Pedestrians – Safe Home Alabama

June 12th, 2025

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides funding for states to improve safety at public crossings through the Railway-Highway Crossings Program (RHCP). GAO found that states used RHCP funding to address safety risks. For example, states added or upgraded existing equipment at crossings—such as bells, lights, and gates—from 2019 through 2023. During the […]

May 2nd, 2025

The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads and streets has increased by more than 80% since reaching its modern-era record low in 2009. While the contributions of factors such as vehicle size and driver behavior have been the subject of extensive research, two additional factors also stand out: time of day and location. Virtually […]

April 18th, 2025

GHSA’s analysis of preliminary data provided by State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) found that while pedestrian deaths during the first six months of 2024 fell slightly from the year before, they are 12% higher than 2019 and up a shocking 48% since 2014. Over the last decade, deaths of people on foot have risen at a pace […]

October 25th, 2024

The Alabama Department of Transportation is inviting the public to give input as it updates the Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. This fall, the team leading the planning process will hold five public workshops across the state. The workshops will give people an opportunity to learn more about the plan and to share their perspective […]

August 2nd, 2024

GHSA’s annual Spotlight on Highway Safety report offers the first look at state and national trends in pedestrian traffic deaths for 2023 based on preliminary data provided by State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs). The data analysis found that 29 states had fewer pedestrian deaths in 2023 compared to the year before, while 21 and Washington, […]

July 22nd, 2024

September 28th, 2023

In response to the rising concerns about intersection safety across the United States, traffic administrators have developed various techniques to create more effective and targeted improvement projects. Among them, Knowledge-Based Expert Systems (KBESs) demonstrate the unique advantage of having low requirements for users’ experience and efficient decision-making. This study proposes an enhanced KBES to assist […]

July 24th, 2023

Speed is a contributor to both crash frequency and crash severity. This project explored efforts to reduce speed and evaluated their effectiveness in improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. Phase 1 was a program scan that identified countermeasures in use throughout the United States. Based on the scan, the team evaluated automated speed enforcement and […]

July 19th, 2023

Each year, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) provides a first look at national and state-level pedestrian fatality data and trends through a Spotlight on Highway Safety report, typically published in late spring or early summer. This year’s report is divided into three sections. It presents pedestrian fatality projections for all of 2022 based on […]

June 26th, 2023

Traffic agencies are seeking solutions to the rise in pedestrian fatalities. A traffic control treatment that is gaining use is the pedestrian- or school-crossing warning sign with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) embedded in the borders (called LED-Em in this report). View the full study here.

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Tag: Pedestrians

RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS Improvements Needed to Federal Technical Assistance About Pedestrian Projects Related to Trespassing

Pedestrian Fatalities on Urban Arterial Roads at Night: An In-Depth Crash Analysis and Three Case Studies

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2024 Preliminary Data

Alabama Public invited to give input on statewide bicycle and pedestrian plan

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2023 Preliminary Data

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2023 Preliminary Data

A Knowledge-Based Expert System for Pedestrian Safety Improvement at Intersections

Exploring the Impact of Select Speed-Reducing Countermeasures on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State

Driver Yielding with LED-Embedded Pedestrian and School Crossing Signs