Improving Pedestrian Safety at Night (2025)

Chapter: Appendix E: Practitioner Interview Script

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APPENDIX E.

Practitioner Interview Script

Introduction

  1. What is your role’s relationship to pedestrian safety?

Baseline Questions

  1. How did your agency identify that pedestrian crashes in darkness are a problem?
    • – Do you use any type of systemic analysis to detect patterns associated with pedestrian-involved crashes in dark conditions?
    • – Have you used community feedback to identify or deepen your understanding of the issue and related concerns?
  2. Have you identified any patterns among pedestrian-involved crashes in darkness? (who is involved, what types of crashes occur, when and where crashes occur, etc.)
  3. What information or areas of support would help you better identify and understand the extent of pedestrian injuries at night?

Reflections on Findings

  1. We found that several location types were particularly risky for pedestrians in darkness: arterials and midblock crossings. Have you employed any inventions to improve pedestrian safety on arterials or for midblock crossings, specifically in darkness?
  2. I’d like to ask you about several [additional] interventions that were identified in our research. Has your agency employed any of the following inventions to improve pedestrian safety, specifically in darkness?
    • – Upgraded or additional lighting
    • – Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB)
    • – Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons (PHB)
    • – Speed management at night
    • – Crossing islands
    • – Upgraded pavement markings
    • – Other?
  3. Have you assessed the effectiveness of any of these interventions?
  4. How do you prioritize countermeasures and interventions for pedestrian safety (in dark conditions)? How do you select alternatives if the most desired intervention is not feasible (cost, operations, etc.)?
  5. Are there specific behavioral interventions aimed at pedestrians that you have implemented to improve pedestrian safety at night? Any aimed at drivers?
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Implementation

  1. How has your agency collaborated with other local agencies or organizations to address pedestrian safety in darkness?
  2. What policy, funding, or other institutional challenges and barriers do you experience or foresee in addressing pedestrian safety at night? What would help overcome them?
  3. What do you need most from guidance to help you address the problem of increased pedestrian risk at night?
  4. Are there specific challenges for implementing interventions (not limited to institutional challenges)?
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