Monroe County Pedestrian Safety Study

SRF Associates, now Passero Associates, was retained by FRA Engineering to develop a methodology to prioritize the high pedestrian accident locations in Monroe County. The purpose of this study was to develop a program to identify specific locations where pedestrians are at a higher risk of an accident. This entailed identifying predictors of accident locations as a means of prevention. A major thrust of this project was to evaluate and enforce safety in school zones. A number of traffic calming practices were analyzed for potential implementation to optimize pedestrian and student safety. The study included obtaining data from various sources which was then integrated into a common geographical information system environment to develop a prioritization plan. This prioritization schedule is based specifically on pedestrian accident data from the 911 Call Center and school information from MCDOT. Accident location was address-geocoded using ArcGIS and a ranking criterion was then designed to guide the identification of high risk locations which will require further field investigation and an analysis of possible mitigation measures.