project OVERVIEW

Y2K Engineering recently completed a predictive safety analysis for the City County of Denver’s (Colorado) first ever bus rapid transit project (BRT), which can be applied when developing transit and multi-modal corridors. To align with Denver’s Vision Zero goals, Y2K reviewed the anticipated safety impacts of implementing the center-running BRT project, based on the initial concepts for transit station location, design, and access identified in the preliminary engineering and design phase. The predictive safety effort leveraged the Highway Safety Manual methodology to evaluate safety in three scenarios; No Build, 2040 No Build, and 2040 Build, for segments and signalized intersections along the 10-mile corridor. The evaluation considered a wide range of factors, including projected traffic volumes, roadway cross-section, median characteristics, on-street parking, driveway density, intersection configuration, left-turn signal phasing, and proximity to pedestrian generators.

services provided

• Safety Analysis