REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SIDEWALKS ALONG RURAL HIGHWAYS

BASED UPON DATA ASSEMBLED, THE EXPRERIENCE OF MEMBERS, AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING GENERAL WARRANTS FOR RURAL SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION. SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG HIGHWAYS WHERE CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS OF PEDESTRIANS WALK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THIS IS RESULTING IN FREQUENT PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. THE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS MUST BE FORESEEN BEFORE THE IMPENDING TOLL OF PEDESTRIAN DEATHS AND INJURIES START. SEPARATE WALKWAYS SHOULD BE BE PROVIDED ON BRIDGES AND THROUGH UNDERPASSES TO FULFILL IMMEDIATE OR ANTICIPATED NEEDS. EIGHT TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALSO MADE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/20/20-039.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 20, pp 673-680, 1TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Reeder, E J
  • COX, W J
  • Henderson, G H
• Publication Date: 1941

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 3-6, 1940
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 20
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Rural highways; Sidewalks
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223486
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM