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            Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety5 Maintenance Measures
    
  
  
      This chapter summarizes the common repair and seasonal maintenance practices for pedestrian facilities based on research conducted for the guide. The first section provides a summary of the repair methods, and how they are used for the range of pedestrian facilities. Part two includes common day-to-day seasonal maintenance methods along with recommended practices. The treatments are presented in order from the easiest to implement to the more complex and difficult.
    4 Inspection, Accessibility, Compliance, Plans and Policies
    
  
  
      The work of maintaining pedestrian facilities should be guided by an inspection and by a repair regimen, supported by policies and ordinances. A community's desire to comprehensively address the pedestrian environment should be expressed in a plan and policies that help the maintenance staff do their jobs and helps adjacent landowners and other residents understand what is expected of them and what they can expect.
    3 Common Maintenance Issues
    
  
  
      3.1 Surface TypesSidewalks and shared use paths are the main types of pedestrian facilities that accommodate pedestrians. The surface material used for these facilities can have a significant effect on how and how often maintenance is performed. Of the hard surfaces, concrete is the most common surfacing type for sidewalks while asphalt is commonly used for shared use paths. However, there are communities that rely entirely on concrete surfacing for shared use paths and others that rely on asphalt for sidewalks.
    2 The Case for Pedestrian Facility Maintenance.
    
  
  
      2.1 Pedestrian Facilities – A Part of the Transportation SystemSidewalks, shared use paths and other pedestrian facilities are important components of the transportation network. Regardless of the primary means of transportation chosen (auto, bus, rail), nearly everyone is a pedestrian at some point in nearly every trip and pedestrian facilities serve nearly everyone. Because of this, it is important to provide dependable pedestrian facilities that are usable year round by people of all abilities.
    1 Purpose
    
  
  
      *A Guide for Maintaining Pedestrian Facilities for Enhanced Safety* provides guidance for maintaining pedestrian facilities with the primary goal of increasing safety and mobility. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) developed the Guide as one of several means of reducing the approximately 4,000 pedestrian fatalities and tens of thousands of pedestrian injuries occurring in the United States annually. This Guide is based on a research report completed as a part of developing the guide.
    A Guide for Maintaining Pedestrian Facilities for Enhanced Safety
    
  
  
      fhwasa13037.pdf (8.3 MB)***October 2013***U.S. Department of Transportation
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    Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies Table
    
  
  
      Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies Table
    About This Guide
    
  
  
      This guide is intended to provide transit agency staff with an easy-to-use re­source for improving pedestrian safety. It should prove useful for transit staff who set agency policies, monitor transit performance, determine transit stop locations and schedules, train transit operators, and work with communities on development near transit stations. The guide is also a resource for agency staff who work with other transportation agencies to develop safe access and egress for transit passengers.
    Introduction
    
  
  
      This photo shows people standing in line to board a bus at a designated bus stop. The bus stop has a sign and a shelter.The primary goal of transit providers is to carry passengers between residences, employment and other destinations in a safe, convenient, efficient and reliable manner.
    Chapter 5: Legal Issues
    
  
  
      It is important to understand the legal context for pedestrian safety in the areas around transit stops and stations. Federal and state laws, local statutes and case precedent all dictate the level of responsibility assigned to a transit agency to address pedestrian safety issues, even if the transit agencies lack the authority to make changes to the roadway or roadway operations. This emphasizes the need for transit agencies to partner with other organizations and assign responsibility for ensuring pedestrian safety and enacting engineering improvements.
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