•Julie Brasfield – Assistant Director,
Contracts and Grants
•Stephen Brown – Electronics Tech.,
Facilities U&E
•Lisa Fiedor – Web Accessibility,
Usability, and Design Specialist,
DELTA
•Jane Howe – Executive Assistant,
Wood and Paper Science
•Suzanne Hugus – Admin. Support
Specialist, CALS
•Frederick Jimenez – Student
Services, CALS
•James Lindsey – Plant Maint.
Supervisor, Facilities
•Deborah Murphy – Accounting
Tech., FAI
•Lakshmi Rajagopalan – Business and Tech. App. Analyst, RMIS
•Nessa Stone – Operations
Manager WRR, Facilities
•Tuyen Tran – Distance Education
Manager, NCSU Bookstores

Victim of pedestrian/vehicle accident at Duke University.

CSI: NCSU
Crosswalk Safety Initiative
Prepared by Pathways Team 4

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S pecific: We want the campus community to use crosswalks on Dan Allen
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M easurable: Improved orderly flow of pedestrian and vehicle traffic
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A greed Upon: In order for this to be implemented, the project must be approved by University Administration
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R ealistic: Based on standards set at other UNC System schools – yes
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T ime Bound: Up to 6 years dependent upon receiving capital improvement funding

• We want campus community to use crosswalks on Dan Allen in order to improve orderly flow of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

•Dan Allen Drive from Faucette Street to
Founders
•Focus broken down to 3 specific areas of
Dan Allen

Campus Map

•Faucette Street to Sullivan Drive
Sullivan Drive

• No crosswalk where there are curb cuts – at the Hodges intersection.
• Crosswalks not clearly defined at
Sullivan intersection.

Proposed Solutions – Focus Area 1
• Add painted crosswalks and road signs at the curb cuts already in place.

•Sullivan Drive to Yarborough Drive

• Crosswalk at Bragaw
Hall is not clearly marked with road paint.
• Jaywalking and heavy traffic congestion at Cates intersection.

Proposed Solutions – Focus Area 2
• Add visibility to existing crosswalk with signs and paint.
• Enforce using existing crosswalks with police issued warning and tickets.
• Add 3-way stop at
Cates Avenue intersection.

•Yarborough Drive to Founders

• Raised crosswalk not clearly marked with signs or road paint.

Proposed Solutions – Focus Area 3
• Add visibility to existing crosswalk with signs and paint.
• Enforce using existing crosswalks with police issued warning and tickets.
• Add signs to (Yield to peds)
Dan Allen deck crosswalk at Yarborough intersection.

Implementing Awareness Across
Campus
• Advertise in The Technician
• Advertise on 88.1
• WolfBytes
• Announcement in Official Bulletin
• Awareness pamphlet
• Mention in New Student/Employee
Orientation

All costs are approximate:
• Paint a crosswalk - $3,000
• Kits - $170 each
• Create a curb cut - $5,300
• Signage (per sign cost) - $200

• Michigan State Study
• UNC – Chapel Hill
• UNC – Charlotte
• Appalachian State

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• No time constraint
• Centralized repository
• Stay on pace http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Pathways_-_Team_4's_Sandbox

•Lisa Fiedor – Team Leader
•Julie Brasfield – Project Manager
•Stephen Brown – Creative
Consultant
•Jane Howe – Research
•Suzanne Hugus – Organizer
•Frederick Jimenez - Photographer
•James Lindsey – Financial
Consultant
•Deborah Murphy - Research
•Lakshmi Rajagopalan - Scribe
•Nessa Stone – Production
Specialist
•Tuyen Tran – Computer
Consultant

• Rubbertough® Signs Alleviate Long-Term Crosswalk Safety Problem on the Campus of Michigan State http://www.safehitlx.com/default/pdf/rubber_tough_signs
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UNC Traffic Study http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/safety_info/pedestrian/index.cfm
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UNC Traffic Fines http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/398982.html
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Appalachian State Fines http://www.theapp.appstate.edu/archives_01-02/02-02-05/news.html
• “Pedestrians and UNC Charlotte” http://www.itre.ncsu.edu/ncsite/documents/05CharlotteMeetingKone.pdf