Planning and Designing for Pedestrian Safety

San Francisco (3-Day Course)

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Dates: May 14-16, 2008

Address:
(Day 1 and Day 3)

SF Municipal Transportation Agency
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-5417
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/main

Room Location: 2nd Floor Atrium Conference Room
Address:
(Day 2 Only)

Transportation Management Center
SFMTA-Traffic Engineering Division
25 Van Ness Ave., Ste. 210
San Francisco, CA 94103
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/ocontact/4446.html

Room Location: Suite 210
Building Access: SF Municipal Transportation Agency - There is a security desk as visitors come in the front door where they will check-in and be directed to the 2nd Floor Atrium conference room.
Parking:

SF Municipal Transportation Agency (DAY 1 and DAY 3)
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/pgar/13469.html
This link is a SFMTA list of garages in the civic center area In addition, a garage at Goodwill is located at 1500 Mission Street (entrance between 11 South Van Ness and the Goodwill Store, San Francisco, CA 94103
(415)415.255.725
Training Time: May 14, 2008; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
May 15, 2008; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
May 16, 2008; 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Contact:

Jessica Greig Manzi, P.E.
School Safety Program, Acting Manager
SF Municipal Transportation Agency - DPT Engineering
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-5417
415.701.4548
Fax: 415.701.4737
Jessica.Manzi@sfmta.com
Description:

This course is a combination of the key material in the Developing a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan course and the Designing for Pedestrian Safety course. This course is designed to help state and local officials learn how to address pedestrian safety issues through planning, design, and engineering solutions. Training objectives for this course include:

  • Participants will learn that pedestrians belong in all design, operations, and safety considerations.
  • Participants will understand human behavior issues related to pedestrians and drivers interacting safely and common pedestrian crash types.
  • Participants will understand the role that land use planning, street and site design, education, and enforcement play in pedestrian safety.
  • Participants will learn how to make a commitment to safety and involve stakeholders to create publicly supported and trusted policies, programs, and projects.
  • Participants will learn how to collect and analyze data in a meaningful way to identify safety deficiencies and priorities for improvement.
  • Participants will learn about commonly used and effective pedestrian crash countermeasures and how to implement effective pedestrian safety solutions. Specific design and operational issues covered include:
    • Sidewalk and walkway design
    • Intersection geometry
    • Signs, signals, and crosswalks
    • Interchange design and alternatives
    • Facilities at signalized intersections
    • Roundabouts
    • Connections to transit
    • Road diets and other traffic calming measures
  • Participants will learn about untapped funding sources to support pedestrian safety initiatives.
  • Participants will take part in a field exercise as a critical element to the course. The class is broken into smaller groups to walk and study a nearby intersection or corridor for possible pedestrian safety improvements. The groups brainstorm and share engineering and policy solutions.

Funded by the Federal Highway Administration.

   
Agenda:

May 14, 2008

         
8:00 - 8:30   Introductions, purpose of course
         
8:30 - 9:45   Planning and designing for pedestrian safety: The Big Picture
Exercise #1
         
9:45 - 10:00   Break
         
10:00 - 10:45   Involving Stakeholders
Exercise #2
         
10:45 - 11:45   Data collection and analysis:
• Collecting data to identify pedestrian safety problems
• Analyzing information and prioritizing concerns
         
11:45 - 12:45   Lunch on site
         
12:45 - 1:30   Exercises for Data Collection and Analysis
Exercise #3 (Data Collection)
Exercise #4 (Analyzing information and prioritizing concerns)
         
1:30 - 1:45   Prepare for field trip (planning focus)
         
1:45 - 2:30   Field trip
         
2:30 - 3:30   Exercise: Problem solving and solutions report
         
3:30 - 3:45   Break
         
3:45 - 4:30   Providing funding
Exercise #5
         
4:30       Adjourn
         

May 15, 2008

Selecting Safety Solutions
         
8:30 - 9:45  

Education and enforcement strategies
Exercise #6

         
9:45 - 10:00   Break
         
10:00 - 10:45   Sidewalk design elements that impact pedestrian safety:
        • Basic sidewalk design: width, clearances, accessibility, the need for buffers 
        • Driveways & alleys: maintaining sidewalk continuity
         
10:45 - 11:00   Break
         
11:00 - 12:00   Street crossings:
        • Principals of human behavior; the need to provide safe, frequent and convenient crossings; midblock vs. intersection crossing safety
        • Crosswalks: justification, where they’re applicable; crosswalk markings & signing; advance stop bars to reduce multiple threat crashes
        • Illumination: Essential to reduce nighttime crashes
        • Medians & islands: breaking long crossing into 2 steps
        • Pedestrian signals: meeting warrants, providing a hot response; innovative techniques
        • Grade-separation: why it fails, where it’s applicable, how to make it succeed
         
12:00 - 12:45   Lunch
         
12:45 - 2:00   Street crossings continued
         
2:00 - 2:15   Break
         
2:15 - 3:15   Intersection geometry:
        • Geometric concerns: intersection size; choosing the right size radius; complex and skewed intersections
        • Curb extensions: reducing crossing distance
        • Crosswalk placement: how to place crosswalks where they’ll be used
        • Islands; right turn slip lane design
        • Interchanges: accommodating pedestrians at exit and entrance ramps
        • Roundabouts: Proper design, essential pedestrian safety considerations
         
3:15 - 3:30   Break
         
3:30 - 4:30   Intersection geometry continued
         
4:30       Adjourn
         

May 16, 2008

Selecting Safety Solutions
         
8:30 - 9:30  

Intersection signalization:
        • The purpose of signals; their effect on pedestrian safety; meeting warrants
        • Push-button & ped head placement
        • Signal display and timing techniques: pedestrian signal timing; countdown pedestrian signals; Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI); restricting turn movements; leading vs. lagging ped phase; all ped scramble; ITS applications
         
9:30 - 9:45   Break
         
9:45 - 10:15   Transit:
        • Bus stop design; location of bus stops & pedestrian crossing safety;
         
10:15 - 10:30   Road Diets
        • Reducing street width enhances pedestrian safety without compromising capacity
         
10:30 - 10:45   Prepare for field trip
         
10:45 - 11:45   Field trip
         
11:45 - 1:30   Working lunch. Exercises: problem solving / brainstorming policy changes
         
1:30 - 2:00   Exercise: Solutions and policy reports
         
2:00 - 2:15   Break
         
2:15 - 2:45   Exercise: Selecting high priority policy changes
         
2:45 - 4:00   Next Steps: Creating the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
         
4:00       Adjourn