On Jan. 9, the city of Ann
Arbor received finalized re-
sults of a two-year research
study about the effects on
driver-pedestrian
behav-
ior related to an increase in
crosswalk signs, law enforce-
ment and general awareness
of the pedestrian right-of-
way laws.
According to the study

conducted by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration, there has been
an increase in pedestrian
traffic fatalities since 2009.
The study was originally con-
ducted in Gainesville, Florida
in an effort to decrease pe-
destrian-involved accidents.
In large cities, pedestrians
account for 40 to 50 percent
of traffic fatalities.
To combat this trend, de-
terrents for ignoring pedes-

trian-right-of-way laws were
expanded. The effects of the
Gainesville program were so
significant for decreasing pe-
destrian deaths, a reproduc-
tion of the study was done in
Ann Arbor to assure it wasn’t
an isolated trend.
During the timeframe of
the study, stopping for pedes-
trians in Ann Arbor increased
from 28.5 to 65.2 percent
where there was police en-
forcement, and from 34.2 to
53 percent at the general-
ization sites that did not
receive
police
enforce-
ment. Police enforcement
came in the form of warn-
ings and tickets.
Throughout the dura-
tion of the entire study,
1,658 warnings and 844
citations were issued by
the Ann Arbor Police De-
partment. Some raised the
concern that the increase
in stoppage came solely
from the presence of en-
forcement, but Raymond
Hess, transportation man-
ager in Ann Arbor, stated
in a press release that the
final report concludes en-
forcement alone can’t ex-
plain the steady increase
in cars that are willing to
stop.
“Evidence that the high
visibility
elements
that
were introduced in a step-
wise manner contributed
to the overall success of
the program,” Hess wrote
in the statement. “If driv-
ers only responded to ac-

tual enforcement operations
it would be more likely that
the effects would be confined
to sites that received enforce-
ment.”
Sergeant Bill Clock of the
Ann Arbor Police Depart-
ment shared that the increase
in pedestrian safety was not
solely due to the increased
police deployment, but was
a combined effort from many
city parties.
“The first year we did it, it
was strictly enforcement, but
then we went back and did
a follow up in 2018,” Clock
said. “With more education
through city communications
department and the traffic
engineers, we were not sur-
prised at the improved re-
sults.”
Clock said he is unaware
of any further police supervi-
sion of the crosswalks, but he
believes the traffic engineers
will continue their work to
make pedestrian crosswalks
more noticeable.
“There’s nothing planned
for us, in regards to this ac-
tivity, but we will continue
to check crosswalk and fol-
low up on complaints,” Clock
said. “But I think the city traf-
fic engineers will use data to
make crosswalks more visible
to do further improvements.”
LSA senior Ben Harsh-
berger owns a car on cam-
pus. Harshberger said he was
aware of the law when it came

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