Pedestrian Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists

2007PDFTech ReportFHWA-SA-07-007Pedestrian safetySafety auditsGuidelinesHighway safetyUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyNabors, DanGibbs, MargaretSandt, LauraRocchi, SarahWilson, Eugene M.Lipinski, Martin E.United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyVHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.Rousseau, GabrielFederal Highway AdministrationA road safety audit (RSA) is a formal safety examination of a future roadway plan or project or an in-service facility that conducted by an independent, experienced multidisciplinary RSA team. All RSAs should include a review of pedestrian safety; however, some RSAs may be conducted to improve an identified pedestrian safety problem. The Pedestrian Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists developed for the Federal Highway Administration provides transportation agencies and teams conducting an RSA with a better understanding of the needs of pedestrians of all abilities. The Guide has two primary sections: Knowledge Base and the Field Manual. The Knowledge Base section discusses the basic concepts with which the RSA team should be familiar before conducting an RSA, such as understanding the characteristics of all pedestrians, analyzing pedestrian crash data, pedestrian considerations in the eight-step RSA process, and use of the Guide. The Field Manual section includes the guidelines and prompt lists. The guidelines provide detailed descriptions of potential pedestrian safety issues while the prompt lists are a general listing of potential pedestrian safety issues. The guidelines and prompt lists will help familiarize RSA teams with potential pedestrian issues and help them identify specific safety concerns related to pedestrian safety throughout the RSA process.83