Webinar Information

To receive information on future webinars, please use the e-subsciprtion service provided on this site: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/esubscribe.cfm#ped. Scroll down to “Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety” and select “subscribe” next to “Pedestrian Webinar.”

Upcoming Webinar

The next Pedestrian Safety Focus States/Cities Webconference will take place in February. A firm date and presentations topic have not yet been solidified.

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Past Recorded Webinars

  • November 9 2009: In this webinar we had three presentations on the crosswalk guidelines issued by the Federal Highway Administration several years ago in the document “Safety Effects of Marked Versus Unmarked Crosswalks at Uncontrolled Locations.” Charlie Zegeer (Ped/Bike Information Center) discussed the guidelines and how to apply the study recommendations. Peter Lagerwey (Toole Design Group) discussed how the City of Seattle, Washington used the guidelines to improve and upgrade all crosswalks at uncontrolled locations to meet the recommendations of the study (starts~00:29:40). Mary Anne Koos and Chester Henson (Florida Deparment of Transportation) discussed how FDOT used the guidelines to develop a statewide crosswalk policy, how they continue to use the guidelines today, and details on research on crosswalk markings (starts ~00:56:05). To view the recording, click on this link: http://fhwa.na3.acrobat.com/p94609763/

  • August 3, 2009: In this webinar, we had three presentations/discussions. Peter Hsu (Florida Department of Transportation) and Demian Miller (Tindale Oliver & Associates) discussed the recently developed Pinellas County Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. Charlie Zegeer (Ped/Bike Information Center) and Gabe Rousseau (FHWA) discussed the recently concluded international scan on pedestrian and bicycle safety and mobility. Charlene Doyle (NHTSA), Linda Sharpe (Booz Allen and Hamilton), and David Ragland (UC Berkeley) discussed NHTSA's Project on Hit and Run Pedestrian Fatalities. The Webconference was recorded, but the audio portion did not come through. Accordingly, those who wish to view the Powerpoint presentations can download them and look at them following these instructions: Follow the link http://fhwa.na3.acrobat.com/pedfocus/ (Select "enter as guest," type your name in the space provided, then click on "enter room."). In the screen that appears, files for download are in the bottom right hand corner. The three at the top of the list are the ones from the August 3 webconference. To download, click on the presentation you want to download, then select "save to my computer." It is self explanatory from there.

  • May 28, 2009: In this webinar, we had 4 presentations/discussions on the FHWA's Pedestrian Safety Countermeasure Deployment Project. As background, FHWA awarded grants to the cities of San Francisco, Las Vegas and Miami in 2002 to examine and map out their pedestrian crashes and develop a plan for deploying and evaluating various pedestrian safety countermeasures in high crash “zones” and locations. The purpose of the project was to demonstrate how a city could improve pedestrian safety by performing a detailed analysis of its pedestrian crash problem, identifying and evaluating high crash locations, observing factors such as driver and pedestrian behavior, and deploying various lower cost countermeasures tailored to the site. https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a55098539/p13656662/.

  • March 5, 2009: Janet Barlow – “Accessible Pedestrians Signals (APS) for pedestrians who are visually impaired.” Daniel Carter - (starts at 31:50) “Prioritizing Intersections for APS.” Mary Meletiou - (starts at 1:03:36) Creating a curriculum on bike/ped laws and how to enforce them. http://fhwa.na3.acrobat.com/p26997330/

  • Dec 17, 2008: “Courtesy Promotes Safety: Crosswalk Enforcement Program” - Dr. Louis Malenfant, Center for Education and Research in Safety, “Pedestrian Safety Enforcement” efforts in NJ--Ranjit Walia, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center http://fhwa.na3.acrobat.com/p20075887/

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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