Highway engineers across the country are successfully incorporating the needs of older Americans as they plan and design roads and infrastructure projects at municipal, county, state, and Federal levels. Importantly, many of the treatments and countermeasures designed to accommodate aging road users improve safety for motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists of all ages alike, resulting in a safety-synergy of sorts, rather than a zero-sum game.
Countermeasures That Work is intended to be reference guide for State Highway Safety Offices to help select effective, science based traffic safety countermeasures to address highway safety problems.
The New York State DOTH teamed up with the GTSC on a first-of-its-kind pedestrian safety campaign in NY state. The state continues to invest in critical three E of pedestrian safety.
Safe, accessible, and well-maintained sidewalks are a fundamental and necessary investment for cities and have been found to enhance general public health maximizing social capital. Read more from NACTO about sidewalk safety.
The (Access Board or Board) issues its final rule that provides minimum guidelines for the accessibility of pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way.
Integrate one or more of the lobby slides into the information messaging systems you use for those in your waiting areas.
To improve pedestrian safety at street crossings, researchers called for changes to improve visibility and illumination, to increase the use of left-turn traffic signals and shorten crossing distances.
For older adults living in rural communities, the challenge of aging in place is often magnified. What specific programs and policies have proven successful and could be replicated?