Town of Ennis Main Street/Highway 287 Traffic Calming Project

The Town of Ennis reached out to the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) to determine options for ensuring that motorists followed the posted speed limit and yielded to pedestrians crossing Main Street/Highway 287. As a U.S. Highway, Main Street is under the jurisdiction of the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT). As such, researchers partnered with MDT to develop solutions for the portion of Highway 287 running through downtown Ennis. For this project, WTI provided technical assistance to the Town of Ennis for a demonstration (often called “pop-up”) project aimed at lowering traffic speeds and increasing pedestrian safety. WTI assistance included planning, installation and removal of infrastructure, data collection and analysis, and final reporting.

• Dataset URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d2547d824
• Record URL:
  • https://westerntransportationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/4W7555_Town-of-Ennis-Final-Report-2_Website.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68759
• Dataset URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72713
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Supporting datasets available at: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d2547d824; https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72713
• Corporate Authors:

  Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility

  Western Transportation Institute
  Montana State University
  Bozeman, MT  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Montana Department of Transportation

  2701 Prospect Avenue
  P.O. Box 201001
  Helena, MT  United States  59620-1001

  Town of Ennis, Montana

  Ennis, MT  United States 
• Authors:
  • Madsen, Matthew
• Publication Date: 2020-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crosswalks; Demonstration projects; Pedestrian safety; Traffic calming
• Geographic Terms: Ennis (Montana)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01892187
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 1 2023 9:47AM