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OFFICE OF SAFETY Proven Safety Countermeasures Crosswalk Visibility Enhancements Poor lighting conditions, obstructions such as parked cars, and horizontal or vertical roadway curvature can reduce visibility at crosswalks, contributing to safety issues. For multilane roadway crossings where vehicle volumes are in excess of 10,000 Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT), a marked crosswalk alone is typically not sufficient. Under such conditions, more substantial crossing improvements could prevent an increase in pedestrian crash potential. Three main crosswalk visibility enhancements help make crosswalks and the pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchair and other mobility device users, and transit users using them more visible to drivers. These include high-visibility crosswalks, Safety Benefits: lighting, and signing and pavement markings. These enhancements can also High-visibility crosswalks assist users in deciding where to cross. Agencies can implement these features can reduce pedestrian injury as standalone or combination enhancements to indicate the preferred crashes up to: location for users to cross. 40% 1 High-visibility crosswalks a marked crosswalk to indicate High-visibility crosswalks use patterns where a driver should stop or yield to Intersection lighting can (i.e., bar pairs, continental, ladder) pedestrians, depending on State law. reduce pedestrian crashes that are visible to both the driver To supplement the signing, agencies can also install a STOP or

sible to both the driver To supplement the signing, agencies can also install a STOP or YIELD bar up to: and pedestrian from farther (commonly referred to as “shark’s 42% 2 away compared to traditional transverse line crosswalks. They teeth“) pavement markings. should be considered at all In-street signing, such as “STOP Here Advance yield or stop midblock pedestrian crossings and for Pedestrians” or “YIELD Here to uncontrolled intersections. Agencies Pedestrians” may be appropriate on markings and signs can should use materials such as inlay or roads with two- or three-lane roads reduce pedestrian thermoplastic tape, instead of paint where speed limits are 30 miles per crashes up to: or brick, for highly reflective crosswalk hour or less. 25% 3 markings. Improved Lighting The goal of crosswalk lighting should be to illuminate with positive contrast to make it easier for a driver to visually identify the pedestrian. This involves carefully placing the luminaires in forward locations to avoid a silhouette effect of the pedestrian. R1-6 Enhanced Signing and Pavement Markings For more information on this On multilane roadways, agencies and other FHWA Proven Safety can use “YIELD Here to Pedestrians”

Pavement Markings For more information on this On multilane roadways, agencies and other FHWA Proven Safety can use “YIELD Here to Pedestrians” W11-2, W16-7P Countermeasures, please visit or “STOP Here for Pedestrians” signs 20 to 50 feet in advance of https://highways.dot.gov/ Source: FHWA safety/proven-safety-counter measures and https://high 1 (CMF ID: 4123) Chen, L., C. Chen, and R. Ewing. The Relative Effectiveness of Pedestrian ways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot. Safety Countermeasures at Urban Intersections - Lessons from a New York City Experience. (2012). gov/files/2022-06/techSheet_ 2 (CMF ID: 436) Elvik, R. and Vaa, T. Handbook of Road Safety Measures. Oxford, United Kingdom, Elsevier, (2004). VizEnhancemt2018.pdf. 3 (CMF ID: 9017) Zeeger et al. Development of Crash Modification Factors for Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Treatments, FHWA, (2017). FHWA-SA-21-049