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Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies (FHWA-SA-07-017) - hardcopy
This report is intended to provide transit agency staff with an easy-to-use resource for improving pedestrian safety. The guide includes a variety of approaches to address common pedestrian safety issues that are likely to arise near transit stations, bus stops, and other places where transit (bus or rail) is operated. It provides references to publications, guides and other tools to identify pedestrian safety problems. Descriptions of engineering, education and enforcement programs that have been effectively applied by transit agencies are included as well as background information about pedestrian safety and access to transit.
Target Audience: Transit agency staff, engineers, planners

A Resident's Guide for Creating Safety and Walkable Communities (FHWA-SA-07-016) - hardcopy
This report provides examples from other communities working to improve pedestrian safety. The Guide includes information, ideas, and resources to help residents learn about the issues that affect walking conditions; find ways to address or prevent these problems; and promote pedestrian safety. The Guide also contains fact sheets, worksheets, and sample materials that can be distributed or adapted to meet the needs of a community. References to other resources and materials are also provided.
Target Audience: General Public

Pedestrian Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists (FHWA-SA-07-007) - hardcopy
A Road Safety Audit (RSA) is a formal safety examination of a future roadway plan or project or an in-service facility that is conducted by an independent, experienced multidisciplinary RSA team. All RSA's should include a review of pedestrian safety; however, some RSAs may be conducted to improve an identifiied pedestrian safety problem. The Pedestrian Safety Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists provides transportation agencies and teams conducting an RSA with a better understanding of the needs of pedestrians of all abilities.
Target Audience: Engineer, planners, safety pracitioners

Currently Unavailable, but please feel free to download and print your own copies here.

Bicycle Safety Countermeasure Selection System: Bikesafe (FHWA-SA-05-006) - hardcopy
This report provides information on 50 engineering countermeasures or treatments, along with education and enforcement programs, that may be implemented to improve bicycle safety and mobility. Included in this version are nearly 60 case studies that illustrate these concepts applied in practice in a number of communities throughout the United States.
Target Audience: Engineer, planners, safety pracitioners

* You can view and/or download this document and use the program at following website: http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/fhwasa05006/

Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System: Pedsafe (FHWA-SA-04-003) - hardcopy
This report provides information on 47 engineering countermeasures or treatments, along with education and enforcement programs, that may be implemented to improve pedestrian safety and mobility. Included in this version are 71 case studies that illustrate these concepts applied in practice in a number of communities throughout the United States. Also included is a CD Rom with the Pedestrian Safety Countermeasure Selection System, an expert system product designed to assist practitioners with the selection of countermeasures to address pedestrian safety and mobility problems.
Target Audience: Engineer, planners, safety pracitioners

UNAVAILABLE, BUT FHWA IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THIS MATERIAL AND A REVISED VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN LATE 2012.

* You can view and/or download this document and use the program at following website: http://www.walkinginfo.org/pedsafe/

How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (HWA-SA-05-12) - hardcopy
This report will help state and local officials know where to begin to address pedestrian safety issues. It is also intended to assist agencies in further enhancing their existing pedestrian safety programs and activities, including identifying safety problems, analyzing information, and selecting optimal solutions. The guide also contains information on how to involve stakeholders, potential sources of funding for implementing projects and how to evaluate projects. The guide is primarily a reference for improving pedestrian safety through street redesign and the use of engineering countermeasures, as well as other safety-related treatments and programs that involve the whole community. This guide can be used by engineers, planners, traffic safety and enforcement professionals, public health and injury prevention professionals, and decision-makers who have the responsibility of improving pedestrian safety at the state or local level.
Target Audience: Engineer, planners, safety pracitioners, general public

Please feel free to download and print your own copies here.

Safety Benefits of Walkways, Sidewalks, and Paved Shoulders—Booklet (FHWA-SA-10-022)
Annually, around 4,500 pedestrians are killed in traffic crashes with motor vehicles in the United States. Pedestrians killed while “walking along the roadway” account for almost 8 percent of these deaths. Many of these tragedies are preventable. Providing walkways separated from the travel lanes could help to prevent up to 88 percent of these “walking along roadway” crashes.
Target Audience: Engineers, planners, state and local DOT staff, and safety practitioners

*This file can be downloaded here.

Safety Benefits of Walkways, Sidewalks, and Paved Shoulders-Tri-Fold Brochure (FHWA-SA-10-021)
Annually, around 4,500 pedestrians are killed in traffic crashes with motor vehicles in the United States. Pedestrians killed while “walking along the roadway” account for almost 8 percent of these deaths. Many of these tragedies are preventable. Providing walkways separated from the travel lanes could help to prevent up to 88 percent of these “walking along roadway” crashes.
Target Audience: Engineers, planners, state and local DOT staff, and safety practitioners

*This file can be downloaded here.

Safety Benefits of Raised Medians and Pedestrian Refuge Areas – Booklet (FHWA-SA-10-020)
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) strongly encourages the use of raised medians (or refuge areas) in curbed sections of multi-lane roadways in urban and suburban areas, particularly in areas where there are mixtures of a significant number of pedestrians, high volumes of traffic (more than 12,000 vehicles per day) and intermediate or high travel speeds
Target Audience: Engineers, planners, state and local DOT staff, and safety practitioners

*This file can be downloaded here.

Safety Benefits of Raised Medians and Pedestrian Refuge Areas—Tri-Fold Brochure (FHWA-SA-10-031)
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) strongly encourages the use of raised medians (or refuge areas) in curbed sections of multi-lane roadways in urban and suburban areas, particularly in areas where there are mixtures of a significant number of pedestrians, high volumes of traffic (more than 12,000 vehicles per day) and intermediate or high travel speeds.
Target Audience: Engineers, planners, state and local DOT staff, and safety practitioners

*This file can be downloaded here.

You're invited to take a ride with John, a 14 year old, and help him decide how to handle some tricky bicycle safety situations.
Target Audience: Children and the general public
Unavailable, but FHWA is in the process of updating this material and a revised version will be available in 2013.

Safer Journey
An interactive CD that takes the user through various pedestrian safety scenarios encountered every day across America. It has been developed to improve the level of pedestrian knowledge for all road users (including schools, driver education groups, enforcement, etc.) and safety practitioners. This CD-ROM can also be included in State/local community pedestrian awareness materials kit and/or used at seminars, conferences, etc.
Target Audience: Children and the general public
Unavailable, but FHWA is in the process of updating this material and a revised version will be available in 2013. In the meantime you can access it online at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/saferjourney/