Evaluating Pedestrian Risk in Environmental Justice Areas.

Author(s)
Cottrill, C.D. & Thakuriah, P.
Year
Abstract

This paper evaluates pedestrian crash point data against census tracts with high minority populations and/or low median incomes (generally called environmental justice areas) to determine if there is a relationship between these factors. The potential for pedestrian exposure to risk, estimated here by including factors related to land use, population density, and a pedestrian environment factor, must be included in any estimate of crash likelihood, as increased pedestrian trips generally produce a greater number of pedestrian crashes. The Chicago region is utilized as a case study, allowing for the control of spatial autocorrelation. The paper indicates that there is a positive relationship between environmental justice areas and pedestrian-vehicle crashes.

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C 43881 (In: C 43862 CD-ROM) /80 / ITRD E838294
Source

In: Compendium of papers CD-ROM 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board TRB, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008, 17 p.

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