Safe Routes to School Briefing Sheets

These briefings sheets were developed with funding support from the National Center for Safe Routes to School. The briefing sheets are intended for use by transportation engineers and planners to support their active participation in the development and implementation of Safe Routes to School programs and activities. If you have questions about the briefing sheets, please contact Aliyah N. Horton at ahorton@ite.org.

1. Introduction
2. School Site Selection and Off-site Access
3. Walking and Bicycling Audits
4. School Route Maps
5. Strategies to Improve Traffic Operations and Safety
6. School On-site Design
7. School Area Traffic Control
8. Reduced School Area Speed Limits
9. The Use of Traffic Calming Near Schools

Intersection Safety Briefing Sheets

These briefing sheets concern various intersection safety-related topics.  Their purpose is to enhance communications with the media, decision-makers, the general public and others about intersection safety.  The primary audiences are decision makers and officials who are called upon to comment or make decisions on intersection issues.

1. Introduction
2. The Problem
3. Traffic Control Devices
4. Stop Signs
5. Traffic Signals
6. Engineering Countermeasures to Reduce Red-Light-Running
7. Using Red-Light Cameras to Reduce Red-Light-Running
8. Toolbox of Countermeasures and Their Potential Effectiveness to Make Intersections Safer
9. Pedestrian Safety at Intersections
10. Older Drivers at Intersections
11. Pedestrian Design for Accessibility Within the Public Right-of-Way
12. Human Factors Issues in Intersection Safety
13. Access Management
14. Roundabouts
15. Road Safety Audits: An Emerging and Effective Tool for Improved Safety
16. Work Zone Intersection Safety
17. Intersection Safety Resources

All Briefing Sheets in one document. 

Publications and Papers

• Technology to Stop Red Light Running
• Highway Safety Manual
• Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Handbook
  HTML | PDF
• Red Light Running Field Guide
• Wayfinding at Intersections: Efforts Toward Standardization—A Joint Workshop of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the U.S. Access Board, ITE Journal, April 2005, Volume 75(4). Stollof, Edward. R. AICP HTML | PDF
• Developing Curb Ramp Designs Based on Curb Radius. ITE Journal, April 2005, Volume 75(4). Stollof, Edward. R. AICP HTML | PDF
• Electronic Toolbox for Making Intersections More Accessible for Pedestrians Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• Planning and Funding Accessible Pedestrian Facilities
  

Local Programs and Initiatives

• National Agenda for Intersection Safety. 2002
• City of San Francisco Pedestrian Program
• Notable Practices: Institute of Transportation Engineers Pedestrian Award Program 2003
  Fort Vancouver Way Pedestrian Safety Improvements at Clark College. Vancouver, WA 
• Arlington County, Virginia is a leader in using innovative technologies and practices to improve pedestrian safety. Arlington has a comprehensive pedestrian program called WALKArlington.

Strategies and Countermeasures

Infrastructure Intersection Collision Avoidance
U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
October 29, 2001

Transportation Professionals Get Involved with Safe Routes to School
ITE Journal, March 2005, Volume 75(3). Parisi, David, P.E. and Brett Hondor. 

Safe Routes to School programs aim to promote walking and bicycling to and from school and improve traffic safety through education, initiatives, law enforcement and engineering measures. Successful programs require the involvement of transportation professionals—the experts a community turns to for technical advice and identification of feasible engineering solutions. 

Grade Crossings

• ITE Grade Crossing Committee

ITE Awards

Edmund R. Ricker Awards
The ITE Transportation Safety Council is seeking nominations for its two annual awards for outstanding contributions to the field of traffic safety.