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A Raised Crosswalk is a pedestrian crosswalk that is typically <br />elevated 3-6 inches above the road or at sidewalk level. A Raised <br />Crosswalk improves increases crosswalk and pedestrian visibility <br />and slows down motorists. <br />Cost $$ <br />LRSM ID R36PB <br />INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS <br />Increase <br />Attentiveness <br />and Awareness <br />SAFE SYSTEM HIERARCHY <br />Reduce Vehicle <br />Speeds <br />Raised Crosswalk <br />Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 <br />Other Reference Information <br />Note: some studies in CMF Clearinghouse show an increase in crashes. See additional source below showing <br />decrease. (1) Perkins+Will Consultant Team. “Pedestrians at Multi-Modal Intersections.” Better Market Street <br />Existing Conditions & Best Practices, Part Two: Best Practices 36-58, City & County of San Francisco, San <br />Francisco. http://www.bettermarketstreetsf.org/about-reports-existing-conditions.html (2) Bhatt, Shailen, <br />Natalie Barnhart, Mark Luszcz, Tom Meyer, & Michael Sommers. “Delaware Traffic Calming Design Manual.” <br />Delaware Department of Transportation, State of Delaware, Dover, DE. https://nacto.org/wp-content/ <br />uploads/2015/04/DE-Trafc-Calming-Manual_2012.pdf (3) King, Michael R, Jon A Carnegie, and Reid Ewing. <br />“Pedestrian Safety through a Raised Median and Redesigned Intersections.” Journal of the Transportation <br />Research Board 1828 (1), 56-66, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. https://trid.trb.org/ <br />view/663867 (4) Fitzpatrick, Kay, Mark D Wooldridge, and Joseph D Blaschke. “Urban Intersection Design <br />Guide: Volume 1–Guidelines.” Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, Texas Department <br />of Transportation, Austin, TX. https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-4365-P2.pdf <br />Elevates the intersection to bring vehicles to the sidewalk level. <br />Serves as a traffic calming measure by extending the sidewalk <br />context across the road. <br />Cost $$$ <br /> <br />INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS <br />Increase <br />Attentiveness <br />and Awareness <br />SAFE SYSTEM HIERARCHY <br />Reduce Vehicle <br />Speeds <br />Raised Intersection <br />Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 <br />Raised Crosswalk <br />Raised Intersection <br />24 Appendix J: Countermeasures Toolbox | Snoqualmie Pass Comprehensive Safety Plan | Kittitas County