Pedestrian Safety: Trends, Measures, and Solutions

This Walkinar will examine a broad range of issues related to pedestrian safety, including planning, equity, and enforcement. This will include discussion of recent efforts to calculate a “Pedestrian Level of Comfort” in Montgomery County, and efforts on behalf of MDOT’s State Highway Administration to ensure that roadway design features reflect user needs and respond to land use contexts.   

Panelists will discuss how to improve how infrastructure is used, and how to cultivate more safe and respectful attitudes and behaviors that reflect the lawful use of shared public spaces. Finally, the session will highlight disturbing trends underpinning America’s crisis in pedestrian safety – and discuss the critical theme of equity in seeking solutions. 

Panelists:

• Sgt. Tom Morehouse, Baltimore County Police
• Kandese Holford, MDOT SHA, Pedestrian Safety & Context Sensitive Design
• Eli Glazier, Multimodal Transportation Planner Coordinator, Montgomery County Planning Department
• Angie Schmitt, Author, Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Crisis of Pedestrian Deaths in America