Mitigating Erratic Vehicular and Pedestrian Movements at Un-Gated Signalized Light Rail Crossings, City of Baltimore, Maryland

This paper discusses light rail, vehicular and pedestrian safety mitigation measures implemented in the City of Baltimore, at 17at-grade signalized intersections along a 1.9 miles in the Howard Street Light Rail Corridor. Safety measures to reduce pedestrian-related incidents are emphasized, considering their relative severity. Resources for this study included the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), the Maryland Supplement to the MUTCD; the Maryland Vehicle Code; the Transportation Research Board TCRP Report 17, “Integration of Light Rail Transit into City Streets”; the California Traffic Control Devices Committee Report, “Light Rail Traffic Manual”, 1994 Edition; TCRP Project J-06/Task 65, Operations of Street Running Light Rail at Higher Speeds, July 2007; and TCRP SA-20, LRV Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections, Synthesis Report, December 2008.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Sulibhavi, Govind
  • Sabra, Ziad A
• Conference:
  • ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit
  • Location: Phoenix AZ, United States
  • Date: 2009-3-22 to 2009-3-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit. Transportation Operations in Action. Compendium of Technical Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Light rail transit grade crossings; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian traffic; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Road markings; Signalized intersections; Traffic control devices; Traffic crashes; Traffic mitigation; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Baltimore (Maryland)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01164341
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781933452470
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 2010 8:28AM