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August 25, 2008
Miami-Dade Pedestrian Safety Project: Phase II
Final Implementation Report and Executive Summary

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Pedestrian Safety Engineering and Intelligent Transportation System-Based Countermeasures Program for Reduced Pedestrian Fatalities, Injuries, Conflicts and Other Surrogate Measures: Miami-Dade Site

Prepared for
US Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration

Cooperative Agreement
DDTFH61-01-X-00018

Prepared by
Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-6588
Tel: (352) 392-9537

In Cooperation With
Florida Department of Transportation
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida
Miami-Dade County Public Works Department
Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This project was funded by a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) grant under Cooperative Agreement DTFH61-01-X-00018, which is gratefully acknowledged. Additional funding was provided by the Florida DOT and the Miami-Dade County Department of Public Works.

FHWA Project Guidance was provided by:
Tamara Redmon, Office of Safety
Dr. Gabriel Rousseau, Office of Safety
Jocelyn Bauer and Kelley Pecheux, SAIC
Leverson Boodlal, KLS Engineering

The project was managed by the University of Florida, Department of Civil and Costal Engineering, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Public Works, with the following project oversight and management staff:

University of Florida Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering (UF)
Dr. Ralph Ellis, Overall Principal Investigator
Dr. Ron Van Houten, Technical Principal Investigator

Miami-Dade Department of Public Works
Mohamed Hussan, Chief of Traffic Eng Division
David Henderson, Pedestrian Bicycle Coordinator
Vishnu Rajkumar, Signal Design Administrator
Bob Williams, Traffic Signal Engineer

Private Consultants
Charles V. Zegeer, P.E.
Richard Blomberg, Dunlap and Associates

Student Assistants:
Jose Sanda, Graduate Student
Jin Lee Kim, Graduate Student

Acknowledgement is also made of the contributions of Ed Rice, FHWA, formerly of the FDOT Safety Office, and Rory Santana, FDOT District 6 Office, who were responsible for many of the countermeasures in phase two

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE, GOALS, AND SCOPE
1.2 MIAMI-DADE SETTING
- 1.2.1 Crash Demographics in Miami-Dade County
1.3 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULE
1.4 COUNTERMEASURE OVERVIEW
1.6 DEVICES NOT INSTALLED
- 1.6.1 ITS Midblock Signals with Animated Eyes
- 1.6.2 ITS Midblock Pedestrian Signal with Animated Eyes
1.8 SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES
1.10 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
1.11 PHASE II CONCLUSIONS
- 1.11.1 Lessons Learned: Overall Project Success and Countermeasures
- 1.11.2 Utility of Crash Typing Tools in Selecting Treatments

CHAPTER 2 COUNTERMEASURE IMPLEMENTATION

CHAPTER 3 DEPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTERMEASURES

3.1 PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTON THAT CONFIRMS PRESS
3.2 DECREASE MINIMUM GREEN TIME
3.3 VIDEO PEDESTRIAN DETECTION
3.4 LEAD PEDESTRIAN PHASE
3.5 “TURNING VEHICLES YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS” SYMBOL SIGN
3.6 ELECTRONIC “NO RIGHT TURN ON RED” (NRTOR) SIGN
3.7 PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN SIGNALS
3.8 “IN-STREET YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS SIGNS”
3.9 PEDESTRIANS ZONE SIGNS
3.10 SPEED TRAILERS
3.11 RECTANGULAR LED RAPID FLASHING BEACONS
3.12 DYNAMIC LIGHTING
3.13 NO PERMISIVE LEFT TURN
3.14 OFFSET STOP LINES
3.15 ADVANCE YIELD MARKINGS

CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS FOR PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL COUNTERMEASURES

4.1 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT RESULTS
- 4.1.1 Push Button That Confirms Press.
- 4.1.2 The Effects of Varying Minimum Green Time
- 4.1.3 Video Pedestrian Detection
- 4.1.4 Leading Pedestrian Phase
- 4.1.5 “TURNING VEHICLE YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS” Symbol Sign
- 4.1.6 Electronic “NO TURN ON RED” Sign
- 4.1.7 Countdown Pedestrian Signals
- 4.1.8 In-Street Pedestrian Sign
- 4.1.10 Speed Trailers
- 4.1.11 Rectangular LED Stutter Flash
- 4.1.12 Dynamic Lighting
- 4.1.13 Remove Permissive Left Turn Phase
4.2 CRASH ANALYSIS All TREATED CORRIDORS
4.3 INDIVDUAL CORRIDOR CRASH DATA
- 4.3.1 41ST Street (Alton Rd. to Pine Tree Dr.)
- 4.3.2 NE6TH St. (NE 141ST St. to NE 151ST St.)
- 4.3.4 Collins Ave (5TH St. to 24TH St.)
- 4.3.5 Collins Ave-Indian Creek (28TH St. to 43RD St.)

