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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