Evaluation of Sustained Enforcement, Education, and Engineering Measures on Pedestrian Crossings
Pedestrian fatalities and injuries represent a growing percentage of all traffic fatalities and injuries. This project used a multifaceted approach to improving compliance to the Minnesota crosswalk law in Saint Paul, Minnesota, including: (1) education, (2) measurement, (3) enforcement efforts, (4) social norming, and (5) engineering treatment. The multifaceted activities were planned and implemented in Saint Paul with city traffic engineers and enforcement officers. The study initially observed 32% yielding and frequent multiple threat passing at 16 unsignalized, marked crosswalks throughout Saint Paul, measured through staged pedestrian crossings by the research team. A program was implemented that used a phased treatment approach of disseminating educational materials, conducting four waves of high visibility enforcement (HVE), displaying yielding averages on feedback signs across the city, and introducing low-cost engineering solutions through in-street signs. The results demonstrated a significant impact from education, HVE, and engineering to increase yielding to as high as 78% at enforcement sites and 61% at untreated sites. Multiple threat passing was also reduced. Overall, the study demonstrated that the HVE program and combined low-cost engineering were effective at improving compliance to the crosswalk law.
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Corporate Authors:
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Minneapolis, MN United States 55455Minnesota Department of Transportation
Office of Research & Innovation
395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 330
St. Paul, MN United States 55155-1899 -
Authors:
- Morris, Nichole L
- Craig, Curtis M
- Van Houten, Ron
- Publication Date: 2019-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 178p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Compliance; Crosswalks; Pedestrian safety; State laws; Traffic engineering; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic safety education; Yielding
- Geographic Terms: Saint Paul (Minnesota)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01716006
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: MN/RC 2019-29, CTS #2018010
- Contract Numbers: 1003325 (wo) 25
- Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 12 2019 12:41PM