Tools and Technology
Tools & Technologies provides planners, engineers, landscape architects, and other designers information that they can use to promote safe walking and bicycling. These tools are provided to facilitate community planning, design, and operations. Learn more about the tools & technologies that exist.
Safety
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The Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System is intended to provide practitioners with the latest information available for improving the safety and mobility of those who walk. The online tools provide the user with a list of possible engineering, education, or enforcement treatments to improve pedestrian safety and/or mobility based on user input about a specific location.
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Ped/Bike Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) - [HTML, PDF 210KB] - is a crash typing software product intended to assist state and local pedestrian/bicycle coordinators, planners and engineers with improving walking and bicycling safety through the development and analysis of a database containing details associated with crashes between motor vehicles and pedestrians or bicyclists.
- Beta Testing of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, Final Report - [PDF, 244KB]
Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Field test on ITS for pedestrians (Japan)
- PedSmart: ITS Applications for Pedestrians - [HTML, PDF 495KB]
- Techbrief: GIS Tools for Improving Pedestrian and Bike Safety - FHWA - [PDF, 2.24MB]
- Passive Pedestrian Detection at Unsignalized Crossings - DKS Associates - [PDF, 244KB] - This report includes the discussion of a project conducted by the City of Portland to evaluate available sensor technologies for passive pedestrian detection, design of a crossing to utilize these sensor technologies, and a preliminary evaluation of how well the sensors operate once installed at the crossing.
Operations
- An Evaluation of Illuminated Pedestrian Push Buttons in Windsor, Ontario - WalkingInfo.com - [PDF, 549KB] - provides completed report for viewing and printing. Currently, the report has been reviewed and approved for technical content by the FHWA. An editorial review is currently being conducted. Once this review is completed by FHWA, the final report will be available on-line at this site. If you have joined the PBIC email list, you will receive notification when the report is available.
- Evaluation of Automated Pedestrian Detection at Signalized Intersections - WalkingInfo.com - [PDF, 536KB] - provides completed report for viewing and printing. Currently, the report has been reviewed and approved for technical content by FHWA. An editorial review is currently being conducted. Once this review is completed by FHWA, the final report will be available on-line at this site. If you have joined the PBIC email list, you will receive notification when the report is available.
Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)
- Capacity Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities: Recommended Procedures for the "Signalized Intersections" Chapter of the Highway Capacity Manual - [PDF, 509KB]
- Capacity Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities: Recommended Procedures for the "Pedestrians" Chapter of the Highway Capacity Manual - [PDF, 564KB]
Other Tools
- Zone Guide for Pedestrian Safety - NHTSA - [PDF, 19MB] - This guide describes what zoning is and explains how to design and use pedestrian safety zones to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of pedestrian safety programs. The guide also provides a brief description of a recent pedestrian safety study that made successful use of the pedestrian safety zone process.
- Zone Guide for Pedestrian Safety - Technical Brochure - NHTSA - [HTML, PDF 1.6MB] - The Guide describes step-by-step procedures officials can use in applying the zone process to their community's pedestrian safety problems.
- Ultra-Violet Headlamp Technology for Nighttime Enhancement of Fluorescent Roadway Delineation and Pedestrian Visibility - FHWA - [PDF, 59KB]
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