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. 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