I meant to send a short response to Anne's post about
ped safety programs to bikies but sent it to her only instead. Below is a
more detailed response from John Bauer from the Safe Communities Coalition about
what is going on to improve the safety of peds in town.
From: john bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:14 AM
To: Steve Meiers; Ann Freiwald
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Bikies] Something Madison should do?
Ann and Steve,
The Safe Community Coalition and Arthur Ross, Madison's Pedestrian and
Bicycle Safety Coordinator have been working closely with Dave Schlabowske,
Milwaukee's Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator, on what is called the
"StreetShare" program. That is the program the article refers too.
The Safe Community Coalition and City of Madison are partners
with this effort to make streets safer for all users.
Ann, I agree with you it would be great if Mayor Dave would bring greater
attention to the need for motorists to follow the state law requiring drivers to
yield the right of way to pedestrians in crosswalks. In 2005 the Safe Community
Coalition completed a study and found less than 2% of drivers in the Madison
area complying with the law.
As Steve is aware the Madison Police Dept., with financial support from the
WI Dept. of Transportation, created two versions of a 10-12 minute traffic
safety training video and accompanying quiz in 2005. One version is for law
enforcement personnel and the other is for business fleet drivers and the
general community. All Madison police dept staff have viewed the video and
received an in-service on traffic laws. The officers are being asked to "model"
the practice of yielding the right of way to pedestrians. In addition, with
funding from the pedestrian safety grant the Safe Community Coalition
is coordinating copies of the video have been provided to all other
law enforcement agencies located in Dane County. The UW Campus, Stoughton, Sun
Prairie, Middleton and Fitchburg police departments are all using the video.
As examples the community version is being used by Madison Metro
and the Madison Taxi Company to train their drivers. The 4 Lakes Driving
School is using the video and quiz with their students and experts 1500 students
to be trained with the material by the end of 2006.
The StreetShare program includes a newly created brochure that Dave
expects to have back from the printer this week. He will be providing the Safe
Community Coalition with 2000 copies for use in Dane County. In addition, the
Safe Community Coalition will be modifying the brochure specifically for use in
Madison and Dane County. The brochure includes a four point pledge we will
be using in the Madison area to encourage drivers to yield to pedestrians,
etc.
The pedestrian safety grant I am coordinating includes
funding for education/enforcement efforts by law enforcement
agencies. Currently I am working with the Madison, Stoughton and Sun Prairie
Police Dept.'s to develop enforcement plans that will be
implemented this summer/fall. This will be very similar to the
Milwaukee education and enforcement efforts.
We are making progress, but still have a long way to go to impact the
driving culture in our community.
John Bauer
Safe Community Coalition
Steve Meiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The Traffic Enforcement Unit of PD does occasional actions emphasizing yielding to pedestrians. An officer will walk across the street and if someone does not yield to them an officer down the road will issue a citation. The Safe Communities Coalition is also working on a yield to peds effort primarily with senior citizens downtown. Part of the program also involves training of fleet drivers- buses, cabs, delivery vehicles and so forth
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann Freiwald
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:52 AM
To: [email protected]
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