A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities

This guide is intended to assist residents, parents, community association members, and others in getting involved in making communities safer for pedestrians. The guide includes facts, ideas, and resources to help residents learn about traffic problems that affect pedestrians and find ways to help address these problems and promote pedestrian safety. The guide includes information on identifying problems, taking action to address pedestrian concerns, finding solutions to improve pedestrian safety, and resources to get additional information.

• Record URL:
  http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped_cmnity/ped_walkguide/index.cfm
• Record URL:
  http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped_cmnity/ped_walkguide/residentsguide.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42596
• Corporate Authors:

  Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Incorporated

  8300 Boone Boulevard, Suite 700
  Vienna, VA  United States  22182-2626

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sandt, Laura S
  • Schneider, Robert James
  • Nabors, Dan
  • Thomas, Libby
  • Mitchell, Colleen
  • Eldridge, R J
• Publication Date: 2008-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Guide
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 79p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Community action programs; Education; Handbooks; Pedestrian safety; Residential areas; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Information resources
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01098911
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-07-016
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-05-00024
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 7 2008 11:20AM