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Dete <br />Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Level of Service <br />Evaluation orksheet <br />ine if there is a crossing treatment used that could provide vehicle yielding. This then provides <br />a possible reduction in delay. <br />Crossing Treatment Staged Pedestrian Yield Rate Unstaged Pedestrian Yield Rate <br />Crosswalk Marking Only <br />7% <br />Median Refuge Islands (al 34% <br />Pedestal Mounted Flashing <br />Beacon (2-Lane, 35 mph) (3} <br />Overhead Flashing Beacon <br />(push-button activation) (al <br />Overhead Flashing Beacon <br />(passive activation) (11 <br />Pedestrian Crossing Flags 65% <br />School Crossing Guards (5) <br />in -street Crossing Signs <br />(25-30 mph) (al <br />4.0 Warning Sign with Edge Mounted <br />T.: LEDs (6) <br />in -road warning lights <br />High -visibility Signs and <br />Markinp (35 mph) (3l <br />High -visibility Signs and <br />Markings (25 mph) (a) <br />Rectangular Rapid -Flash Beacon <br />(RRFB) (2)(4) <br />School Crossing Guards <br />with RRFB (5) <br />Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon <br />(HAWK) (1) <br />NIA <br />47% <br />31% <br />N/A <br />87% <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />17% <br />7% <br />29% <br />57% <br />49% <br />67% <br />74% <br />86% <br />90% <br />28% <br />66% <br />20% <br />61% 91% <br />84% 81% <br />N/A 91% <br />97% 99% <br />NA: No Research Found on Effect to Yielding Rate <br />Sources: (1) Fitzpatrick, K., S.M. Turner; M. Brewer, P.J. Carlson, B. Ullman, N.D. Trout, E.S. Park, J. Whitacre, N. Lalani, and D. Lord. <br />NCHRP Report 562: Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings. Transportation Research Board of the National <br />Academies, Washington D.C., 2006. <br />(2) Lewis, R., J.R. Ross, D.S. Serpica Assessment of Driver Yield Rates Pre- and Post-RRFB Installation, Bend, Oregon. Oregon <br />Department of Transportation, Washington D.C., 2011. <br />(3) Bolton & Menk Field Data Collection <br />(4) Transportation Research Board, HCM 2010 Highway Capacity Manual, Washington D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, <br />2010. <br />(5) Brewer, Marcus A., Kay Fitzpatrick. Before -and -After Study of the Effectiveness of Rectangular Rapid -Flashing Beacons Used <br />with School Sign in Garland, Texas. Texas Transportation institute, College Station, TX, April 2012. <br />(6) Kipp, Wendy M.E., Jennifer M. V. Fitch. Evaluation of SmartStud In -Pavement Crosswalk Lighting System and BlinkerSign <br />Interim Report. Vermont Agency of Transportation, Report 2011-3, Montpelier, VT, February 2011. (Rate Normalized to High <br />Visibility Markings and Signs at 35 mph) <br />Developed by Bolton & Menk, Inc. for the LRRB. Yet Rates (, <br />HCM Evaluation Worksheet <br />Page SoT 5 <br />