spots; Orlando. FL analysis of downtown vs suburban; and results that show that higher crash volume does not necessarily indicate higher risk.
Read More >New York City, NY: Court Orders 9,000 Crosswalk Upgrades for Blind Pedestrians
Source: Route Fifty
Reports that a federal court has ordered New York City to upgrade 9,000 crossings over the next decade after disability advocates sued, citing 97% of the city’s intersections with visual “walk” and “don’t walk” signals did not have technology for blind or low-vision pedestrians.
Read More >Source: Bloomberg CityLab
Suggests that requiring property owners to repair broken sidewalks when they sell could fix half of the broken walkways in Los Angeles, CA by 2034. Roughly 40% of 10,750 miles of sidewalk in Los Angeles are broken.
Read More >Source: Bicycle Dutch
Shows via a short video how a cyclist uses a Dutch protected intersection.
Read More >Source: Austroads
Provides practical guidance on procuring, managing, and implementing road safety audits, and offers a recording of a webinar on the guide.
Read More >Source: AARP
Includes instructions and checklists for examining intersections, sidewalks, driver behavior, public safety, and more.
Read More >Source: European Cyclists' Federation
Analyzes cargo bike friendliness of 125 European cities.
Read More >Source: European Cyclists' Federation
Analyzes cargo bike friendliness of 125 European cities.
Read More >Source: America Walks
Compiles an overview of Walk Audits from a recent America Walks and AARP Livable Communities webinar, including local quick win success stories, links to resources, tools, and speaker slides.
Read More >Vision Zero for Youth Demonstration Project: Year One Report
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Summarizes work, findings, and deliverables from the first year of the Vision Zero for Youth Demonstration Project work plan (October 2019-September 2020).
Read More >Source: StreetLight Data
Research report shares helpful ways to analyze pedestrian safety metrics.
Read More >Source: Oregon Department of Transportation
Covers a tool to improve methods to identify and prioritize locations with increased or elevated risk for pedestrian and bicycle crashes.
Read More >Source: Seattle Department of Transportation
Identifies locations to prioritize safety improvements with the goal of preventing future crashes.
Read More >Don't Cut Corners: Left Turn Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crash Study
Source: New York City DOT
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) developed the Left Turn Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Study to advance New York City’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Read More >Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Monthly public access television show produced in Bethesda educates viewers on pedestrian safety and solution through local and international examples.
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