Attachment C <br />Attachment B <br />From: Paul Conte <paul.t.conte@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:30 PM <br />To: GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject: Testimony: Hard evidence that sidewalks are critical for pedestrian safety <br />Attachments: WHO pedestrian safety guide_pdf; FHWA walkways_trifold.pdf <br />Nick, <br />Please enter this into the record for the Capital Hill PUD Tentative. <br />I can only describe Scott Gillespie's comments as about as ignorant as could be imagined by <br />someone who deigns to opine on pedestrian traffic safety. <br />I've attached one international, authoritative reference: <br />Pedestrian safety : A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners <br />World Health Organization (c) 2013 <br />Pages 63-64 <br />Providing sidewalks is a "proven" measure to improve pedestrian safety. Evidence from robust <br />studies such as randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews or case-control studies show <br />that [this] intervention [is] effective in reducing pedestrian fatalities and injuries <br />Page 70: <br />4.2.1 Reducing pedestrian exposure to vehicular traffic <br />There are a number of specific engineering measures that reduce pedestrian exposure to vehicular <br />traffic. Most of these measures involve separating pedestrians from vehicles or reducing traffic <br />volume.... <br />Sidewalks separate pedestrians from motorized vehicles as well as bicycles. They provide space for <br />different types of pedestrians to walk, run, play, meet and talk. Studies show that sidewalks <br />improve both pedestrian safety and increase walking: <br />• Pedestrian crashes decrease where there are sidewalks and raised medians. A study <br />conducted in the United States found that pedestrian crashes were more than twice as likely <br />to occur at locations without sidewalks than would be expected on the basis of exposure. <br />Residential areas without sidewalks had 23% of all pedestrian-vehicle crashes but only 3% of <br />pedestrian-vehicle exposures. <br />• The presence of a sidewalk has a strong beneficial effect on reducing `walking along <br />roadway' pedestrian crashes. A study in the United States found that sites with sidewalks <br />were 88% less likely to be pedestrian crash sites than those without sidewalks. <br />• Walking increases where tracks for walking are constructed. <br />To maximize the benefits of footpaths/ sidewalks to pedestrian safety, they should: <br />• be part of every new and renovated roadway; <br />• be provided on streets that currently do not have sidewalks (see Box 4.3) <br />1 <br />Page 125 <br />