Effects of Transportation Corridor Features on Driver and Pedestrian Behavior and on Community Vitality: Final Study Report.

摘要

Over the past decade, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has committed to increased integration of Complete Streets elements such as enhanced pedestrian crossings, context-sensitive design features that can attract pedestrians, and bicycle racks and facilities, especially through Deputy Directive DD-64-R1. In 2007, Caltrans teamed with the University of California Transportation Center and the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) at Berkeley to investigate the effects of transportation corridors features on safety, mobility and economic vitality. The specific goals of the investigation were to: 1) explore the relationship between landscape and roadside features and road user safety and behavior; 2) create a framework of performance measures for pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility, and environmental sustainability; 3) examine driver behavior and safety; and 4) understand how pedestrian and bicycle mobility can affect the economic vitality of an area. This research project has been conducted in three phases: a literature review, performance measure development, and field-testing of the performance measures.