CHAPTER 5 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

CHAPTER 6 PHASE II CONCLUSIONS

6.1 LESSONS LEARNED
- 6.1.1 Lessons Learned: Overall Project Success
- 6.1.2 Crash Reductions
- 6.1.3 Lessons Learned from Experimentation
- 6.1.4 Lessons Learned: Implementation.

INDEX OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1 Miami-Dade High Pedestrian Crash Zones
Figure 1.2 South Beach High Pedestrian Crash Corridors
Figure 3.1 Picture of Pedestrian Push Button That Confirms Press
Figure 3.2 Picture of Midblock Crossing with Reduced Minimum Green Time
Figure 3.3 Picture of Device Used For Pedestrian Detection
Figure 3.4 Picture of Leading Pedestrian Phase
Figure 3.5 Picture of “Turning Vehicles Yield to Pedestrians” Symbol Sign
Figure 3.6 Picture of Electronic No Turn on Red Sign
Figure 3.7 Picture of a Pedestrian Countdown Signal
Figure 3.8 Picture of In-street “Yield to Pedestrians” Signs
Figure 3.9 Picture of a Speed Trailer.
Figure 3.10 Picture of Rectangular LED Rapid Flashing Beacons
Figure 3.11 Picture of Dynamic Lighting
Figure 3.12 Picture of Offset Yield Lines
Figure 3.13 Picture of Advance Yield Markings
Figure 4.1 Picture of Data Collectors
Figure 4.2 Crashes per Year for All Eight Crash Corridors from 1996-2006
Figure 4.3 Crashes per Year for 41st St.; Alton Rd. to Pine Tree Dr. 1996-2006
Figure 4.4 Crashes per Year Along NE 6th St. (NE 141st St. to NE 151st St.) from 1996 to 2006
Figure 4.5 Crashes per Year NE 163rd St. (NE 2nd Ave to Biscayne Blvd.) from 1996 to 2006
Figure 4.6 Crashes per Year Collins Ave. (5th Street to 24th St.) from 1996 to 2006
Figure 4.7 Crashes per Year Collins Ave. (Indian Creek 28th St. to 43rd St.) from 1996 to 2006
Figure 4.8 Crashes per Year Collins Ave. and Harding Ave. (67th St. to 76th St.) from 1996 to 2006
Figure 4.9 Crashes per Year on Alton Rd. 5th St. to 17th St.) from 1996 to 2006
Figure 4.10 Crashes per Year on 5th St. Between Alton Rd. and Ocean Dr.) from 1996 to 2006

INDEX OF TABLES

Table 1.1 Results Obtained for Each Countermeasure
Table 1.2 Numbers of Crashes per Year at Treated Sites
Table 2.1 Capital Cost and Labor/Engineering Costs for Each Countermeasure
Table 3.1 Push the Button Confirming Press: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.2 Decrease Minimum Green: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.3 Video Pedestrian Detection: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.4 Lead Pedestrian Phase: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.5 “Turning Vehicles Yield to Pedestrians” Symbols Sign: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.6 Electronic “No Turn on Red” Sign: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.7 Pedestrian Countdown Signals: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.8 In-street “Yield to Pedestrians” Signs: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.9 Pedestrian Zone Signs: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.10 Speed Trailers: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.11 Rectangular LED Rapid Flashing Beacons: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.12 Dynamic lighting: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.13 Eliminate permissive Left Turn: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.14 Offset Stop Lines: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 3.15 Eliminate Permissive Left Turn: Deployment Locations Listed by Corridor
Table 4.1 Results of Push Button Intervention
Table 4.2 Results of Varying Minimum Green Time Intervention
Table 4.4 Results of Leading Pedestrian Phase Intervention
Table 4.5 Results of “TURNING VEHICLE YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS” Intervention
Table 4.6 Results of Electronic “NO TURN ON RED” Sign Intervention
Table 4.8 Results of In-Street Pedestrian Sign Study
Table 4.9 Results of Pedestrian Zone Signs Study
Table 4.10 Results of Speed Trailers Study
Table 4.11 Results of Rectangular LED Stutter Flash Study
Table 4.12 Results of Dynamic Lighting Study
Table 4.13 Results of Remove Permissive Left Turn Phase Study

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Tamara Redmon
tamara.redmon@dot.gov
202-366-4077

Dick Schaffer
dick.schaffer@dot.gov
202-366-2176

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