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Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-11-0060
Project Name: Human Factors Assessment of Pedestrian Midblock Behavior
Status: Active
Contact:Last Name:   Do
First Name:   Ann
Telephone:  202-493-3319
E-mail:         ann.do@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Safety Research and Development
Team: Human Factors Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Pedestrian/Bicycle
Project Description: The goal of this research is to apply human factors techniques and methodologies to explain the behavior of why pedestrians cross at midblock locations in urban and suburban areas. Additionally, the environmental characteristics associated with different crossing behaviors will be identified.
Laboratories: Not Applicable
Start Date: August 12, 2011
End Date: August 30, 2013
Funding Amount:$150,000.00
FHWA Program Name: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Goals:
The key project objectives are:
(1) Identify the human factors associated with pedestrian midblock crossing behavior.
(2) Identify the environmental characteristics associated with pedestrian midblock crossing behavior.
(3) Develop a framework to identify areas associated with midblock pedestrian crossings based on observational studies.   
Project Type: Onsite
Background Information: Data not yet available
Test Methodology: video data collection
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):
Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: The expected benefit is the reduction of pedestrian fatalities.
Deliverables: Name: Final Report
Product Type(s): Research report
Description: Final report on Human Factors Assessment of Pedestrian Midblock Behavior.
Audiences: Academics, City and county agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Safety researchers, State departments of transportation
Secondary Audiences: Design engineers
Related URL(s):
Project Findings: Data not yet available
FHWA Topics: Safety--Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
TRT Terms: Pedestrians
Midblock Crossings
Human Factors
Safety
Research
Fatalities
FHWA Disciplines: Safety
Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Research
Safety and Human Factors