More Safety Tools and Analysis Resources
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Covers Variable Speed Limits as a proven safety countermeasure.
Read More >Proven Safety Countermeasures: Appropriate Speed Limits for All Road Users
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Covers setting appropriate speed limits for all road users as a proven safety countermeasure.
Read More >Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Shares findings from a literature review to summarize the state of research on "Safety in Numbers" and identify potential implications of the work.
Read More >U.S. Department of Transportation Pedestrian and Bicyclist Road Safety Assessments
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
Summarizes pedestrian and bicycle safety assessments, on-the-ground examinations of transportation facilities conducted by a multidisciplinary, multi-agency team.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration
The purpose of this study was to identify noteworthy and innovative international designs, treatments, and other practices that have potential to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety and access and increase walking and bicycling in the United States.
Read More >Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center 2024 Annual Report
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Provides an overview of PBIC’s efforts to advance pedestrian and bicyclist safety and support walking and biking in 2024.
Read More >Disaster Relief Mobilization Study: Content for Report to Congress
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Summarizes the work and findings of the Disaster Relief Mobilization Study in a report to Congress.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides a better understanding of how transportation agencies, stakeholders, and advocates alike could better work together to improve road safety for all users and achieve the goal of zero fatalities. Covers a variety of current topics, including road safety, design standards, and performance assessment.
Read More >Implementing the Proven Safety Countermeasures in Work Zones
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The purpose of this guide is to provide information to State and local agencies on work zone fatalities in the U.S. and the application of Safe System Approach principles to work zone planning, design, operations, and management
Read More >Proactive Safety for Vulnerable Road Users Leveraging Digital Twin Technology
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes a new technology that leverages digital-twin (DT) technology to estimate likelihood of a crash in certain scenarios by predicting trajectories of vehicles and people walking, biking, and rolling, and creating collision warnings. A real-time synchronization between real and digital versions will be able to conduct simulations between people driving vehicles, people outside of the vehicle, and roadway conditions, and predict potential collisions.
Read More >Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Summarizes pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) and crashworthiness (CW) test protocols, assessing vehicle safety systems' potential to reduce pedestrian risk in pedestrian-vehicle crashes.
Read More >Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Provides pedestrian injury data for January 2021 through December 2023 from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program, a source of near real-time emergency department data. Finds that pedestrian injuries were highest among six racial and ethnic minority groups, 15 to 34-year-olds, and males, and peaked from September to November.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Explains how FHWA’s Virtual Reality (VR) Laboratory uses 3D simulations to explore safety solutions for road users. Researchers test new technologies and conditions, studying responses to warnings and issues for pedestrians and bicyclists in controlled VR environments. Data helps inform the development of effective safety countermeasures.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Evaluates infrared and LiDAR sensors for detecting road users. Finds that thermal sensors outperformed LiDAR in detection rates but notes challenges with detecting groups of pedestrians and highlights the importance of sensor placement.
Read More >Reducing Conflicts Between Turning Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
Source: Transportation Research and Education Center, Portland State University
Describes a project that offers a decision tool and guidelines for reducing and managing conflicts between bicyclists and drivers at signalized intersections. Focuses on improving safety where bicyclists travel straight through intersections and drivers turn across their paths.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides practitioners with information on how to conduct an engineering study to set a speed limit for a speed zone based on the provisions in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD).
Read More >Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Helps states start a data linkage program or expand their current program to help prevent motor vehicle crash-related injuries and deaths.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Developed for FHWA staff to provide information on considerations to integrate Equity into the Safe System Approach.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Offers a suite of tools and resources designed to assist in identifying high-risk areas, selecting appropriate countermeasures, and prioritizing improvements to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries in Tribal areas.
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The Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, version 3 (PBCAT 3), is an open-access crash typing application.
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The Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse provides a searchable database of CMFs along with guidance and resources on using CMFs in road safety practice.
Read More >Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossing Locations
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides a step-by-step method for selecting crossing treatments.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Introduces a tool to prioritize roadway design strategies that align with the Safe System Approach.
