Pedestrian Safety

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The final method Bertini discusses engineering. He starts off by describing the most extreme cases of engineering. The first would be having to build a pedestrian bridge which separates pedestrians from the rest of the traffic. This is the ultimate solution for pedestrian safety, but the most cost ineffective. The next is the use of traffic lights creates signalized intersection which is another extreme case due to high maintenance costs and is highly unnecessary for a core campus setting. Another possible engineering solution would be a roundabout intersection which would improve the flow of traffic and slow down the speed of traffic using yields instead of stop signs. Yet, this still poses a problem with pedestrian safety due to a continuous flow of traffic. Lastly, we talked about closing a crosswalk to route pedestrians and eliminate a factor in …show more content…
They are able to be coordinated by safety groups and public agencies such as the University Police Department. Education programs are performed during driver education programs for new drivers and public education campaigns. Education programs should remind users the general right-of-way laws at all-way stop intersections, pedestrian crossings, requirements for stop controlled intersections, and how to safely enter and negotiate an unsignalized intersection.

A few common violations that occur in our intersection is defined as failing to yield the right-of-way to other users, failing to come to a full stop, and drivers not yielding to pedestrians. Police officers can perform targeted enforcement for certain intersections where they would repeatedly enforce the same location for several days. This increases the compliance of the individuals receiving the ticket as well as others who observe the enforcement in