New from FHWA - Crosswalk Marking Selection Guidebook, to help localities make decisions on where the use of high-visibility designs can have a safety impact. Incorporates new(ish) research on yielding rates for hi-viz crosswalks on two-lane uncontrolled crossings.
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/resources/crosswalk_marking_selection_guide.pdf
@bikepedantic Very useful. Even though the report is somewhat burying the lede: "The key question of this guide can be reframed as, 'Why not mark HVCs everywhere?' Indeed, this guide recommends using HVC markings everywhere an agency has determined to mark a crosswalk. "
@haraldkliems we somewhat specialize in burying ledes
@bikepedantic @haraldkliems The real conclusion of these charts to me is "You can either have speeds >30 mph OR you can have pedestrian crossings that are not signal controlled." Meanwhile, here we get RRFBs on 4-lane 35 mph roads outside of middle schools and it feels like a very conscious statement that our kids are not valuable.
@HayiWena @haraldkliems there's definitely some milquetoasty weasel-wording in there about how once you hit that speed threshold, you need to start bringing in the heavier stuff if you want actual yielding to happen
@bikepedantic @HayiWena @haraldkliems how much do we spend on rapid flash beacons when we could have actual infrastructure like these two cozy bollards?
@bikepedantic @haraldkliems HPA is a heck of a gatekeeper, so I appreciate the effort to put it in there. I mean, you're not the MUTCD, which is where it really needs to be stated in blinking lights.