Title: impact of lowering speed on pedestrian and bicyclist safety while the number of motor vehicle crash fatalities has decreased over the last decade, the number of pedestrian and bicyclist…

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill), operating through its Office of Sponsored Research, has been awarded a $385,673 delivery order against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Behavioral Traffic Research Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The delivery order tasks UNC-Chapel Hill with using existing data from multiple localities to determine the effect that lowering speed limits and redesigning streets has had on reducing vehicle speeds, pedestrian and bicyclist crashes and conflicts, and the severity of injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists. The delivery order also provides an optional task to implement and evaluate the most effective countermeasures in another jurisdiction. No set aside designation was specified. The delivery order was awarded on September 27, 2017 with a completion date of March 15, 2024 and will be performed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Title: impact of lowering speed on pedestrian and bicyclist safety while the number of motor vehicle crash fatalities has decreased over the last decade, the number of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities are nearly the same as a decade ago and now represent a larger proportion of all motor vehicle related crash fatalities at 16%. Recently a number of localities including NYC have begun efforts to reduce the number of pedestrian and bicyclist crashes and fatalities in their jurisdictions. In 2014, pedestrian fatalities were the lowest they had been in NYC in the last 100 years with 139 pedestrian fatalities; however, pedestrians still represented over half of all NYC's motor vehicle related fatalities. Part of NYC's program effort has involved installing speed cameras, increased enforcement of speeding and failure to yield to pedestrians, and the reduction of the citywide default speed limit from 30 MPH to 25 MPH. This project will use existing data from several localities to determine the effect combined efforts and specifically lowering speed limits and redesigning streets has had on reducing vehicle speeds, pedestrian and bicyclist crashes and conflicts, and pedestrian and bicyclist injury severity. An optional task would involve implementing the most effective countermeasures in a jurisdiction and evaluating their effectiveness. Task order to awarded under lot a of kathryn wochinger's new IDIQ. Submit availability of funds. (SAF)