MRIGlobal performs research to find effective ways to balance conflicting needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists on public rights-of-way, with a goal of accommodating all modes of travel–safely and efficiently.

Recent legislation requires all transportation agencies to accommodate walking and bicycling in routine planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance activities. MRIGlobal’s expertise includes development of design criteria for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, including trail-highway crossings and channelized roadways.

 Our Capabilities:

• Design criteria for pedestrian facilities
• Improved design and traffic control of channelized right-turn roadways for pedestrians and bicyclists
• Design and traffic control for pedestrians who are blind or have vision impairments
• Design criteria for bicycle facilities
• Bicycle-tolerable shoulder rumble strips
• Accommodating bicyclists at trail-highway crossings

 MRIGlobal’s Pedestrian, Bicycle Facilities Successes:

• Planning and Design: MRIGlobal has served as the technical editor for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities and for the AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, commonly known as the Green Book.
  
  
• Evaluation:  MRIGlobal has evaluated pedestrian/motorist conflicts for right-turn maneuvers at driveways and pedestrian/bicyclist/motorist conflicts in channelized right-turn roadways.