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University of Florida Study of Leading Pedestrian Indicator (LPI) Implementation Found a Range of 25 to 100 Percent Reduction in Vehicle-Pedestrian Conflicts at Test Locations.

Methodology Preliminary LPI implementation guidelines were developed after input was collected among experienced traffic engineers and FDOT District representatives through surveys, interviews, and…
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Date Posted
11/28/2023

Conduct Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis When Retrofitting Transit Vehicles With Connected Vehicle Communications Hardware To Ensure They Can Perform as Configured in Their Intended Environments.

Consider developing a custom hardware product to fit specific needed parameters. A custom ruggedized automotive grade computer was developed for the study by a third-party contractor to incorporate…
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Date Posted
09/15/2022

A Pedestrian Crossing Warning System in Cleveland that Included 24 Buses and Three Instrumented Intersections Reduced Bus Driver Reaction Time to Pedestrian Conflicts by 19 Percent.

METHODOLOGY The buses operated in revenue service for a period of six months, from February to August in 2018. During the first month, the IVS was put into “cloaked” mode (i.e., the system did not…
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Date Posted
09/15/2022

The Price of an Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing Warning System that Equipped 24 Buses and Three Instrumented Intersections Was Estimated at $359,441.

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) developed an enhanced version of the Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP) system that was originally part of the United States Department of Transportation (…
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Made Public Date
11/15/2022

A Road-Crossing Guidance Smartphone Application Study Suggests Using Permissive Alerts to Help Older Adults Avoid Missed Opportunities for Crossing.

Use permissive alerts to help older adults avoid missed opportunities for crossing. This study found that participants in the control condition were conservative overall, letting gaps go that were…
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Date Posted
02/21/2022

Add Wireless Beacons at Choke Points and Select Areas within the Transit Facility to Facilitate Accessible Location, Navigation, and Routing Services.

Enable turn-by-turn wayfinding by using wireless beacons at “choke points” and selected areas. Although testing at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and Union Station demonstrated that the…
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Date Posted
02/01/2022

In Driving Simulator Study, Forward Collision and Pedestrian-to-Vehicle Warnings Reduced Crash Rates by 56 to 97 Percent in Unpredictable Pedestrian or Distraction Cases.

Methodology A total of 49 licensed drivers completed the experiment, which consisted of driving simulated scenarios both with and without the applications providing safety warnings. FCW was tested in…
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Date Posted
02/01/2022

A Camera-Based Pedestrian Detection and Alert System Provided Emergency Alerts to Drivers Traveling at 10–20 Miles per Hour with Sufficient Time to Avoid a Crossing Pedestrian.

Methodology Four test cases were defined to represent scenarios common in fatal pedestrian-vehicle crashes: Test Case 1: a vehicle is traveling straight, on a straight road, and a pedestrian/cyclist…
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Date Posted
12/27/2021

Choose Thermal Cameras To Detect Pedestrians in Dark Non-Lit Areas As They Can Outperform CCTV Night Vision Under Conditions With Low to No Light.

Choose thermal cameras for dark non-lit conditions. The study results indicated that for dark non-lit conditions thermal camera technology is effective in detecting pedestrians as they outperformed…
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Date Posted
12/27/2021