Category 6: Highway Related Projects Honorable Mention
2002 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities, Tucson, AZ
Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities,
Tucson, AZ
Designer:
City of Tucson, Department of Transportation,
Tucson, AZ
Contractor:
City of Tucson, Department of Transportation,
Tucson, AZ
The City of Tucson integrated Europe's successful examples of traffic-control devices into the American system to gain driver compliance in stopping for pedestrians at marked crossings and facilitating bicycle crossings of major streets. One of the new applications is called High Intensity Activated Crosswalk. Activated by pedestrians, this device includes a flashing sequence for traffic lights, resulting in one of the highest driver compliance rates nationwide.