Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
(OP)
I have a problem in justifying a Midblock-Crosswalk for a school building. MUTCD requires one to do a engineering study while putting in a midblock crosswalk. What actually does the engineering study means in this regard?
Does anyone ever worked on in-road lighting? Does this require any signage?? Please share your thoughts...
Does anyone ever worked on in-road lighting? Does this require any signage?? Please share your thoughts...





RE: Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
In-pavement or overhead lighting is a supplement to standard signing and striping, not a replacement.
I suggest you read C. Zegeer's study on safety of marked vs unmarked crosswalks (available somewhere on the FHWA site). He concluded that markings alone do not make crosswalks safer. Also, at higher AADT's, marked crossings are associated with higher risk to pedestrians than unmarked crosswalks. Signs, in-pavement or overhead flashing lights, and raised median refuges are devices used to make crosswalks safer.
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RE: Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
RE: Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
In Arizona it's been my experience that we don't mark unsignalized crossings and only where pedestrian heads are present on the signal.
RE: Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
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To me, the main purpose of crosswalks is to show the best place to cross. Other measures are used to improve the crossing's safety - TCD's, beacons, curb extensions, median refuges, etc.
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RE: Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
RE: Mid Block-Crosswalk Inroad Lighting
Your justification study should also include a gap analysis to determine if sufficient breaks in the traffic flow are present to allow pedestrians to cross safely, should drivers decide not to yield (as they do often here on the East Coast). Of course, in pavement lighting is extremely effective at getting the attention of drivers.
Good luck.