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Consider Appropriate Treatment Options <br />Appropriate treatment options should be considered for crossing loca- <br />tions based on the evaluation flowchart on pages 6-7. In many cases, the <br />most appropriate option is to keep the location unmarked and unsigned, <br />as any treatment may increase the crash potential at the location. <br />The treatment options have been organized into four separate categories <br />depending on their primary function in serving pedestrian crossings. <br />Some of the options have not been shown to noticeably affect motorist <br />yielding and service levels, but they are provided as examples that have <br />been implemented by some agencies. <br />SIGNING AND,MARKING TREATMENTS. <br />Signing and marking treatments are generally low cost and provide little <br />to no benefit in terms of operational impacts. The most significant im- <br />pact is for high -visibility markings. The treatments can be appropriate by <br />themselves on low -volume and low -speed roadways unless accompanied <br />by other types of treatments, <br />Potential signing and marking treatments are outlined in Table 2 on page <br />21 (treatments should be justified through an engineering study). Exatn- <br />pies of selected treatments are also shown at right. <br />Sources: <br />"Minnesota's Best Practices for Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety," MnDOT Office of Traffic, Safety and <br />Technology, September 2013. <br />"Best Practices Synthesis and Guidance in At -Grade 'Trail -Crossing Treatments," Minnesota <br />Departrnent of Transportation, St.Paul, MN, September 2013. <br />NCHRP Report 562: Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings. Transportation Research <br />Board of the National Academies, Washington D,C., 200g. <br />Assessment of Driver Yield Rates Pre- and Post-R[1M Installation, Bend, Oregon, Oregon Department <br />of Transportation, Washington D.C., 2011. <br />Bolton & Menk, inc. <br />Transportation Research Board, HCM 2010 Highway Capacity Manual, Washington D.C,: National <br />Academy of Sciences, 2010. <br />Before -and -After Study of the Effectiveness of Rectangular Rapid -Flashing Beacons Used with School <br />Sign in Garland, Texas, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, April 2012. <br />WARNING SIGN <br />IN-STREETCROSSING S1GN <br />4444024.;.‘ Asi[i.W.J'a9i4Sfwv4vo <br />1:415it;:ves, <br />.patroP <br />LI <br />Aftt.okvo.44,"04,0404.4g <br />HIGH-VISIBLITY CROSSWALK MARKINGS <br />20 <br />