This report presents three case studies documenting the processes and outcomes in three cities that implemented a low-cost pedestrian safety zone approach, and it describes the background leading to the initiation of the demonstration study, the approach taken by the study, and the three case study reports.

The zone approach to countermeasure deployment is a multi-step process intended to increase the efficiency of safety programs by focusing attention on locations with histories of crash problems or the existence of known crash risks, such as high vehicle speeds or the absence of adequate street lighting at night.

The technique of defining pedestrian safety zones and applying countermeasures in them, which was defined in a previous study, was not widely adopted by locales seeking to initiate pedestrian safety countermeasure programs in the years following the study's publication. One possible reason this technique did not gain traction may have been the cost and time involved in attempting to treat as many identified zones as possible to achieve a city-wide effect. To overcome this issue, the zone approach might be modified to focus on applying low-cost countermeasures that can be more easily supported in a jurisdiction’s budget and implemented in a relatively short time and limited area.