Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Resource Guide (on CD-ROM)

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Resource Guide (on CD-ROM)

The resource guide has two major sections: one for pedestrian countermeasures and one for bicyclist countermeasures. Within each section, there are three major dimensions: problem areas, implementers and countermeasure format/use. The highway safety professional can initiate a search on any one of the three dimensions. In addition, the searcher can use the hyperlinks (underscored words) to obtain specific information on specific topics. In developing the resource guide, it was determined that countermeasure implementation will likely be activated by a specific problem or event that occurs in a community and that any one event might represent a variety of problem areas that could be accessed. In all, 40 problem areas were identified for both pedestrian and bicycle problems. They were organized in the following nine broad categories: Pedestrian (or bicycle) errors; motorist errors; impairment; visibility/conspicuity; special locations; geometrics/operations; high injury severity; specific groups; and other. For those professionals who are accustomed to working with NHTSA/FHWA crash types, a table showing the relationship between the problem areas and crash types is provided.