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Vulnerable Road Users
(Vulnerable Road Users) include people walking, bicycling, using mobility aids (such as wheelchairs), or using most micromobility devices (whether motorized or not), but does not include motorcyclists,” Federal Highway Administration Vulnerable Road User Research Plan, July 2023.
Federal Highway Administration Vulnerable Road User Research Plan July 2023
This plan goes beyond the safety aspects of walking, bicycling, and rolling and describes efforts related to mobility, networks, access, data, and analysis. It emphasizes the connection between walking, biking, and rolling and the goals of the DOT and FHWA Strategic Plans, including improving public health outcomes, coordinating transportation and land use decisions, addressing climate change, advancing equity, addressing accessibility for people with disabilities, fostering transformation, and providing for workforce development.
This full-page color advertisement targeting vulnerable road users is running in Roll Call magazine in conjunction with NACTO’s Designing Cities Conference that runs May 28-31 in Washington, D.C. The conference brings together over 1,000 roadway engineers, planners, government agency leaders, elected officials, advocates and other transportation officials to advance roadway safety across North American cities. Not only will TMMA President and CEO Rob Dingess attend the conference, he will also meet with key elected officials on Capitol Hill to help promote the lifesaving TMMA products and services highlighted in the advertisement. Click on the thumbnail for full page view of the advertisement.
Assessing pavement markings for automated vehicle readiness, by Adam Pike, Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Read Report →
Red-colored pavement for public transit systems, from the 11th Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, December 2023. Read Report →
Urban bikeway design guide, colored bike facilities: The treatments outlined in this guide are based on real-life experience in the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities.
Interim approval for optional use of green colored pavement for bike lanes (FHWA, 2011)
Los Angeles’ latest efforts on bike lanes (Aug. 2024)
The Safe Streets for All grant program provides financial support for planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users and operators, personal conveyance, micromobility users, motorists and commercial vehicle operators.
Ohio’s Multimodal Design Guide is a source for ODOT planners and designers implementing pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Innovative safety solutions with pavement markings and delineation, by the American Traffic Safety Services Association (2016)
One-minute video loaded with Governors Highway Safety Association statistics showing pedestrian deaths in the U.S. increased 54% during a 10-year period while all other traffic death rose just 13%.