Which Pedestrian Tool Where

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Which Pedestrian Tool Where?

• Ryan Snyder

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This Presentation for General Guidance Only

• Recommendations provide guidance as to where
  devices are COMMONLY used
• Engineering judgment necessary for each location
• Other devices may be needed

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High-Visibility Crosswalk

• At all marked crosswalks
• Priority should be with wider and busier streets
  and streets with greater numbers of pedestrians

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Advanced stop bar

• Can be used at all crosswalks
• Advance 20 to 50 at mid-block crosswalks
• Advance 4 at signalized intersections

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Mid-block crosswalk

• Pedestrian-oriented areas with blocks longer than
  400
• At needed crossing points

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Signs

• At uncontrolled crossings
• Warning sign before the crossing
• Arrow sign at the crossing

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Center Pedestrian Sign
At uncontrolled crossings in pedestrian-oriented
areas, school areas, etc.
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Portable sign

• Near schools
• Near and during events with significant
  pedestrian traffic

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Flashing Beacon

• At uncontrolled crossings of multi-lane roads
  with lt 25,000 to 30,000 ADT
• At uncontrolled crossings of multi-lane roads
  with gt 12,000 to 15,000 ADT
• Use at more multi-lane roads if no crossing
  island is present

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Countdown signal

• Wherever walk/dont walk signals exist
• Most important at wide intersections

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Bulb-Out

• Any multi-lane crossing
• Any crossing of two-lane street where traffic
  calming is desired
• Most needed at uncontrolled crossings of
  multi-lane roads

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Perpendicular curb ramps

• At every street crossing
• Priority in retrofitting should be with wider and
  busier streets

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Intersection Crossing Island

• At any wide intersection or any intersection
  where left-turning vehicles conflict
• Most important at uncontrolled crossings of
  multi-lane roads

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Mid-Block Crossing Island

• At any mid-block crossing
• Most important at uncontrolled crossings of
  multi-lane roads

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Hawk crossing signal

• Still experimental
• Used at otherwise uncontrolled crossings of
  multi-lane roads with significant traffic

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Raised crosswalk

• Crossing of two-lane roads where significant of
  pedestrians are present like a campus, or
  ped-oriented retail district
• Airports
• Next to senior centers and medical clinics

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Scramble intersection
At signalized intersections in districts with
heavy pedestrian traffic
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Tactile warning device
On all curb ramps
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Audible Pedestrian Signal

• At all signalized intersections
• Prioritize locations with most pedestrian traffic
  and where significant numbers of
  visually-impaired people walk

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Freeway Ramp Treatment
At freeway ramps that have obtuse angles

• Narrow
• Square off
• Add ramps and crosswalk

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Common Treatments at Uncontrolled Crossings
ofTwo-Lane Streets

• Marked crosswalks
• Signs
• Perpendicular curb ramps
• Tactile warning devices
• Advanced stop/yield bars

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Common Treatments at Uncontrolled Crossings
ofThree-Lane Streets

• Marked crosswalks
• Signs
• Perpendicular curb ramps
• Tactile warning devices
• Advanced stop/yield bar
• Crossing islands
• Bulb-outs

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Common Treatments at Uncontrolled Crossings
ofFour and Five-Lane Streets ADTs lt 25,000 to
30,000

• Marked crosswalks
• Signs
• Perpendicular curb ramps
• Tactile warning devices
• Advanced stop/yield bar
• Crossing islands
• Bulb-outs
• Flashing beacons
• Use more devices

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Common Treatments at Crossings of Four-Lane
Streets ADTs gt25,000 to 30,000

• Signals
• Advanced stop bars
• High-visibility crosswalks
• Countdown signals
• Bulb-outs
• Crossing islands