Communities across the country are encouraging walking and biking to meet safety, health, mobility, and other goals. Pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly environments support health goals by offering opportunities for residents to incorporate more active transportation and may support economic goals, such as increasing local retail sales. Such streets are also associated with safer conditions, fewer injuries, and fewer deaths than streets designed primarily for motorized travel. These active transportation modes are increasingly recognized as fundamental to equitable transportation systems that afford all residents access to destinations without requiring the use of a private automobile. This primer is intended for highway safety professionals, including State Highway Safety Offices, as well as their partners and grantees, as a reference for an integrated and comprehensive effort to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. This type of approach is referred to as “comprehensive” given that it brings to bear all relevant types of resources, including a variety of strategies and safety measures. The goal of this primer is to: • Summarize the most promising infrastructure treatments and behavioral programs available for addressing specific safety problems and highlight how these approaches can be combined and implemented. • Offer real-world examples of what States and local jurisdictions are doing to address pedestrian and bicycle issues in a comprehensive manner. • Identify opportunities for agencies with differing missions to collaborate and combine their respective approaches for a more comprehensive program. • Include descriptions of key concepts and definitions of common terms and acronyms to help readers understand the essentials of pedestrian and bicycle safety issues. The primer is organized into the following sections: • Section 1: Introduction – Briefly describes national initiatives related to non-motorized travel and provides an overview of how States and municipalities are planning more multimodal facilities while working to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. • Section 2: Understanding and Identifying Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Concerns – Describes safety trends and issues for people who walk and bike and summarizes ways to better understand and identify concerns when developing and supporting comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle safety programs. • Section 3: Addressing Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Concerns – Provides an overview of evidence-based engineering, education, and enforcement treatments or programs that, when properly implemented, can improve conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists. The section also discusses a number of factors that may limit or enhance the effectiveness of treatments or programs. • Section 4: Implementing Treatments and Programs in a Partner-Driven Approach – Highlights potential partners for bicycle/pedestrian safety efforts and opportunities for collaboration. • Section 5: Glossary and Additional Resources – Includes brief descriptions of resources that provide additional information about treatments and programs described in Section 3. The glossary includes key terms, acronyms, and concepts that are mentioned in this primer, or that one may come across in the field of transportation safety. Throughout the text, key terms found in the glossary will be bolded and italicized. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting