Wayne King | Senior Traffic Engineer – Hutt City Council Simon Prosee | Transport Engineer – GHD Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Background Hutt City Council moving towards UK Puffin style of signalised crossings -Near side pedestrian displays -Newer crossings: Presence and progression detectors + phase extension/cut off Safety and Efficiency benefits Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015 NZTA trial focused on user compliance -Crossing in phase -Crossing at the crossing Largely successful. Many been in for a few years now with. Previous SNUG presentations on concept and economics
Presentation title Methodology Taking a quick look at how Puffin crossing improvements have translated into CAS safety record. Two types of sites: Signalised to Puffin Zebra to Puffin Quick comparison of crash rates Consider typical CMF numbers Midblock traffic signals Pedestrians Overall Compare to Hutt City Pedestrian incident trends Look at crash types Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Results – Signals to Puffin Six sites combined: Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Results – Zebra to Puffin Four sites combined: Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Results – Hutt City Pedestrian Crash Rates Downward trend Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Results – Crash Type Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Conclusions Constraints Small data set Different traffic environments Targeted improvements Simultaneous improvements Usual CAS limitations Encouraging results Downward trend in pedestrian crashes Puffin crossings showing improvement to safety record Telling us what we already observe – better road user awareness and behaviour Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Puffin Crossings Got the Law Changed – to allow near side displays Installed a Full PUFFIN Compliance improved (OPUS Measured it) Did some economics – High B/C covers the marginal cost to install or retrofit. Looked at the Crash Performance – an Improvement Why has HCC got more PUFFIN’s than the rest of NZ summed? Evidence based - It simply makes good sense. Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015
Presentation title Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015 Questions
Presentation title Boring Data – Zebra to Puffin 15 Railway Ave: Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG Victoria St: 66 Victoria St: 61 Woburn Rd:
Presentation title Boring Data – Improved Sites Improved sites: Signalised to Puffin 12 Daysh Street – April to July The Esplanade – April to July Ludlam Crescent – April to July 2010 Knights Road at Myrtle Street – April to July 2010 Queens Drive near Fraser Street – April to July Woburn Road – April to July 2010 Zebra to Signalised to Puffin 15 Railway Avenue – Late 2008 to 23 Feb2009 (Initial NZTA trial site) Zebra to Puffin 32 Victoria Street – May 2012 to Oct Victoria Street – Feb 2014 to May Woburn Road – 19 Jul 2012 Puffin Pedestrian Crossings SNUG 2015