A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities

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Chapter 2: Who can help me make my neighborhood a safer place to walk?

Once you have identified and assessed a problem, it is time to take action. This section provides a step-by-step plan of action for addressing pedestrian problems in your community. The steps should be followed from beginning to end, but you may have already completed some of these in identifying the pedestrian safety issues you want to address.

Section Topics:

Step 1: Determine the Scale of the Issue

Step 2: Build Awareness and Community Support

Step 3: Identify the Department or Agency Responsible for Making Improvements

Step 4: Contact Agency Representatives and Present Your Case

Step 5: Build Support for Long-Term Change

 

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Program Contact

Tamara Redmon

202-366-4077

Dick Schaffer

202-366-2176

What's New

The FHWA Safety Office is continually developing new materials to assist states, localities and citizens in improving pedestrian and bicycle safety. The materials listed on this page were completed recently.

Examples of State/Local Pedestrian Safety Action Plans

Pedestrian Forum - Fall 2009

LTAP/TTAP Interchange, Tamara Redmon

Evaluation of the Focused Approach to Pedestrian Safety Program (PDF 225 KB)

“Not in Roadway” Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes (PDF 132 KB)

How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (PDF 5.14 MB)

FHWA Guidance Memo Contains Provisions to Improve Pedestrian Safety

Toolbox of Countermeasures and Their Potential Effectiveness for Pedestrian Crashes

Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies

Evaluation of Pedestrian Countermeasures in Three Cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas and Miami

Pedestrian Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists