COVID-19 Streets: Mobility Justice and the Rapid Rollout of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Improvements [R34] [supporting dataset]

The “COVID Streets” movement may be an indicator of evolution in the transport field. But questions remain over whether this change supports more equitable planning processes that are necessary to achieve safer outcomes for all users. This research will explore the ways in which cities approached equity and public engagement in the process of planning and implementing rapid rollout pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and the impacts of those facilities, using a mobility justice framework for evaluation. The primary objective is to identify, describe, and disseminate lessons from rapid rollouts that may lead to the development of more timely, equitable, and ultimately safer deployments of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure in a post-pandemic future. The proposed research focuses specifically on the planning process, with a secondary focus on links among planning process, intervention design, and utility. The authors anticipate concurrent and future studies will focus on design and outcomes. Findings from this research can be used to inform efforts to shorten timelines for planning, design, and implementation of potentially life-saving pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure while promoting a more equitable public process and more just distribution of benefits. The research will build knowledge on the relationships among planning process, design, and implementation of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and identify how synergies between safe systems and mobility justice can be leveraged to improve transportation safety for all users. (2024-05-15)

• Dataset URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.15139/S3/XXQIVG
• Record URL:
  • https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CSCRS_FinalReport_R34.pdf
• Summary URL:
  • https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/research/projects/2021r34/
• Summary URL:
  • https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/R34_brief.pdf
• Summary URL:
  • https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/R34_SlideDeck.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The dataset supports report: COVID-19 Streets: Evaluating the Impacts of Rapid Rollouts Of Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities, available at the URL above. This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27514

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Combs, Tabitha
  • 0000-0002-0362-7015
  • Nordback, Krista
  • 0000-0001-7967-1998
  • Morin, Luke
  • 0000-0002-2081-1295
• Publication Date: 2024-7-18

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Dataset
• Dataset: Version: 1.0 Integrity Hash:
• Dataset publisher:

  Dataverse

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Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; COVID-19; Data; Equity; Pedestrian areas; Public participation; Traffic safety; Transportation planning; Urban design
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01929967
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 8218
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 11 2024 9:17AM