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Pedestrian Safety Engineering and Intelligent Transportation System-Based Countermeasures Program For Reducing Pedestrian Fatalities, Injuries, Conflicts, and Other Surrogate Measures  This website documents efforts on and findings from Phase 2 of a cooperative agreement between the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Transportation Research Center (TRC), titled “Pedestrian Safety Engineering and Intelligent Transportation System-Based Countermeasures Program For Reducing Pedestrian Fatalities, Injuries, Conflicts, and Other Surrogate Measures” (Cooperative Agreement Number DTFH61-01-X-00018, UNLV Account Numbers: 2360-254-49BX, 2330-254-49CA and 2330-254-49CD UNLV/TRC/RR-02-03). Five state and local agencies in Nevada co-sponsored the program: City of Las Vegas, Clark County Department of Public Works, Nevada Department of Transportation, Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Several other local agencies and private sector organizations were cooperating partners: City of North Las Vegas, City of Henderson, Orth Rodgers Inc. etc.
The goals of the program are to deploy and evaluate countermeasures (that were identified and developed in Phase 1) to help improve pedestrian safety and walkability (and reduce/minimize risk). The intent of this program is to serve as an example of what would lead to the implementation of successful pedestrian safety countermeasures across the nation. Some of the countermeasures deployed in Phase 2 have been selected in consultation with Florida (Miami-Dade County) team and San Francisco team. This is to permit a comparative evaluation of countermeasures at three different locations in the country.
The total funding for the project was $ 1.18 million (FHWA - $ 913K, NDOT - $ 50K, Others - $ 220K). The project was successfully completed in December 2008. Apart from the information on this website, more information about this project can also be found on FHWA Website at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/tools_solve/ped_scdproj/lasvegas/
For any questions regarding the project, please contact:
Dr. Mukund Dangeti
Assistant Research Professor
Transportation Research Center
University of Nevada Las Vegas
4505 S Maryland Pkwy, PB: 454007
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4007
Phone: 702-895-1362
Fax: 702-895-4401
Email: mukund.dangeti@unlv.edu
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