A Comparative Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Around University Campuses

This study examines the campus cores and peripheries of the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Sacramento, in order to compare safety risks for pedestrians and bicyclists among the three locations. Together, they comprise a wide number of characteristics in terms of setting, size, mode share and layout. The primary goal of the study is to identify possible relationships between pedestrian and bicycle crashes and the environments where these crashes occur, in terms of urban form, traffic characteristics and more. Using approaches from public health, planning, engineering and urban design, crash data (both police-reported and self-reported) and urban form data from all three campuses were examined, and the spatial and temporal distribution of pedestrian and bicycle crashes in each campus were studied. In order to account for under-reporting of pedestrian and bicycle crashes, an online survey was developed to solicit self-reported data from campus travelers about their crash experiences and perceptions about safety. This information was subsequently analyzed to identify collision hotspots reported by travelers on the three campuses, as well as hotspots indicated by reported crash data. The hotspots were studied in detail to identify the characteristics of the built environment that contributed to the incidence of pedestrian and bicycle crashes, and to suggest areas where design changes would be most likely to improve pedestrian and bicycling safety.

• Record URL:
  http://safetrec.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/UCTC-FR-2014-03.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5j406p5/1/producer%2F890158824.pdf
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• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Safe Transportation Research and Education Center
  2614 Dwight Way, #7374
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-7374

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  McLaughlin Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  3250 Public Affairs Building
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90095-1656

  California State University, Sacramento

  6000 J Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Innovation
  1227 O Street, MS-83
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Grembek, Offer
  • 0000-0003-1869-9457
  • Medury, Aditya
  • Orrick, Phyllis
  • Leung, Katherine
  • Ragland, David R
  • Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia
  • Fink, Camille N Y
  • Resnick, Justin
  • Wong, Norman
  • Shafizadeh, Kevan
  • Khan, Ghazan
• Publication Date: 2014-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 180p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle crashes; Built environment; Campuses; Crash causes; Cyclists; High risk locations; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Risk assessment; Spatial analysis; Urban design
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01539288
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCTC-FR-2014-03
• Files: CALTRANS, UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 26 2014 2:42PM