Read More >Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Updates standardized crash data criteria to improve safety data collection for non-motorists.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes the process for selecting and implementing countermeasures and each includes an interactive selection tool and case studies.
Read More >AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit: A Self-Service Guide to Assessing a Community’s Bikeability
Source: AARP and League of American Bicyclists
Announces a new guide and worksheets to assess and improve bicyclist safety and accessibility.
Read More >Power Mapping 101: How Communities Can Make Connections and Improve Park Access
Source: Safe Routes Partnership
Provides a guide to developing a community power map as a visual tool to build connections and improve park access.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Identifies and describes current capabilities, best practices, and future data and analysis needs for quantifying the safety performance effects of multiple safety treatments.
Read More >Source: State Smart Transportation Institute
Analyzes nighttime pedestrian deaths and finds fatalities peak shortly after sunset.
Read More >Source: Governing
Reports that travel needs of people with disabilities are not accounted for due to missing data.
Read More >Source: Smart Cities Dive
Presents findings on the fire risks of lithium-ion batteries in electric mobility devices.
Read More >Source: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Presents a safety analysis with models for pedestrian-related crashes in Montgomery County, MD.
Read More >New Traffic Safety Reporting Tool for Bicyclists and Pedestrians
Source: Greater Greater Washington
Introduces a tool to help record and report traffic incidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians.
Read More >Source: Smart Growth America
Summarizes a 40-year high in pedestrian deaths and identifies those most at risk.
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Offers information and resources for State Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinators.
Read More >"Walking to School: Connecting Past and Present Impacts" StoryMap Text Content
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Provides a text file of "Walking to School: Connecting Past and Present Impacts" StoryMap for ADA/WCAG accessibility.
Read More >Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Explores the enduring effects of segregation and present-day social factors on current street conditions around schools and disinvested communities via a StoryMap focusing on these impacts in Atlanta, Georgia and featuring an initiative to improve active travel for middle school students.
Read More >Source: Buehler, R. and Pucher, J. (2024). Transport Reviews 44
Discusses several specific issues that affect the comparability of walk trips as reported in travel surveys, including survey methodologies themselves.
Read More >Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Compiles initial reactions to and recommendations for the updated 11th Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Read More >Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Bus Rapid Transit and High-Priority Bus Corridors
Source: TCRP Synthesis, NASEM
Explores pedestrian and bike safety in areas that implemented Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
Read More >Source: NCHRP, NASEM
Provides a primary resource for guidance on all aspects of roundabouts.
Read More >Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges
Source: NCHRP Synthesis 604, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
Documents state DOTs practices to provide or improve pedestrian and bicyclist access to existing vehicle bridges.
Read More >Source: ITE and FHWA
Introduces a five-stage framework to help practitioners better understand the impacts of speed on road safety.
Read More >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: Harris County Engineering Department
Shares video of a trail being constructed in Harris County, TX with imbedded glow stones that will activate throughout the day and glow at night to allow for safer passage of bicyclists.
Read More >Source: Toole Design
Describes a new interactive tool to help communities identify higher risk portions of the roadway network as part of their safety planning efforts or Vision Zero initiatives.
Read More >Source: Transportation for America
Announces the release of the SHIFT Calculator.
Read More >Source: UNC Injury Prevention Research Center & NC Division of Public Health
Offers strategies for surveillance and prevention of fatalities and injuries in youth school and organized sports that could apply to bicycling, running, and other nonmotorized events. Informed by practices specific to the state of North Carolina that could be translated to other local or regional efforts.
Read More >Source: League of American Bicyclists
Presents six guidelines for safe autonomous vehicle (AV)-cyclist interactions and how Cruise, a company that offers paid rides in AVs to the public, endorses and meets them.
Read More >Source: FHWA Innovator
Describes data-driven safety analysis (DDSA) using big data to prioritize safety and make informed decisions that result in fewer crashes.
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