For the purposes of providing pedestrian refuge areas, what is considered a “significant” number of pedestrians?
There is no “magic number” of pedestrians that every agency should consider to be significant. Each agency should evaluate a location in terms of the pedestrian demand; that is, review the site to determine if pedestrians regularly try to cross the street. Such pedestrian crossing volumes will differ greatly from one jurisdiction to another. The other consideration should be whether pedestrian crashes have occurred, involving pedestrians trying to cross the street. Having several pedestrians struck while crossing a multi-lane road should be a reason for strongly considering adding a raised median or median island.
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