Pedestrian

Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• Pedestrian Risk on Anishinaabe Reservations in Minnesota: Overview and Phase 2 Results
  June 2024, MnDOT 2024-18
• Mobile-device data, non-motorized traffic monitoring, and estimation of annual average daily bicyclist and pedestrian flows
  June 2024, MnDOT 2024-19
• Guidelines for safer pedestrian crossings: Understanding the factors that positively influence vehicle yielding to pedestrians at unsignalized intersections
  June 2023, MnDOT 2023-24
• Multi-city study of an engineering and outreach program to increase driver yielding at signalized and unsignalized crosswalks
  March 2023, MnDOT 2023-11
• Criteria and Guidelines for Three-Lane Road Design and Operation
  February 2023, MnDOT 2023-09
• Pedestrian Crossings and Safety on Four Anishinaabe Reservations in Minnesota
  November 2020, MnDOT 2020-29
• Deploy and Test a Smartphone-Based Accessible Traffic Information System for the Visually Impaired
  October 2020, MnDOT 2020-28
• How Do Complete Streets Matter for Communities? The Case of Richfield, Minnesota
  July 2020, MnDOT 2020-22
• Assessing the Impact of Pedestrian-Activated Crossing Systems
  May 2020, MnDOT 2020-13
• Evaluation of Sustained Enforcement, Education, and Engineering Measures on Pedestrian Crossings
  July 2019, MnDOT 2019-29
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Risk and Equity: Implications for Street Improvement Projects
  June 2019, CTS 19-15
• Modeling Bicyclist Exposure to Risk and Crash Risk: Some Exploratory Studies
  July 2018, CTS 18-15
• Walking Tolerance of Transitway Park-and-Ride Users (Research Brief)
  March 2018, CTS Research Brief 2018-02
• Safety in Numbers: Pedestrian and Bicyclist Activity and Safety in Minneapolis
  March 2018, CTS 18-05
• Evaluation of R1-6 Gateway Treatment Alternatives for Pedestrian Crossings: Follow Up Report
  June 2017, CTS 17-05
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Institutionalizing Bicycle and Pedestrian Monitoring
  January 2017, MnDOT 2017-02
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Collection Manual
  January 2017, MnDOT 2017-03
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Implementation Study
  June 2015, MnDOT 2015-34
• Access Across America: Walking 2014 Methodology
  May 2015, CTS 15-04
• Access Across America: Walking 2014
  May 2015, CTS 15-03
• Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Evaluation Incorporating Highway Capacity Manual Unsignalized Pedestrian Crossing Analysis Methodology
  June 2014, MnDOT 2014-21
• Development of a Navigation System Using Smartphone and Bluetooth Technologies to Help the Visually Impaired Navigate Work Zones Safely
  February 2014, MnDOT 2014-12
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Methodologies for Non-motorized Traffic Monitoring
  October 2013, MnDOT 2013-24
• Video Detection and Classification of Pedestrian Events at Roundabouts and Crosswalks
  August 2013, CTS 13-27
• Investigation of Pedestrian/Bicyclist Risk in Minnesota Roundabout Crossings
  September 2012, MnDOT 2012-28
• Using a Smartphone App to Assist the Visually Impaired at Signalized Intersections
  August 2012, CTS 12-25
• Understanding the Use of Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities
  July 2012, CTS 12-24
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Community-Wide Evaluation Study (Research Brief)
  October 2011, CTS Research Brief 2011-03
• Development of Mobile Accessible Pedestrian Signals (MAPS) for Blind Pedestrians at Signalized Intersections
  June 2011, CTS 11-11
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation Study, Phase 2
  May 2011, CTS 11-13
• Practical Methods for Analyzing Pedestrian and Bicycle Use of a Transportation Facility
  February 2010, Mn/DOT 2010-06
• Access to Destinations: Application of Accessibility Measures for Non-Auto Travel Modes
  July 2009, Mn/DOT 2009-24
• Warning Efficacy of Active Versus Passive Warnings for Unsignalized Intersection and Mid-Block Pedestrian Crosswalks
  January 2009, Mn/DOT 2009-03
• Access to Destinations: Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition and Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
  July 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-19
• Access to Destinations: How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Multiple Modes and Different Purposes
  May 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-11
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus - Technical Summary
  April 2008, Mn/DOT 200704TS
• Interim Report to the U.S. Congress on the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program SAFETEA-LU Section 1807
  November 2007, NTPP Interim 2007
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation Study, Phase 1
  June 2007, NTPP Evaluation 07-06
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus
  January 2007, MnDOT 2007-04

