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原文传递 Engagement of Traditionally Underserved Communities in Pedestrian Safety Planning

题名：	Engagement of Traditionally Underserved Communities in Pedestrian Safety Planning
正文语种：	eng
作者：	ROD TUROCHY;KATHY GREGORY;DONTA FRAZIER
作者单位：	Traffic Engineering at Auburn University
摘要：	Underserved communities, with respect to transportation safety, infrastructure condition, and extent of engagement in improving the system, face well-established inequities. To overcome these historic inequities in resource allocation (and therefore access to, and condition of pedestrian infrastructure), the focus of the STEP-UC initiative was historically underserved areas in need of pedestrian facility upgrades. After a focused effort in one such neighborhood in Opelika, AL, The Fifty Fund partnered with the Auburn University, the Alabama Department of Transportation, and the Alabama Division of FHWA to expand this effort into other low-income neighborhoods consisting primarily of people of color. An objective of developing a model of street-level community engagement that similarly situated communities could follow was established. The team selected two neighborhoods in Troy, AL, centered on public housing properties and then identified community leaders to help prepare for the walkarounds in those neighborhoods. After conducting the walkarounds, a report summarizing the community engagement activities and recommended improvements was then developed. This report, as well as the documents noted within it, are available for other communities to use in their efforts to improve pedestrian safety through better facilities. Additionally, expansion of this approach to 10 other rural small towns in Alabama's Black Belt region, through preparation of construction plans, will be supported through a RAISE grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	ITE journal
卷：	92
期：	11
页码：	33-38