Synthesis of National Best Practices on Pedestrian and Bicycle Design, Guidance, and Technology Innovations

2022PDFTech ReportGates, TimothyQu, Tongbin TeresaKay, JonathanSeguin, DanXu, ChangSavolainen, PeterBurley, JonMichigan State University. Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringMichigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway AdministrationMichigan Department of Transportation. Research AdministrationUnited StatesPedestrian trafficPedestrian movementBicycle travelFatalitiesCOVID-19Safety programsBest practicesGrade crossing protection systemsPedestrian designbicycle designtowards zero deathvision zerocrossing enhancementsCOVID-19 impactsbicycle facilitiesSPR-17082019-0369Final report, 4/22/2019 to 12/31/2021In order to accelerate progress towards the state\u2019s Towards Zero Death vision, MDOT sponsored this research effort, Synthesis of National Best Practices on Pedestrian and Bicycle Design, Guidance, and Technology Innovations(OR19-072). The primary goal of this project was to assess national best practices related to pedestrian and bicyclist planning and design, culminating in the development of recommendations to allow MDOT to explicitly consider the needs of such non-motorized users. A series of tasks were conducted towards this end by the MSU research team in consultation with the MDOT panel, including a review of current practices, the collection of information from Michigan\u2019s stakeholders, the identification of updates to MDOT planning and design materials, and the development of materials to promote pedestrian and bicycle innovations. This report summarizes these efforts as a comprehensive reference for implementing the research and recommendations developed as a part of the project.131