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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 1/14/2012
Notes from Strategic Research Symposium on Pedestrians and Walkability
Symposium Held 9/2/2021
2011 Draft Research Needs Statements
- Best Practices for Sidewalk Maintenance
- Synthesis of Pedestrian Infrastructure Assessment Methods and Tools
- Data Sources to Measure Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Parking Lots
- Framework for National Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures
- Estimating the Benefits of a more Complete Pedestrian Injury Reporting System
- Evaluation of Automated Pedestrian Detection Technologies
- Increasing the Safety of Interactions between Pedestrians and Large Commercial Vehicles in Urban Areas
- Developing Guidelines to Improve Pedestrian Access to Transit Stops
2010 Draft Research Needs Statements
- Best Practices for Pedestrian Facility Maintenance
- Best Practices for Pedestrian Infrastructure Assessment
- Improving the Safety of Mid-Block Pedestrian Crossings near Transit Stops
- Developing Guidelines to Improve Pedestrian Access to Transit Stops
- Effects of Pedestrian Improvements on Transit Ridership and Customer Satisfaction
- Evaluation of Automated Pedestrian Detection Technologies
- Development of Crash Reduction Factors for Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Treatments
- Synthesis of Model City/County Ordinances that Support Pedestrian Safety and Access
- Automobile Parking Lots and Pedestrian and Bicycle Access and Safety
2009 Draft Research Needs Statements
- 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 School Program
2008 Draft Research Needs Statements
- Evaluating the Effect of Driver Cell Phone Use on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety
- Accommodating Pedestrians in Traffic Signal Systems
- Improving Pedestrian and Bicyclist Accessibility and Safety at At-Grade Railroad Crossings
- Pedestrian Signals: Visibility to Pedestrians with Varying Levels of Vision
2007 Draft Research Needs Statements
- 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
2006 Draft Research Needs Statements
- Integrating Pedestrian Considerations into Traffic Signal Design
- Case Studies of Model City/County Ordinances that Support a Vibrant Pedestrian Network
- Pedestrian/Vehicle Conflicts in/around School Zones (related to Safe Routes to School Programs)