Safety Toolbox: Engineering

Index by cost

  Pedestrian tools

low cost

Accessible pedestrian signals
Advance limit/yield lines
Automatic pedestrian detection
Countdown signals
Crosswalks
Detectable warnings
Double-sided pedestrian crossing signs
Driveway improvements
High-visibility signs
On-street parking enhancements
Orange flags
Pavement legends for pedestrians
Pedestrian pushbutton treatments
Rat box
Scanning eyes
Signs to prompt motorists
Signs to prompt pedestrians
Turn restrictions
Wheelchair ramps
Work zone safety treatments

medium cost

Anti-skid pavement surfacing
Curb extensions: bulbouts and chokers
Diagonal or perpendicular crossing
European pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements
Nearside signals
Pedestrian refuge islands
Raised crosswalks
Reduced curb radii
Roadway lighting improvements
Roadway narrowing
Signal timing for pedestrians
Signalized driveway treatments
Transit stop treatments
Wheelchair detection

high cost

Chicanes
Grade-separated crossings
High-intensity activated crosswalk
In-roadway warning lights at crosswalks
Mid-block signalized crossings
Pedestrian half-signals
Radar speed display sign
Woonerf

  Bicycle tools

low cost

Bicycle boulevard
Bicycle box
Bicycle detection
Bicycle refuge island
Bicycle-sensitive roadway drainage treatments
Contra-flow bike lane
Dedicated bicycle/bus lanes
Rat box
"Share the Road" signage
Work zone safety treatments

medium cost

European pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements
Roadway lighting improvements
Roadway narrowing

high cost

Bicycle signals
Grade-separated crossings
High-visibility bike lanes
Radar speed display sign
Special bicycle signs (tunnels)
Woonerf