Acknowledgments

This volume of NCHRP Report 500 was developed under NCHRP Project 17-18(3), the product of which is a series of implementation guides addressing the emphasis areas of AASHTO’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The project was managed by CH2M HILL, and the co-principal investigators were Ron Pfefer of Maron Engineering and Kevin Slack of CH2M HILL. Timothy Neuman of CH2M HILL served as the overall project director for the team. Kelly Hardy, also of CH2M HILL, served as a technical specialist on the development of the guides.

The project team was organized around the specialized technical content contained in each guide, and the team included nationally recognized experts from many organizations. The following team of experts, selected based on their knowledge and expertise in this particular emphasis area, served as lead authors for the Pedestrian guide:

  • Charles V. Zegeer
    University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
  • Jane Stutts
    University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center

Development of the volumes of NCHRP Report 500 utilized the resources and expertise of many professionals from around the country and overseas. Through research, workshops, and actual demonstration of the guides by agencies, the resulting documents represent best practices in each emphasis area. The project team is grateful to the following list of people and their agencies for supporting the project through their participation in workshops and meetings and additional reviews of the Pedestrian guide:

California Department of Health Services
Barbara Alberson

California Department of Transportation
Craig Copeland
Richard Haggstrom
Ken McGuire

City of Seattle, Washington
Peter Lagerwey

City of Tucson, Arizona
Richard Nassi

Federal Highway Administration
Leverson Boodlal
Ann Do
Carol Tan

Florida Department of Transportation
Ed Rice
Dennis Scott

Montgomery County, Maryland
David Loughery

Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization
David Henderson

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Maria Vegega

Orlando Metropolitan Planning Organization
Mighk Wilson

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Dave Bachman
Patti Marshall
Girish Modi

Sprinkle Consultants
Theo Petritsch

U.S. Access Board
Lois Thibault

Washington, District of Columbia
Harry Cepeda
John Frankenhoff
Carolyn Pollock

Wisconsin Department of Transportation
John Swissler

Washington State Department of Transportation
Richard Anderson