THE ASSESSMENT OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

This note recommends the practices to be followed, when planning at- grade pedestrian crossings in the UK and describes all types of crossing, including those shared with cyclists, other than those at signalled junctions. The procedure for assessing a pedestrian crossing has the following stages: (1) site assessment; (2) option assessment; and (3) the production of an assessment framework. In the site assessment, a site survey and a record of all relevant local and traffic factors should be made by an experienced traffic engineer. The survey should include land about 60m on each side of the site. Relevant factors include: (1) carriageway and footway type and width; (2) surroundings; (3) vehicle and pedestrian flows and flow composition; (4) average crossing time and difficulty of crossing; and (5) road accidents. The option assessment should quantify the factors, and choose between the following crossing options: (1) do nothing; (2) traffic management or traffic calming; (3) zebra crossing; or (4) signal-controlled crossing. The assessment framework should present clearly the effects of each proposed option being considered; the report illustrates the general form of assessment framework recommended.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Her Majesty Stationary Office

  49 High Holborn
  London WC1V 6HB,   England 
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • LOCAL TRANSPORT NOTE
  • Issue Number: 1/95
  • Publisher: Her Majesty Stationary Office

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Crosswalks; Cyclists; Evaluation and assessment; Impact studies; Location; Pedestrians; Planning; Policy; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic restraint; Walkways
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2992: Carriageway; 1742: Cyclist; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2720: Footway; 9112: Impact study; 9061: Location; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 671: Traffic flow; 633: Traffic restraint; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715907
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-11-551625-5
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 31 1996 12:00AM