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D-1 A P P E N D I X D Interview Summaries Arlington, Virginia Arlington relies on systematic policies and programs to implement their speed-reduction efforts. Many of these policies are implemented through their regularly updated master plans (sector plans)
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D-2 Pedestrian Safety Relative to Traffic-Speed Management Calgary has also used simplification to reduce speed. Initially, the City had playground and school zones, with different hours and levels of compliance.
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Interview Summaries D-3 or geographically representative of the neighbors who live in the communities where many of the projects are going in and, as such, are often seen as outsiders pushing another "government knows best" project on historically underserved populations. In addition, many residents do not believe that vehicle speeds are an issue, so many projects seem unnecessary.
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D-4 Pedestrian Safety Relative to Traffic-Speed Management Prior to 2015, residential streets were designed with 12-ft lanes and arterials with 12- to 14-ft lanes. They have since striped roadways to National Association of City Transportation Officials design standards, with a standard 10-ft lane width and 11 ft for outer travel lanes on truck or bus routes that do not have a buffered bikeway.
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Interview Summaries D-5 Fremont is also working to install radar feedback speed limit signs on safety priority corridors that collect and summarize data that can be used to target enforcement efforts further, and is supportive of efforts to allow ASE in the State. Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay's speed-reduction efforts are a part of their overall traffic safety program, which is primarily addressed through their Neighborhood Traffic Calming program, and is being worked on through their Safe Routes for Non-Motorists (SRNM)
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D-6 Pedestrian Safety Relative to Traffic-Speed Management are slowing down as they approach the flashing yellow when compared to how fast they traveled previously on average when approaching steady green indications. Los Angeles' other speed-reduction efforts include speed feedback signs.
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Interview Summaries D-7 enough to slow reckless drivers; more physical infrastructure and enforcement is necessary to combat those behaviors. The walking districts had increased enforcement over the first few weeks of the program, but now do not have any beyond what is normally provided by the police force.
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D-8 Pedestrian Safety Relative to Traffic-Speed Management San Francisco, California San Francisco focuses its speed-reduction efforts on design. The City is dense and often congested, so the City targets its speed-reduction efforts to areas and times of day when traffic is free flowing and drivers can reach higher speeds.
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Interview Summaries D-9 Seattle uses crash and speed data to track progress and help prioritize efforts. They are tied to evaluating the 85th percentile speed because of state regulations, but have also used the 50th percentile speed for urban villages (i.e., neighborhood business districts with land use that supports higher than average density of people, walking, bike, or taking the bus)
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Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012)
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ISBN 978-0-309-48064-2 9 7 8 0 3 0 9 4 8 0 6 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 Pedestrian Safety Relative to Traffic-Speed M anagem ent N CH RP Synthesis 535 TRB TRA N SPO RTATIO N RESEA RCH BO A RD 500 Fifth Street, N W W ashington, D C 20001 A D D RESS SERV ICE REQ U ESTED N O N -PR O FIT O R G .
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