Resources
- Transportation Research Circular
- Transportation Research Circular E-C084: Pedestrians: Research Needs Statements was published by TRB in December 2005 and contains the Top 16 Pedestrian Needs Statements (RNS) (and approximately 80 other important research topics). This document provides important RNS that research organizations can adopt and fund. The Top 16 RNS are more fully-developed statements, but they should be viewed as “specials” rather than the only research topics on the menu. Some organizations may find that many of the other 80 topics are also relevant for their research needs.
- Pedestrian Research Needs Statement Database in Excel (Ongoing project)
- Last Updated 1/05/2009
- 2006 Draft Research Needs Statements
- 2007 Draft Research Needs Statements
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- Improving Transit and Transportation Agency Coordination to Increase the Safety of Mid-Block Pedestrian Crossings near Transit Stops
- Increasing the Safety of Interactions between Pedestrians and Large Commercial Vehicles in Urban Areas
- Development of a Methodology to Evaluate the Impacts of Constructing Missing Sidewalks
- 2008 Draft Research Needs Statements
- 2009 Draft Research Needs Statements
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- Pedestrian Environment Improvements to Increase Transit Ridership
- Automobile Parking Lots and Pedestrian and Bicycle Access and
Safety - Institutional Issues Blocking Pedestrian Improvements
- Automated Pedestrian Safety Analysis Using Video Data
- Improving the Service for all Users at a Signalized Intersection through Developing a Detection-based Traffic Signal System
- Evaluation of Automated Pedestrian Detection Technologies
- Platform for the Simulation of Pedestrians
- Best Practices for Pedestrian Facility Maintenance
- Best Practices for Pedestrian Infrastructure Assessment
- Improvements for Pedestrians with Low Vision
- Effect of Hand-Held Communication Device Use on Pedestrian Safety
- Best Practices for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Safe Routes to
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