NCHRP 17-97: Strategies to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Night

Dr. Sanders is a co-PI and the Research Director on this project to improve pedestrian safety at night. This research will use a mixed-methods approach including national and local crash analyses, pedestrian focus groups, and driver simulation to accomplish the following:

1. Elucidate the root causes of pedestrian crash risk at night

2. Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of existing and emerging strategies for improving pedestrian nighttime safety

3. Propose effective, economically viable strategies to mitigate nighttime pedestrian crashes

4. Develop guidance for implementing the proposed strategies.

Partners include Toole Design, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Dr. Robert Schneider), Equitable Cities LLC (Charles Brown), Texas A & M University (Dr. Tara Goddard), University of New Mexico (Dr. Nick Ferenchak), and Frank Proulx Consulting.