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Active and Completed Projects

• Comparative analysis of grade-separated pedestrian infrastructure and at-grade treatments
  (08/2024)
• School times impact on students walking or biking to school: safe routes to school
  (08/2023)
• Behavioral Investigation of Temporary and Permanent Pedestrian Infrastructure
  (05/2023)
• Assessment of Pedestrian Safety and Driver Behavior Near an Automated Vehicle
  (02/2022)
• Multi-Method Investigation of Pedestrian Safety Impacts of Right Turn Lanes
  (06/2021)
• Mobile-device data, non-motorized traffic monitoring, and estimation of annual average daily bicyclist and pedestrian flows
  (06/2021)
• Pedestrian Engineering and Enforcement at Signalized Intersections
  (07/2020)
• Guidelines for safer pedestrian crossings: understanding the factors that positively influence driver yielding to pedestrians at unsignalized intersections.
  (07/2020)
• Understanding Pedestrian Behavior and Safety in Rural Communities
  (06/2019)
• Criteria and Guidelines for Three-Lane Road Design and Operation
  (09/2018)
• Quantifying the Impacts of Complete Streets: The Case of Richfield
  (08/2018)
• Deploy and Test a Smartphone Based Accessible Traffic Information System for the Visually Impaired
  (07/2018)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Equity, and Street Funding: New Criteria for Prioritizing Multimodal Street Projects in Minneapolis
  (02/2018)
• Evaluation of Sustained Enforcement, Education, and Engineering Measures on Pedestrian Crossings
  (06/2017)
• Understanding Pedestrian Travel Behavior and Safety in Rural Settings
  (06/2016)
• Long-Term Effects of Gateway R1-6 Treatment on Yielding to Pedestrians, Vehicle Speed, and Sign Survival
  (05/2016)
• Assessing the Impact of Pedestrian-Activated Crossing Systems
  (11/2015)
• Exploring Walking Tolerance of Transitway Users
  (04/2015)
• Institutionalizing Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts and Data Collection
  (12/2014)
• Safety in Numbers? Accessibility, Traffic, and Safety of Nonmotorized Travelers
  (08/2014)
• Performance Measures for Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety: Methodologies for Monitoring Traffic Volumes and Assessing Exposure to Risk
  (07/2014)
• Implementing Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts and Data Collection
  (04/2013)
• Using Smartphone App to Help the Visually Impaired Navigate Work Zones Safely
  (08/2012)
• Measuring particulate air pollution using a mobile, bicycle-based platform: Implications for cyclists' and pedestrians' exposure to urban air pollution
  (05/2012)
• Methodologies for Counting Bicyclists and Pedestrians in Minnesota: An Integrated Approach to Measuring and Modeling Non-motorized Traffic
  (10/2011)
• Video Detection and Classification of Pedestrian Events at Roundabouts and Crosswalks
  (09/2011)
• Spatial Cognition of the Blind and Visually Impaired While Using a Mobile Accessible Pedestrian System (MAPS) at Signalized Intersections
  (07/2011)
• Investigation of Pedestrian/Bicyclist Risk in Minnesota Roundabout Crossings
  (06/2010)
• Accessible Traffic Signals for Blind and Visually Impaired Pedestrians
  (11/2009)
• Understanding Use of Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities - FY10 TechPlan
  (11/2009)
• Analysis of Practical Methods for Counting Bicycling and Pedestrian Use of a Transportation Facility
  (10/2007)
• Access to Destinations: Application of Accessibility Measures for Non-Auto Travel Modes
  (06/2007)
• Warning Efficacy of Active Versus Passive Warnings for Unsignalized Intersection and Mid-Block Pedestrian Cross-Walks
  (09/2006)
• Non Motorized Transportation Project
  (08/2006)
• Access to Destinations: Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition & Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
  (07/2006)
• Access to Destinations: How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Different Purposes and Multiple Modes
  (07/2006)
• GIS Protocols: Measuring the Pedestrian Environment
  (03/2005)
• Studying the Needs of the Transportation Disadvantaged: Elderly and Developmentally Disabled
  (01/2005)
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota
  (08/2004)
• Handling Pedestrian Control Issues at Busy Intersections and Monitoring Large Crowds
  (10/2000)
• Development of a Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision Model to Support Neighborhood Traffic Control
  (11/1998)
• Pedestrian Control at Intersections: Phase IV
  (08/1998)
• Pedestrian Control at Intersections: Phase III
  (02/1997)
• Pedestrian Control at Intersections - Phase II
  (09/1995)
• Pedestrian Control at Intersections - Phase I
  (09/1994)