The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis, and Prospectus

As attention in transportation circles increasingly focuses on encouraging pedestrian and bicycle travel, it is important that planning initiatives be informed about the safety aspects of these modes. However, recent research suggests a limited understanding of the features that affect the pedestrian and bicycle travel, particularly when it comes to safety. The report examines the information that is collected regarding pedestrian and bicycle crashes in Minnesota in comparison to other states and looks at new ways in which these data can be used to increase knowledge of pedestrian and bicycle crashes. To do this exercise the authors exploit a database of crash report information for all pedestrian and bicycle crashes in the State of Minnesota from 1998-2002. The analysis examines general trends of pedestrian and bicycle crashes. In addition, the authors demonstrate that pedestrian crashes tend to occur in different locations than bicycle crashes. The final part of the paper focuses on developing a method to identify where pedestrian and bicycle crashes are more likely to occur. Poisson regression is used to identify the relationships between crashes and neighborhood attributes.

• Record URL:
  http://www.lrrb.org/pdf/200704.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.lrrb.org/media/reports/200704TS.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 280 Humphrey Center
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Research Services Section, 395 John Ireland Boulevard, Mail Stop 330
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Krizek, Kevin J
  • Poindexter, Gavin
  • El-Geneidy, Ahmed M
  • Sanderson, Edward
• Publication Date: 2007-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 114p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle crashes; Crash locations; Design; Neighborhoods; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Poisson distributions; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bicycle safety
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055094
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MN/RC-2007-04
• Contract Numbers: 81655 (wo 134)
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 17 2007 9:54AM