TRB Pedestrian Research Subcommittee

Sirisha Kothuri | Nick Ferenchak

Jan 11th, 2022 8:00 – 9:45 AM

Marriott Marquis, Marquis Salon 13 (M2)

• Committee Purpose (8:00)
• Introductions (8:05)
• Announcements/Updates (8:15)
• Review of 2022 Activities (8:35)
• Sunday Workshops (8:45)
• Research Presentations (8:50)
• FY 2023 Research Cycle (9:10)
• RNS Development (9:30)
• Adjourn (9:45)

Agenda

Subcommittee Purpose

• Identify pedestrian research needs/topics and develop Pedestrian RNS
• Find organizations to fund and conduct necessary research; promote RNS to these organizations
• Track previous, ongoing, and upcoming research in a RNS database

• NCHRP Research Needs Statement (RNS)
• Research that addresses issues integral to the State DOT’s, provides practical, ready to implement solutions and administered by TRB and sponsored by AASHTO
• NCHRP Synthesis Statement
• Smaller in scope, typically documents best practices
• BTSCRP (Behavioral Traffic Safety)
• Partnership between GHSA, NHTSA, and TRB
• Projects develop practical solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors.

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Overview of Programs

• Name
• Affiliation
• Important Pedestrian Research Question/Topic

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Introductions

• Sign-in Sheet
• Workshops
• FHWA Update - Darren Buck
• AASHTO Update - Kelly Hardy
• Others

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Announcements

• NCHRP 22-37 Development of a MASH Barrier to Shield Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and Other Vulnerable Users from Motor Vehicles – Chiara Dobrovolny

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• NCHRP 17-97 Strategies to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Night - Rebecca Sanders

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• BTSCRP BTS-21 Assessing and Mitigating Racial Disparities in the Enforcement of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Micromobility Traffic-Related Laws

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• NCHRP Report 948 Guide for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety at Alternative and Other Intersections and Interchanges - Bastian Schroeder

Review of 2022 Activities

• Micromobility, Bicycles, and the Future of Cities

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• Applying the Safe System Approach to Overcome Challenges

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• Open-Source Pathways to Active Travel Modeling: Walk, Bike, and Transit

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• No Excuse for Ugly Streets Serving our communities

Sunday Workshop Recap

• Integrated Complete Trip Deployment Plan – Mark Hallenbeck (UW)

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• Longitudinal Spatial Trends in U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities, 1999-2020 – Ossiris Sanchez Rodriguez (UNM)

Research Presentations

Statements Selected for FY 2023 Research Cycle

1. 17-112 Enhancing Highway Safety Manual Guidance on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Countermeasures (CMF/SPF Development) (we merged our statement with another)
2. 17-115 Pedestrian Crosswalk Spacing and Placement Guidance to Improve Safety (we wrote this one)
3. 17-120 Improved Method to Link Crash, Emergency Medical Service, and Trauma Registry Data to Expand Safety Data Analyses and Safety Program Development (we merged our statement with another)

Statements Selected for FY 2023 Research Cycle

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AASHTO CAT Research Roadmap

1. Defining Appropriate Design & Accommodation Thresholds for Active Transportation in a Context Driven Approach
2. Institutional Integration of Active Transportation
3. Integrating Active Transportation Data into Transportation Decision-Making
4. Racial & Economic Disparities in Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety
5. Speed Management Solutions and Strategies to Improve Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety on Arterial Roadways

Statements Selected for FY 2023 Research Cycle

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NCHRP Synthesis & BTSCRP

• None

Statements Submitted - NCHRP

• Strategies for Improving Pedestrian Safety near Transit Stops (AASHTO Safety) – Jessica Schoner, Srinivas Geedipally
• Health Benefit Analyses of Physical Activity (AASHTO Planning) - Nicole Iroz-Elardo, Josh Roll, Lindsay Braun
• Methods for Designing a Statistically Robust Network of Active Transportation Count Stations (AASHTO TCNMT) – Sirisha Kothuri, Krista Nordback, Phil Lasley, Greg Lindsey, Andreas Krause
• Develop Standard Protocols for Count Station Quality Control, Validation/Calibration, and Error Estimates (AASHTO TCNMT) - Sirisha Kothuri, Krista Nordback, Phil Lasley, Peter Ohlms, Andreas Krause, Rebecca Sanders

Statements Submitted - NCHRP Synthesis

• Active Transportation Interventions in Tribal Communities - Laura Balis
• Determining the State of the Practice for How Crash Data Systems Collect and Analyze Data from a Social Equity Perspective - Josh Roll, Katie Harmon, Kevin Manaugh

Statements Submitted - BTSCRP

• Evaluating the Safety Impacts of Trails and Greenways on Reducing Traffic Deaths and Crashes – Torsha Bhattacharya, Alyson West
• New Crossing Treatments and Floating Bus Stops: Challenges for Pedestrians with Blindness, Low Vision, and Deafblindness - Joanne Chalom, Freda Tepfer

Previously Identified Research Needs

• Understanding Users Diverse Vision Needs for Safe, Usable Transit Systems
• Improving Pedestrian and Bicyclist Accessibility and Safety at At-Grade Railroad Crossings
• Incorporating Pedestrian Accessibility in Transportation Research and Planning
• Pathways to Rural Health
• Communication between AVs and Pedestrians
• All Ages and Abilities Traffic Signal Detection for Active Transportation
• Integrating Airports into a Multimodal Transportation System with a Focus on Pedestrians and Cyclists
• LiDAR for Pedestrian Facility Data
• Using Crowdsourced Data for Pedestrian Volumes

If you have other research ideas, let us know!��Thank you!

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Sirisha Kothuri (skothuri@pdx.edu)

Nick Ferenchak (ferenchak@unm.edu)